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== Terminology == | == Terminology == | ||
Due to their historical significance, 5-limit intervals go by various names, including '''classic(al)'''<ref>[https://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm ''A note on the naming of musical intervals''] by [[Dave Keenan]]</ref> | Due to their historical significance, 5-limit intervals go by various names, including '''classic(al)'''<ref>[https://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm ''A note on the naming of musical intervals''] by [[Dave Keenan]]</ref> or '''pental'''<ref>[https://chrisvaisvil.com/microtonal-theory-pages/gallery-of-just-intervals/ Gallery of Just Intervals « Music & Techniques by Chris Vaisvil]</ref>. | ||
Recently, composers [[Catherine Lamb]] and [[Marc Sabat]] have adopted ''quintal'' for the HC5{{citation needed}} since the corresponding Latin numerals are used to refer to higher prime limits such as ''septimal'' for the 7-limit and ''undecimal'' for the 11-limit. ''Pental'' is less consistent due to its Greek origins. However, that creates a conflict of usage as ''quintal'' has been the adjective associated with the fifth [[5L 2s|diatonic]] degree. (Quintal harmony does ''not'' mean 5-limit harmony, but harmony with chords stacked by fifths – cf. secundal harmony, tertian harmony, quartal harmony.) [[User:Lériendil|Lériendil]] suggests the term ''quinary'' as opposed to ''quintal'' (seeing as the pent- root is still overloaded with various terms referring to fifths and pentatonic scales), though there is a minor conflict in naming with [[Arity|quinary]] scales. | Recently, composers [[Catherine Lamb]] and [[Marc Sabat]] have adopted ''quintal'' for the HC5{{citation needed}} since the corresponding Latin numerals are used to refer to higher prime limits such as ''septimal'' for the 7-limit and ''undecimal'' for the 11-limit. ''Pental'' is less consistent due to its Greek origins. However, that creates a conflict of usage as ''quintal'' has been the adjective associated with the fifth [[5L 2s|diatonic]] degree. (Quintal harmony does ''not'' mean 5-limit harmony, but harmony with chords stacked by fifths – cf. secundal harmony, tertian harmony, quartal harmony.) [[User:Lériendil|Lériendil]] suggests the term ''quinary'' as opposed to ''quintal'' (seeing as the pent- root is still overloaded with various terms referring to fifths and pentatonic scales), though there is a minor conflict in naming with [[Arity|quinary]] scales. | ||