Definitions of tuning terms
© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo
All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited
kleisma
The kleisma is a small
interval composed of 6
major thirds up and 5
fifths down [= 3-556].
Its ratio is 15635/15552
[= 0.08 Semitones =
~8.10728 cents].
The term was introduced by Shohé Tanaka.
see also
anomaly
[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]
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