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genos (γηνοσ)

(Greek; plural: gene)

[John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

A particular division of the tetrachord, usually classified as diatonic, chromatic or enharmonic according to the size of the largest interval [the "characteristic interval"].

In this book [Divisions of the Tetrachord] a fourth class, hyperenharmonic is added to describe those genera whose largest intervals are larger than a ditone (81/64).

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