Definitions of tuning terms
© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo
All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited
apyknon
(Greek: "non-condensation", plural: apykna)
As used by Bryennios
it
meant that the composite interval formed from the two smaller
intervals
was greater than 1/2 of the Fourth as in the
Diatonic genera.
[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]
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