Hemipyth: Difference between revisions
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=== Signposts === | === Signposts === | ||
Due to their low damage in supporting temperaments octave 2/1, semioctave √2, fifth 3/2, fourth 4/3, neutral third √(3/2), neural sixth √(8/3), semifourth √(4/3), semitwelfth √3, " | Due to their low damage in supporting temperaments octave 2/1, semioctave √2, fifth 3/2, fourth 4/3, neutral third √(3/2), neural sixth √(8/3), semifourth √(4/3), semitwelfth √3, "hemitone" √(9/8) and "contrahemitone" √(32/9) all provide good signposts for navigating around otherwise unfamiliar scales. | ||
While untempered semitones usually come as unequal pairs consisting of an augmented unison and a minor second, the "hemitone" is always exactly the geometric half of a 9/8 whole tone. The "contrahemitone" is its octave-complement. | |||
== Temperament interpretations == | == Temperament interpretations == | ||