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== Ancient Greek genera == | == Ancient Greek genera == | ||
The ancient Greeks distinguished between three primary genera depending on the size of the largest interval, the ''characteristic interval'' (CI): the enharmonic, chromatic, and diatonic. Modern theorists have added a fourth genera, called hyperenharmonic. | The ancient Greeks distinguished between three primary [[genera]] depending on the size of the largest interval, the ''characteristic interval'' (CI): the enharmonic, chromatic, and diatonic. Modern theorists have added a fourth genera, called hyperenharmonic. | ||
; hyperenharmonic genus: The CI is larger than 425 cents. | ; hyperenharmonic genus: The CI is larger than 425 cents. | ||