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Submajor and supraminor intervals are found in flatly tuned diatonic scales, such as where the fifth is tuned to around 691 cents. For a given neutral interval k in cents, submajor ranges from roughly k+10 to k+24 cents, and supraminor ranges from roughly k-24 to k-10 cents. For example, submajor seconds are found between about 157 to 171 cents, containing the lower range of the "equable heptatonic" region defined by Margo Schulter.

In the ~~theory~~ of ~~MidnightBlue~~, ~~some~~ of ~~these ranges are considered~~ "~~dead zones~~" as ~~they introduce potentially unwanted ambiguities between interval categories~~. ~~However~~, in ~~other practices~~, ~~this might be leveraged~~ to ~~musical effect~~.

'''Supraminor''' (sometimes also '''superminor''') is an [[interval quality]] used to describe [[interval]]s wider than [[minor]], but narrower than [[neutral]].

== Terminology ==

While "superminor" is more consistent with the analogous "[[supermajor]]", it is more likely to be interpreted as "more minor", therefore implying intervals narrower than minor, whereas such intervals are rather called [[subminor]]. This may be caused by the common use of "super" in English both as an adverb and a prefix, leading to a possible parsing of the term as "super major", while "supra" is only used as a prefix. Nonetheless, since both Latin prefixes are equivalent in meaning, both terms are technically correct and are interchangeable.

The term "supraminor" has been used regularly by many people, including Manuel Op de Coul<ref>Op de Coul, Manuel. [https://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/intervals.html ''Stichting Huygens-Fokker: List of intervals''].</ref>, [[John Chalmers]]<ref>Chalmers, John. [https://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/published_articles/divisions_of_the_tetrachord/ ''Divisions of the Tetrachord'']. 1993.</ref>, [[Dave Keenan]]<ref>Keenan, Dave. [https://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm ''A note on the naming of musical intervals'']. 1999, updated 2001.</ref>, [[Margo Schulter]]<ref>Schulter, Margo. [https://www.bestii.com/~mschulter/IntervalSpectrumRegions.txt ''Regions of the Interval Spectrum'']. 2010.</ref> and [[Deja Igliashon]]<ref>[[Extra-Diatonic Intervals]]</ref>. As of January 19th, 2025, the term "supraminor" has 660 more occurrences on [[XA Discord]] compared to "superminor".

== References ==

[[Category:Terms]]

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 Submajor and supraminor intervals are found in flatly tuned diatonic scales, such as where the fifth is tuned to around 691 cents. For a given neutral interval k in cents, submajor ranges from roughly k+10 to k+24 cents, and supraminor ranges from roughly k-24 to k-10 cents. For example, submajor seconds are found between about 157 to 171 cents, containing the lower range of the "equable heptatonic" region defined by Margo Schulter.
-In the theory of MidnightBlue, some of these ranges are considered "dead zones" as they introduce potentially unwanted ambiguities between interval categories. However, in other practices, this might be leveraged to musical effect.
+'''Supraminor''' (sometimes also '''superminor''') is an [[interval quality]] used to describe [[interval]]s wider than [[minor]], but narrower than [[neutral]].
+== Terminology ==
+While "superminor" is more consistent with the analogous "[[supermajor]]", it is more likely to be interpreted as "more minor", therefore implying intervals narrower than minor, whereas such intervals are rather called [[subminor]]. This may be caused by the common use of "super" in English both as an adverb and a prefix, leading to a possible parsing of the term as "super major", while "supra" is only used as a prefix. Nonetheless, since both Latin prefixes are equivalent in meaning, both terms are technically correct and are interchangeable.
+The term "supraminor" has been used regularly by many people, including Manuel Op de Coul<ref>Op de Coul, Manuel. [https://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/intervals.html ''Stichting Huygens-Fokker: List of intervals''].</ref>, [[John Chalmers]]<ref>Chalmers, John. [https://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/published_articles/divisions_of_the_tetrachord/ ''Divisions of the Tetrachord'']. 1993.</ref>, [[Dave Keenan]]<ref>Keenan, Dave. [https://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm ''A note on the naming of musical intervals'']. 1999, updated 2001.</ref>, [[Margo Schulter]]<ref>Schulter, Margo. [https://www.bestii.com/~mschulter/IntervalSpectrumRegions.txt ''Regions of the Interval Spectrum'']. 2010.</ref> and [[Deja Igliashon]]<ref>[[Extra-Diatonic Intervals]]</ref>. As of January 19th, 2025, the term "supraminor" has 660 more occurrences on [[XA Discord]] compared to "superminor".
+== References ==
+<references/>
+[[Category:Terms]]
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