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Galilei was a skilled player of the lute, and early in life attracted the attention of powerful, well-connected patrons. He met , which he called "essential dissonance." This describes Baroque practice, especially as he defines rules for resolution of suspensions by a preliminary leap away followed by a return to the expected note of resolution. In addition he made some substantial discoveries in Acoustics , particularly involving the physics of vibrating strings and columns of air. It is possible that in establishing the relation between the tension on a string and its frequency of vibration he was the first to discover a non-linear physical law. Galilei composed two books of Madrigals , as well as music for lute, and a considerable quantity of music for voice and lute; this latter category is considered to be his most important contribution as it anticipated in many ways the style of the early Baroque. Many scholars credit him with directing the activity of his son away from pure, abstract mathematics and towards experimentation, a direction which was of utmost importance for the history of science. EXTERNAL LINKS SOURCES
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