# Ascending scale (Gurney 1968, Wulstan, Kilmer)

> Still possible: The tuning series runs upward: string 1 is the lowest, as the first reconstructions assumed.

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# Ascending scale (Gurney 1968, Wulstan, Kilmer)

The tuning series runs upward: string 1 is the lowest, as the first reconstructions assumed.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A text describing the retuning step as tightening the string, or the string names placing string 1 at the low end.

## What would rule it out

- A text that places string 1 at the high end or describes the retuning step as loosening.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The ascending reading rested on an assumed direction of string change that the text does not give.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ6T99EVR/the-ascending-reading-rested-on-an-assumed-direction-of)

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AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Does the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBJK95SB/does-the-babylonian-tuning-series-and-so-the-h-6-scale-run)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Ascending scale (Gurney 1968, Wulstan, Kilmer) [Answer ANS0DEDXGYGQ3S6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDXGYGQ3S6
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