hyperbolaion

[Greek: "superfluous"]

The name of the highest-pitched tetrachord in the Greater Pefect System of ancient Greek music-theory.

This tetrachord is conjunct to the diezeugmenon tetrachord just below it.

see also:

my Tutorial on ancient Greek tetrachord-theory
hypaton
diezeugmenon
meson
synemmenon

[from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]

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