Definitions of tuning terms

© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo

All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited


xenharmonic bridge


    a very small interval which allows for a fluidity of rational interpretation when listening to music, by blurring the distinctions between intervals with different prime or odd factors. Known in Fokker's theory as unison vector.

    [Paul Erlich has pointed out that my concept of 'bridges' refers specifically to the kinds of prime-factors and not the numbers of prime-factors, which is what Fokker described with the periodicity block and unison vector concept.]

    see bridging

    [from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]


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