Definitions of tuning terms

© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo

All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited

xenharmonic


    a term coined by Ivor Darreg from the Greek words for "strange music". Darreg used it to refer to any non-12-EQ (microtonal) scales, which presented strange and wonderful new intervals and sonic worlds to explore.

    [from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]

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    An adjective coined by Ivor Darreg from the Greek words "xenos," meaning strange, foreign, or inhospitable, and "harmonikos," (harmonic, etc). to refer to music in non-12-tone equally tempered tuning. The topic noun is xenharmonics.

    Xenharmonikon is a journal devoted to microtonal music which was founded by John Chalmers in 1971.

    [from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

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