- The word
limma or
leimma (from Gr****: λείμμα, leimma;
meaning "remnant") can
refer to
several different musical intervals, and one form of breath-mark...
- out of
twelve are diatonic, with
ratio 256:243 or 90.2
cents (Pythagorean
limma), and the
other five are chromatic, with
ratio 2187:2048 or 113.7 cents...
-
defined as the
difference between a
Pythagorean apotome and a
Pythagorean limma (i.e.,
between a
chromatic and a
diatonic semitone, as
determined in Pythagorean...
- or
limma of 256/243. The
difference between the tone and the
limma is the
major semitone or
apotome ("part cut off") of 2187/2048.
Although the
limma and...
- In music, a
major limma is an
interval with the
ratio of 135:128,
which is the
difference between two
major tones (a ditone) and a
minor third. It is...
-
interval Subminor and
supermajor Semitones Pythagorean limma Pythagorean apotome Major limma Quarter tones Quarter tone
Septimal quarter tone Undecimal...
- 50 cents.
Philolaus used it to
describe the
interval now
usually called a
limma, that of a
justly tuned perfect fourth (4:3)
minus two
whole tones (9:8)...
-
justly tuned major third and 5 octaves; the
ratio of
major limma to the
Pythagorean limma; the
ratio of the
syntonic comma and the diaschisma. Schisma...
-
rounded to one decimal):
where 256⁄243 is a
diatonic semitone (Pythagorean
limma) and 2187⁄2048 is a
chromatic semitone (Pythagorean apotome). The chromatic...
-
interval Subminor and
supermajor Semitones Pythagorean limma Pythagorean apotome Major limma Quarter tones Quarter tone
Septimal quarter tone Undecimal...
