- In music, a
ditone (Latin: ditonus, from
Ancient Gr****: δίτονος, "of two tones") is the
interval of a
major third. The size of a
ditone varies according...
-
fifth and
fourth are also used in just intonation.
Notice that the
terms ditone and
semiditone are
specific for
Pythagorean tuning,
while tone and tritone...
- in
which the
tetrachords are
divided (descending) as a
ditone plus two microtones. The
ditone can be
anywhere from 16/13 to 9/7 (3.55 to 4.35 semitones)...
- 400 cents, 13.69 cents
wider than the 5:4 ratio. The
older concept of a "
ditone" (two 9:8
major seconds) made a dissonant, wide
major third with the ratio...
- the
reciprocal of the
Pythagorean diminished second (531441:524288). Also
ditone and
semiditone are
specific for
Pythagorean tuning,
while tone and tritone...
-
fifths and
seven octaves; or the
difference between three Pythagorean ditones and one octave. (This is why the
Pythagorean comma is also
called a ditonic...
-
lesser tone (see also
greater and
lesser diesis). Two
major tones equal a
ditone. In
Pythagorean music theory, the
epogdoon (Ancient Gr****: ἐπόγδοον) is...
- standards' trio. The
enharmonic genus of the Gr****
tetrachord consisted of a
ditone or an
approximate major third, and a semitone,
which was
divided into two...
- cents)
Breedsma (0.72 cents)
Ragisma (0.4 cents)
Measurement Cent
Centitone Millioctave Savart Others Wolf
Ditone Semiditone Secor Incomposite interval...
- tetrachord: a
series of
rising intervals of two
quarter tones followed by a
ditone,
together spanning a
perfect fourth. The
Dorian octave species begins with...
