The universalis of Musica or the mundana of musica referred to the order of the universe, as God had created in measurement, number and weight . The proportions of the spheres of planets and the stars (which then were always in the course of thought to turn around the ground) were perceived like forms music, without necessarily implying that any noise would be the hear-music refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea from a music of the spheres. Humana de Musica, indicated the proportions of the human body. Those were thought to reflect the proportions of the skies and in oneself, to be an expression of God . To the medieval thought, all the things were connected to each other-a way of thinking which finds its traces today in occult sciences or thought-arrangement esoteric of astrology to consider certain ores to have certain effects of recipient.

The instrumental of Musica, in conclusion, were most modest of the three disciplines and referred to the demonstration of these same mathematical proportions in noise-are him sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization of various melodies to resound at the same time was always a relatively new invention then, and it is comprehensible that mathematical or physical reports/ratios in the frequency which cause the musical intervals as we hear them, should be first among the concerns of the medieval musicians.

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