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787: 69: 371: 1995: 38: 58: 272:(on a piano for example) three major thirds in a row equal an octave, but three justly-tuned major thirds fall quite a bit narrow of an octave, and the diesis describes the amount by which they are short. For instance, an octave (2:1) spans from C to C′, and three justly tuned major thirds (5:4) span from C to B 447:
most commonly refers to the diminished second in quarter-comma meantone temperament. Less frequently and less strictly, the same term is also used to refer to a diminished second of any size. In third-comma meantone, the diminished second is typically denoted as a
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In quarter-comma meantone, since major thirds are justly tuned, the width of the diminished second coincides with the above-mentioned value of 128:125. Notice that 128:125 is larger than a
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125:128) as a "minor diesis" and 243:250 as a "major diesis", explaining that the latter may be derived through multiplication of the former by the ratio
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In any tuning system, the deviation of an octave from three major thirds, however large that is, is typically referred to as a
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has also been used to describe several distinct intervals, of varying sizes, but typically around 50 cents.
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for the difference between an octave and four justly tuned minor thirds (tuned in the
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above unison, so it closely resembles the 1:1 unison ratio of twelve-tone
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is equal to 45:44 or about 38.91 cents, closely approximated by
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In eleventh-comma meantone, the diminished second is within
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The octave C-C′, the three justly tuned major thirds C-E-G
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Treatise on Harmony distilled to its natural principles
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used it to describe the interval now usually called a
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while the 128:125 diesis (41.06 cents) was termed the
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Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels
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The Greek name Based on the technique of playing the
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It is about 35.70 cents wide. 7: 328:Many acoustics texts use the term 61:Diesis as three just major thirds. 25: 260:major thirds (tuned in the ratio 1993: 785: 665:(1722) names 125:148 ( [ 236:"leak" or "escape" is either an 190: 142: 119:Problems playing this file? See 83: 783:'s 38.71 cent half-sharp ( 443:. As mentioned above, the term 365: 880:Music: A mathematical offering 732:or approximately 29.61 cents. 105:and the descending diesis C′-B 79:Diesis (128:125) demonstration 27:An interval in classical music 1: 965:Ratio corrected to 125:128 in 862:– via ahdictionary.com. 736:Septimal and undecimal diesis 991:translation of Rameau (1722) 859:American Heritage Dictionary 1615:septimal chromatic semitone 911:Harvard Dictionary of Music 903:A. B. (2003). "Diesis". 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