otonality

a tonality expressed by the over numbers [numerators] of ratios having a Numerary Nexus [in the denominators] -- in current musical theory, "major" tonality.

See also utonality, tonality

[from Partch 1974, Genesis of a Music, 2nd ed., Da Capo Press, New York, p. 72]

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