Enharmonic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Music Of, relating to, or involving tones that are identical in pitch but are written differently according to the key in which they occur, as C sharp and D flat, for example.
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  • adj. Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different keys
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a tetrachord
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.
  • adj.
  • adj. Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A♭ for G♯.
  • adj. Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In Greek music, pertaining to that genus or scale that is distinguished from the diatonic and the chromatic by the use of intervals of less than a semitone.
  • In modern music: Pertaining to a scale or an instrument using smaller intervals than a semitone.
  • Pertaining to a use of notes which, though differing in name and in position on the staff, refer on instruments of fixed intonation, like the pianoforte, to identical keys or tones; thus are enharmonically distinct, but practically identical.
    • Word Usage
    "There are three classes of modes: first, that which the Greeks term the enharmonic; second, the chromatic; third, the diatonic."
    Equivalent
    enharmonical   
    Cross Reference
    relation    enharmonic diësis    enharmonic scale    modulation    enharmonic organ   
    Form
    enharmonically   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bride-like    nucleolus    achromatic    1-to-5    diatonic   
     
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