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Due to the influence of Zhea Erose who originated the term, in colloquial usage ''neji'' often specifically refers to a subset of a mode of the [[harmonic series]] used to approximate an edo. To express this sense more literally, the following term has been coined: A '''nemi''' or '''NEMI''' (near-equivalent modal intonation) is a scale which approximates some non-JI scale by dividing a JI equave with a subset of a mode of the harmonic series. The term ''neji'' may informally be used for nemis, e.g. "neji Lydian". | Due to the influence of Zhea Erose who originated the term, in colloquial usage ''neji'' often specifically refers to a subset of a mode of the [[harmonic series]] used to approximate an edo. To express this sense more literally, the following term has been coined: A '''nemi''' or '''NEMI''' (near-equivalent modal intonation) is a scale which approximates some non-JI scale by dividing a JI equave with a subset of a mode of the harmonic series. The term ''neji'' may informally be used for nemis, e.g. "neji Lydian". | ||
Nejis and nemis are both defined via intention rather than via mathematical definition. For both nejis and nemis, "near-equal/equivalent" is fuzzy; for nemis, any periodic JI scale is a subset of some (possibly very high) harmonic series segment, making "subset of some harmonic segment" mathematically trivial. | Nejis and nemis are both defined via intention rather than (wholly) via mathematical definition. For both nejis and nemis, "near-equal/equivalent" is fuzzy; for nemis, any periodic JI scale is a subset of some (possibly very high) harmonic series segment, making "subset of some harmonic segment" mathematically trivial. | ||
== In primodality == | == In primodality == |