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The '''diesis''' is a small melodic unit of about an [[augmented comma]]'s size. The specific range varies considerably among musicians.

As an interval region, it is roughly 30-60 cents, and can be seen as the larger variety of the [[comma and diesis]].

== Just intervals ==

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== History ==

The earliest usage of the term ''diesis'' was due to {{w|Philolaus}} in [[ancient Greek music]] to refer to an interval that is known as the [[256/243|limma]] today. Another usage, also in ancient Greek theory and notably used by {{w|Aristoxenus}}, would refer to a number of quartertone-sized intervals. In more recent times, {{w|Marchetto da Padova}} used it for fifth-tones, and finally, the modern diesis centered around [[31edo|1\31]] is due to [[Adriaan Fokker]].

The earliest usage of the term ''diesis'' was due to {{w|Philolaus}} in [[ancient Greek music]] to refer to an interval that is known as the [[256/243|limma]] today. Another usage, also in ancient Greek theory and notably used by {{w|Aristoxenus}}, would refer to a number of [[quartertone]]-sized intervals. In more recent times, {{w|Marchetto da Padova}} used it for fifth-tones, and finally, the modern diesis centered around [[31edo|1\31]] is due to [[Adriaan Fokker]].

== See also ==

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 The '''diesis''' is a small melodic unit of about an [[augmented comma]]'s size. The specific range varies considerably among musicians.
+As an interval region, it is roughly 30-60 cents, and can be seen as the larger variety of the [[comma and diesis]].
 == Just intervals ==
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 == History ==
-The earliest usage of the term ''diesis'' was due to {{w|Philolaus}} in [[ancient Greek music]] to refer to an interval that is known as the [[256/243|limma]] today. Another usage, also in ancient Greek theory and notably used by {{w|Aristoxenus}}, would refer to a number of quartertone-sized intervals. In more recent times, {{w|Marchetto da Padova}} used it for fifth-tones, and finally, the modern diesis centered around [[31edo|1\31]] is due to [[Adriaan Fokker]].
+The earliest usage of the term ''diesis'' was due to {{w|Philolaus}} in [[ancient Greek music]] to refer to an interval that is known as the [[256/243|limma]] today. Another usage, also in ancient Greek theory and notably used by {{w|Aristoxenus}}, would refer to a number of [[quartertone]]-sized intervals. In more recent times, {{w|Marchetto da Padova}} used it for fifth-tones, and finally, the modern diesis centered around [[31edo|1\31]] is due to [[Adriaan Fokker]].
 == See also ==