单词 | syntonous |
释义 | syntonousadj. Music. An epithet for the ordinary form of diatonic scale (διάτονον σύντονον) in ancient Greek music, in which the tetrachord was divided into a semitone and two tones, the third note of it being thus tuned to a higher pitch than in the other scales; nearly corresponding to the modern diatonic scale. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > ancient Greek scales chromatic1603 chromatical1603 diatonic1603 syntonic1786 Syntono-Lydian1786 syntonous1789 tetrachordal?1850 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 164 In describing the diatonic genus, in which the tetrachord is divided into tone major, tone minor, and major semitone..for which division, commonly called the syntonous, or intense of Ptolemy, he [sc. Zarlino] constantly contends. 1889 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music IV. 502/1 The Syntonous Diatonic of Ptolemy coincided..with the system advocated by Kepler, Mersenne, Des Cartes, and all the most learned theoretical writers of later date. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1789 |
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