Definitions of tuning terms
© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo
All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited
apotome
(Greek: "off-cut", plural: apotomai)
The Pythagorean chromatic
semitone,
2187/2048, 114 cents,
the difference between 9/8 and the
Leimma or
diatonic
semitone, 256 /243, 90 cents.
[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]
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