Definitions of tuning terms

© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo

All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited


polychordal


    Scales all of whose tones are contained in sets of chords may be called polychordal.

    When these chords are triads, the scale is termed polytriadic.

    [from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]


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