Show RATIO MA MAKES KES FOR HARMONY peculiar arrangement of chinese musical instruments Instrument a said to be work of chinese emperor the musical instrument of the chinese la is a series herlea ol of bamboo tubes the longest of 0 which measures shout nine inches and of 0 which the remainder diminish nish in length at a regular each cacti being just two thirds the length ot of tile one fine before this arrangement was devised by the chinese they say by the emperor lauan cuang tl ti on tile the following principle beav een heaven rind and earth there Is perfect bar harmony ninny now the number three Is tile emblem 6 of heaven and two of earth if then two pipes or tubes he be made in the proportion of three to two they hey will harmonize in tone as perfectly as earth and heaven li eaven so tile the base tube lube of the lie instrument was made nine inches long and the second two thirds that length or sly six indies inches 0 of course the he third bus bas to be two thirds the length of ill ohp e second or four inches In clies and so on the result arl mas that the lie note of the second tube what we call tin an interval of a fifth above that of the first that of tile the third a fifth above the second and so ork on through the he iloie ranze ranee |