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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The term ''tritave'' was coined by [[John Pierce]]<ref>https://www.huygens-fokker.org/bpsite/intervals.html</ref>. It was derived from the word ''octave'' by replacing the prefix ''octo-'' (eight, for | The term ''tritave'' was coined by [[John Pierce]]<ref>https://www.huygens-fokker.org/bpsite/intervals.html</ref>. It was derived from the word ''octave'' by replacing the perceived prefix ''octo-'' (eight, for the eighth degree of the diatonic scale) by ''tri-'' (three, for 3/1). It should be noted, however, that the ''oct'' in ''octave'' is not a prefix, but part of the single-morpheme word derived from Latin ''octavus'' (eighth). | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[EDT]] (equal divisions of the tritave) | * [[EDT]] (equal divisions of the tritave) | ||
* [[No-twos 31-limit]] | * [[No-twos 31-limit]] – non-octave 31-limit system containing neither 2 nor primes higher than 31 | ||
* [[Tritave complement]] | * [[Tritave complement]] – the analogue for [[octave complement]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||