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In short, munits are fragments of musical scales, intended in some sense to generalize [[tetrachord|tetrachords]]. They are both useful as a method of building scales from smaller chunks, and also as a way to analyze our expectations, harmonic or otherwise, regarding how intervals are subdivided differently into step-size patterns in different tuning systems.
In short, munits are fragments of musical scales, intended in some sense to generalize [[tetrachord|tetrachords]]. They are both useful as a method of building scales from smaller chunks, and also as a way to analyze our expectations, harmonic or otherwise, regarding how intervals are subdivided differently into step-size patterns in different tuning systems.


The concept of [[jins]] in [[maqam]] very closely parallels the concept of munit.
The concept of [[jins]] in [[maqam]] can be considered a subset of the concept of munit.


== Interpretation and usefulness ==
== Interpretation and usefulness ==