trichromatic

Trichromatic is a term introduced by Ervin Wilson to describe a scale or harmonia generated by katapyknosis by three rather than the two and four of standard theory.

The melodic proportions of the trichromatic pykna are 1:1 and 1:2.

[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

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