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enharmonic

Word definitions for enharmonic in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enharmonic \En`har*mon"ic\ ([e^]n`h[.a]r*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Enharmonical \En`har*mon"ic*al\ ([e^]n`h[.a]r*m[o^]n"[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. 'enarmoniko`s, 'enarmo`nios fitting, accordant; 'en in + "armoni`a harmony: cf. F. enharmonique.] (Anc. Mus.) ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, in reference to Greek music, from Late Latin enharmonicus , from Greek enharmonikos , from en (see en- (2)) + harmonikos (see harmonic ). From 1794 in reference to a modern music note that can be indicated in different ways (G sharp/A flat).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In modern musical notation and tuning , an enharmonic equivalent is a note , interval , or key signature that is equivalent to some other note, interval, or key signature but "spelled", or named differently. Thus, the enharmonic spelling of a written note, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context music English) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical depends on the tuning method used.) 2 (context music English) Of or pertaining to a ...

Usage examples of enharmonic.

These enharmonic passages recur to satiety, and the abuse of the plagal cadence deprives it of its religious solemnity.

The last person who used it must have been fooling around with an enharmonic change between F sharp and G flat.

The central dome of Agarttha is lighted from above by something like mirrors, which allow the light from the planet's surface to arrive only through the enharmonic spectrum of colors, as opposed to the solar spectrum of our physics books, which is merely diatonic.

Soar's receivers could pick up the blind fallout of the blast, the enharmonic squalling of the debris, the thunderous dis tortion of the aftershock, but no voices.