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disdiapason
† disdiaˈpason Mus. Obs. [a. L. disdiapāsōn, a. Gr. δίς διὰ πασῶν ‘twice through all (the chords)’, a double octave in music: see diapason.] The interval of a double octave; a fifteenth; (in quot. 1760) the compass or range of notes included within the same.1609 Douland Ornith. Microl. 21 Disdiapaso...
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trisdiapason
† trisdiaˈpason Mus. Obs. [f. tris- + diapason, after disdiapason.] An interval of three octaves, a twenty-second; a note three octaves above or below a given note. (Cf. tridiapason, tri- 4 a.)1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 293 And so will strike an under trisdiapason, or a 22{supd}. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey)...
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proslambanomenos
‖ proslambaˈnomenos [L. (Vitruv.) a. Gr. προσλαµβανόµενος (sc. τόνος) the note taken in addition, i.e. added below the ὑπάτη, hypate.] The name of the lowest note, added below the lowest tetrachord, in the later scales or systems of ancient Greek music.1694 Holder Harmony (1731) 104 In this Scale of...
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hendeca-
hendeca- before a vowel hendec-; sometimes erron. endeca-. a. Combining form of Gr. ἕνδεκα eleven, occurring in scientific or technical words, as hendecachord (hɛnˈdɛkəkɔːd) Mus. [after tetrachord, hexachord], a series or scale of eleven notes; hence hendecaˈchordal a., relating to such a scale. hen...
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