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The article offers information on the modern descriptions and basic classes of tunings. It mentions that early compositions took advantage of tunings that featured both dissonant tension and consonant purity. It discusses the Pythagorean tuning, based on the purity of fifths, and meantone that was based on the purity of thirds and developed in the Renaissance. It states that the musical impact of tuning is determined by its dissonances and consonances, and described by beat rates.

The article examines the concepts and theories revolving around the development of the organ. The appreciation of the depreciation of a table saw is presented along with the idea of recovering the costs of acquiring and installing an organ. Theories pertaining to pitch and interval are discussed in relation to the work of Pythagoras to increase consonance. The development of the panoply of musical instruments is traced together with the development of the organ.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the musical approach in playing ornaments. The author mentions that ornament players are responsible for the set of notes to be played and how they are going to be played under the freedom in performance concept of ornamentation. It further states that music trill is the most complicated part in ornamentation because it needs articulation. It adds that issues of dissonance and consonance in music are raised in the appoggiatura ornament.