Guidonian Hand - Music History Crash Course

A clever tool was created in the 10th century to help musicians learn the notes of the scales - this came to be known as the Guidonian Hand!

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[TheLemonyBard]

Was shown this in a music history class. Good video, probably gonna rewatch it on occasion, I subscribed!

[mauricioamf]

There are also extra-hand letters behind the thumb and knuckles for lower pieces (letters before gamma ) the lowest I've heard used is sung in the Absalom fili from josquin Desprez...
And also the extra note behind the major finger!

[ejipuh]

Good explanation. Including the 3D hand was a really nice touch. If I could offer some feedback, the video would have been made better if you had included a sound snippet of what the Gamut sounded like. All in all, a solid explanation, especially for a 2-minute video.

[ukululu]

🖐 reminds me of the guidonian hand - in music theory history.

[josslujano]

Now I know what my first tattoo will be

[stefos]

Hi Odd Quartet,
Have you considered making those hands available for sale on your site?
I'm actually interested in one as well as getting the slides where you superimpose the human hand on the artificial hand.

[wildkoba]

seriously. i would totally dig a 3D hand.

[robharris]

SO thats how the circle 5ths started !!!

[jpstenino]

Well done congratulations on you fine work

[jobsonmiguel]

would be perfect if it had a caption in Portuguese.