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> [Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be known to us without the aid of mathematics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/music-is-a-science-which-should-have-definite-rules-these-rules/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

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## More by Jean-Philippe Rameau

> [In f-major, c\* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f\*.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/in-f-major-c-is-a-sonority-contained-within-the-overtones-of-the/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/therefore-we-well-observe-that-the-title-of-perfect-cadence-is/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [“Even nature is concerned, for it leads us to choose the third as the sole consonance which may makeup for the harshness of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/even-nature-is-concerned-for-it-leads-us-to-choose-the-third-as-the/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [“The smaller ones should always be preferred to the larger; i.e., rather than having the bass ascend or descend a sixth, we should have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/the-smaller-ones-should-always-be-preferred-to-the-larger-i-e-rather/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [I try to conceal art with art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/i-try-to-conceal-art-with-art/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [Music is a science which should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot really be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/music-is-a-science-which-should-have-definite-rules-these-rules/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/nature-endows-us-with-the-feeling-that-moves-us-in-all-our-musical/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [When reason and instinct are reconciled, there will be no higher appeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/when-reason-and-instinct-are-reconciled-there-will-be-no-higher-appeal/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [“This is what Zarlino means when he says that the bass should proceed by separated intervals, for intervals cannot be consonant unless they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/this-is-what-zarlino-means-when-he-says-that-the-bass-should-proceed/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

> [We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-philippe-rameau/we-must-have-recourse-to-the-rules-of-music-when-our-genius-and-our/)

[Jean-Philippe Rameau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-philippe-rameau/)

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