-
comma (531441:524288) on C In
musical tuning, the
Pythagorean comma (or
ditonic comma),
named after the
ancient mathematician and
philosopher Pythagoras...
- A
ditonic scale is a
musical scale or mode with two
notes per octave. This is in
contrast to a
heptatonic (seven-note)
scale such as the
major scale and...
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interval equivalent to two tones. It
yields the
English words ditone and
ditonic (see
Pythagorean comma), but it is
quite distinct from διάτονος. The Byzantine...
- as the "black note"
scale Tetratonic (4 notes),
tritonic (3 notes), and
ditonic (2 notes):
generally limited to
prehistoric ("primitive")
music Scales...
- (4:1)—and so on.
Standard diatonic Pythagorean tuning (Ptolemy's
Diatonic Ditonic) is
easily derived starting from
superparticular ratios, (n+1)/n, constructed...
- the
hemitonic in scale.)
Hemitonic pentatonic scales are also
called "
ditonic scales",
because the
largest interval in them is the
ditone (e.g., in the...
- one
repeated phrase and many of
their scales only two to
three notes (
ditonic or tritonic). This
style was
carried to the
Great Plains by the
Ghost Dance...
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fifths C-G, G-D, D-A, A-E, E-B, and B-F♯ are each 1/6 of a
Pythagorean (
ditonic)
comma narrower than just. The
exact and
approximate numerical sizes of...
- {\displaystyle {\bigl (}2{\bigr )}^{\tfrac {\ 1\ }{53}}}
Pythagorean comma (κ𝜋)
ditonic comma aug1 − min2 (in
Pythagorean tuning) 12 perfect
fifths 7 octaves 23...
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common were
tritonic (3-note)
scales at 47%,
while the third-most was
ditonic (two-note)
scales at 17%.
Tetratonic music was
noted as
common in Polynesia...
