# Richard L. Crocker 1997: Mesopotamian Tonal Systems

> Richard L. Crocker, 1997. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Iraq 59 (1997), 189-202. Crocker's reply to Gurney and West on the tuning system…

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# Mesopotamian Tonal Systems

Richard L. Crocker, 1997.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Articledoi: **[10.2307/4200443](https://doi.org/10.2307/4200443)** 0

## What it's used for here

Iraq 59 (1997), 189-202. Crocker's reply to Gurney and West on the tuning system, and discussion of Krispijn's reading of UET VII 74; notes that the text does not state whether strings are tightened or loosened, so the direction of the scale was an assumption.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM/a-re-examination-of-all-four-theory-tablets-concludes-that)

Evidence

EVD

[The melodic readings of Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin and West disagree with each other on how a term becomes notes, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYKJTRTVQ/the-melodic-readings-of-wulstan-duchesne-guillemin-and-west)

Evidence

EVD

[The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ669WSCE/the-tuning-text-does-not-state-whether-the-altered-string-is)

Evidence

EVD

[The Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)

The mystery article

MYS

[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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QST

## Cite it

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Richard L. Crocker (1997). Mesopotamian Tonal Systems. https://doi.org/10.2307/4200443
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/4200443)

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