- A
ditonic scale is a
musical scale or mode with two
notes per octave. This is in
contrast to a
heptatonic (seven-note)
scale such as the
major scale and...
-
comma (531441:524288) on C In
musical tuning, the
Pythagorean comma (or
ditonic comma),
named after the
ancient mathematician and
philosopher Pythagoras...
-
interval equivalent to two tones. It
yields the
English words ditone and
ditonic (see
Pythagorean comma), but it is
quite distinct from διάτονος. The Byzantine...
- as the "black note"
scale Tetratonic (4 notes),
tritonic (3 notes), and
ditonic (2 notes):
generally limited to
prehistoric ("primitive")
music Scales...
- (4:1)—and so on.
Standard diatonic Pythagorean tuning (Ptolemy's
Diatonic Ditonic) is
easily derived starting from
superparticular ratios, (n+1)/n, constructed...
- the
hemitonic in scale.)
Hemitonic pentatonic scales are also
called "
ditonic scales",
because the
largest interval in them is the
ditone (e.g., in the...
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Alpha Beta
Gamma Delta Bohlen–Pierce
Modes Number of
tones Monotonic (1)
Ditonic (2)
Tritonic (3)
Tetratonic (4)
Pentatonic (5)
Hexatonic (6) Heptatonic...
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temperament 53 23.46 B♯+++ 531441 : 524288 312 : 219 play
Pythagorean comma,
ditonic comma 3 25.00 21/48 21/48 play
Eighth tone 48 26.84 C 65 : 64 5×13 : 26...
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Pythagorean comma (κ𝜋)
ditonic comma aug1 − min2 (in
Pythagorean tuning) 12 perfect
fifths 7 octaves 23...
- comma, or 1.8 cents. The
precise difference is 1/4 of a
Pythagorean (
ditonic)
comma less 3/16 of a
syntonic comma.</ref> and
differ from an equal...
