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diapente
† diapente Obs. (daɪəˈpɛntiː) [= OF. diapenté (Godef.), a. L. diapente, Gr. διὰ πέντε, in sense 1 short for ἥ διὰ πέντε χορδῶν συµϕωνία the harmony through five strings or notes; in sense 2 for τὸ διὰ πέντε ϕάρµακον the medicament composed of five (ingredients): see dia-2.] 1. In ancient and mediæva...
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Johannes Cotto
After chapters on 'litterae' (letter notation), monochord, nine 'consonant' intervals (unison, semitone, whole tone, ditone, semiditone, diatessaron, diapente , semitone-plus-diapente, whole-tone-plus-diapente), the Perfect System (systema teleion) of Greeks, musical modes (including a chapter on their ethos)
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diapason
▪ I. diapason, n. (daɪəˈpeɪzən, -sən) Also 4–5 dyapason(e, 6 dio-, dyopason, 7 diapazon. [a. L. diapāsōn, a. Gr. διαπᾱσῶν, or divisim διὰ πασῶν (sc. χορδῶν), more fully ἡ διὰ πασῶν χορδῶν συµϕωνία, the concord through, or at the interval of, all the notes of the scale, f. διά through + πασῶν, genit....
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Quinta
Quinta may refer to:
Quinta (estate) in Portugal
Quinta (musician), British multi-instrumentalist
In medieval music theory, alternative term for diapente
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diatessaron
‖ diatessaron (daɪəˈtɛsərən) Also 5–6 dya-, 5–7 diatesseron, 6 diathesaron. [a. OF. diatessaron (Godfr.), a. L. diatessarōn, Gr. διὰ τεσσάρων through or composed of four.] † 1. In Greek and mediæval music: The interval of a fourth. (Cf. diapason, diapente.) Obs.1398 [see diapason 1]. 1413 Pilgr. Sow...
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Tetractys
Note that the diapason, 2:1 (octave), and the diapason plus diapente, 3:1 (compound fifth or perfect twelfth), are consonant intervals according to the
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pentachord
pentachord Mus. (ˈpɛntəkɔːd) [f. penta- + Gr. χορδή string, chord.] 1. A musical instrument with five strings.1721 Bailey, Pentachord, any musical instrument that has five strings. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The invention of the pentachord is referred to the Scythians. 1759 in Grove Dict. Mus. I. ...
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Octave species
Cleonides, working in the Aristoxenian tradition, describes three species of diatessaron, four of diapente, and seven of diapason in the diatonic genus ¼
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Species of the perfect fifth (diapente
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diatonic
diatonic, a. (daɪəˈtɒnɪk) [a. F. diatonique (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. diatonic-us, a. Gr. διατονικός, f. διάτονος, f. διά through, at the interval of + τόνος tone.] 1. The name of that genus or scale of ancient Greek music (the others being chromatic and enharmonic) in which the interval of a...
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Pythagorean interval
fundamental intervals are the superparticular ratios 2/1, 3/2, and 4/3. 2/1 is the octave or diapason (Greek for "across all"). 3/2 is the perfect fifth, diapente
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hyperdiapason
hyperdiapason, -diapente, -diatessaron, -ditone Mus.: see hyper- 2.
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Perfect fifth
Until the late 19th century, it was often referred to by one of its Greek names, diapente. Its inversion is the perfect fourth.
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dia-
▪ I. dia-, prefix1 before a vowel di-, repr. Gr. δια-, δι-, the prep. διά through, during, across, by. [orig. *δϝιγα, from root of *δϝο, δύο two, and so related to δίς, *δϝίς twice (di-2) and L. dis- a-two, asunder (dis-, di-1).] Much used in Greek in composition, in the senses ‘through, thorough, t...
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Pythagorean tuning
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extremal
▪ I. extremal, a. (ɛkˈstriːməl) [f. extreme n. + -al; in sense 2 re-formed on extremum, perh. influenced by next.] † 1. Farthest from the middle of a line or area; outermost. Obs.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 211 And if the wire be distreynede in to thre equalites, and the seide instrumente be put...
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