Definitions of tuning terms
© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo
All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited
major mode, major scale
The
tritriadic scale with Major
Triads (1/1 5/4
3/2) on the
Tonic,
Subdominant and
Dominant
degrees, 1/1, 4/3
and 3/2 [respectively].
The scale 1/1 9/8 5/4 4/3 3/2 5/3 15/8 2/1 in
JI or 0 2 4 5 7 9
11 12/0
in 12-tone ET or its close approximation in other
equal temperaments.
The scale 1/1 9/8 81/64 4/3 3/2 27/16 243/128 2/1 in
Pythagorean
tuning.
The Lydian Octave Species or Mode lying between C and
its
octave in the
P.I.S. when the component
tetrachords are
Ptolemy's
Intense Diatonic.
[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]
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