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Definition of Schisma

Schisma
Schisma Schis"ma, n. [L., a split, separation, Gr. schi`sma: cf. F. schisma. See Schism.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Meaning of Schisma from wikipedia

- In music, the schisma (also spelled skhisma) is the interval between the syntonic comma (81:80) and the Pythagorean comma ( 531 441 : 524 288 ), which...
- Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism (Latin: Magnum schisma occidentale, Ecclesiae occidentalis schisma), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting...
- temperament is a musical tuning system that results from tempering the schisma of 32805:32768 (1.9537 cents) to a unison. It is also called the schismic...
- that this latter fifth be widened by 5⁄6 of a schisma, and all the pure fifths be narrowed by 1⁄6 of a schisma. Barca's version thus has six fifths tempered...
- formed of seven villages and an uninhabited island area. The village of Schisma is by far the most po****ted one and is often understood as 'Elounda Centre'...
- diesis. However, the unsigned article "Comma, Schisma" in the same reference source calls comma, schisma, and diaschisma "microintervals" but not "microtones"...
- a Scottish Presbyterian movement in the 17th century pertaining to the schisma in music Schismatic temperament Schism (disambiguation) Schismogenesis...
- (tuned in the ratio 6:5), which is equal to three syntonic commas minus a schisma, equal to 648:625 or about 62.57 cents (almost one 63.16 cent step-size...
- unison, or tempers out, the intervals ⁠ 32 805 / 32 768 ⁠, known as the schisma, and ⁠ 15 625 / 15 552 ⁠, known as the kleisma. These are both 5 limit...
- Kirnberger II temperament; −Z/2 marks a tempered fifth flattened by a half comma; −Sch marks a schisma...