- In music, a
ditone (Latin: ditonus, from
Ancient Gr****: δίτονος, "of two tones") is the
interval of a
major third. The size of a
ditone varies according...
-
fifth and
fourth are also used in just intonation.
Notice that the
terms ditone and
semiditone are
specific for
Pythagorean tuning,
while tone and tritone...
- in
which the
tetrachords are
divided (descending) as a
ditone plus two microtones. The
ditone can be
anywhere from 16/13 to 9/7 (3.55 to 4.35 semitones)...
- 400 cents, 13.69
cents wider than the 5:4 ratio. The
older concept of a
ditone (two 9:8
major seconds) made a
dissonantly wide
major third with the ratio...
- the
reciprocal of the
Pythagorean diminished second (531441:524288). Also
ditone and
semiditone are
specific for
Pythagorean tuning,
while tone and tritone...
- jazz / rock. The
enharmonic genus of the Gr****
tetrachord consisted of a
ditone or an
approximate major third, and a semitone,
which was
divided into two...
- and
perfect fourth. Thus the
major third is
considered not a
third but a
ditone,
literally "two tones", and is (9:8)2 = 81:64,
rather than the independent...
- also
called "ditonic scales",
because the
largest interval in them is the
ditone (e.g., in the
scale C–E–F–G–B–C, the
interval found between C–E and G–B)...
- cents)
Breedsma (0.72 cents)
Ragisma (0.4 cents)
Measurement Cent
Centitone Millioctave Savart Others Wolf
Ditone Semiditone Secor Incomposite interval...
-
lesser tone (see also
greater and
lesser diesis). Two
major tones equal a
ditone. In
Pythagorean music theory, the
epogdoon (Ancient Gr****: ἐπόγδοον) is...
