Definitions of tuning terms

© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo


Index of

Greek technical terms

most definitions by John Chalmers

apotome

apyknon

barypyknon

chroai

chroma, chromatikon

comma

diapason

diapente

diatessaron

diatonon

diesis

diezeugmenon

ditoniaion

dynamin

ekbole

eklysis

enharmonion

epimeris

epimorios

echos

genos

harmonia

harmonike

hemiolion

hestotes

homalon

hyperbolaion

hyperypate

hypate

hypaton

kata dynamin

kata thesin

katapyknosis

kinoumenoi

kithara

leimma, Limma

lichanos

lyra

malakon

mese

meson

mesopyknon

metabole

morion

nete

onomasia kata dynamin

onomasia kata thesin

oxypyknon

paramese

paranete

parhypate

proslambanomenos

pyknon, pyknoma

skhisma

spondeiasmos

spondeiazon, spondeiakos tropos

stasimon

synemmenon

syntonon

systema

thesin

tonos

trite

trochos



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