In music, a major limma is an interval with the ratio of 135:128, which is the difference between two major tones (a ditone) and a minor third. It is...

The word limma or leimma (from Greek: λείμμα, leimma; meaning "remnant") can refer to several different musical intervals, and one form of breath-mark...

In Western music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical...

7\ {\hbox{cents}}} Larger chromatic semitone or major chromatic semitone, or larger limma, or major chroma, e.g. between C and an accute C♯ (C♯ raised...

and Pythagorean limma. Difference between 12 just perfect fifths and seven octaves. Difference between three Pythagorean ditones (major thirds) and one...

details), and the major third (Play) is a third spanning four half steps or two whole steps. Along with the minor third, the major third is one of two...

or limma of 256/243. The difference between the tone and the limma is the major semitone or apotome ("part cut off") of 2187/2048. Although the limma and...

tuned perfect fifths plus a justly tuned major third and 5 octaves; the ratio of major limma to the Pythagorean limma; the ratio of the syntonic comma and...

details), and the major sixth is one of two commonly occurring sixths. It is qualified as major because it is the larger of the two. The major sixth spans nine...

becomes a major second or minor seventh. The major ninth is somewhat dissonant in sound. Some common transposing instruments sound a major ninth lower...

50 cents. Philolaus used it to describe the interval now usually called a limma, that of a justly tuned perfect fourth (4:3) minus two whole tones (9:8)...

details), and the major seventh is one of two commonly occurring sevenths. It is qualified as major because it is the larger of the two. The major seventh spans...

2 c 1200 . {\displaystyle f_{2}=f_{1}\times 2^{\frac {c}{1200}}\,.} The major third in just intonation has a frequency ratio 5:4 or ~386 cents, but in...

interval Subminor and supermajor Semitones Pythagorean limma Pythagorean apotome Major limma Quarter tones Quarter tone Septimal quarter tone Undecimal...

interval Subminor and supermajor Semitones Pythagorean limma Pythagorean apotome Major limma Quarter tones Quarter tone Septimal quarter tone Undecimal...

interval except the unison and the octave. It occurs above the root of all major and minor chords (triads) and their extensions. Until the late 19th century...

occurring thirds. It is called minor because it is the smaller of the two: the major third spans an additional semitone. For example, the interval from A to...

and is created by widening a major second by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from C to D is a major second, two semitones wide, and...

they begin and end on notes that are an octave apart. For example, the C major scale is typically written C D E F G A B C (shown below), the initial and...

thirteenth. The thirteenth is most commonly major Play or minor Play. A thirteenth chord is the stacking of six (major or minor) thirds, the last being above...

is a major added tone chord (e.g., C6 = CM6 = Cadd6) and contains, together with the implied major triad, an extra major 2nd, perfect 4th, or major 6th...

as the subdominant. The eleventh is considered highly dissonant with the major third. A perfect eleventh is an eleventh which spans exactly 17 semitones...

one being the major sixth). It is qualified as minor because it is the smaller of the two: the minor sixth spans eight semitones, the major sixth nine....

enharmonic genus of the Greek tetrachord consisted of a ditone or an approximate major third, and a semitone, which was divided into two microtones. Aristoxenos...

because it is the smaller of the two sevenths, spanning ten semitones. The major seventh spans eleven. For example, the interval from A to G is a minor seventh...

belonging to the group of perfect intervals, so called because they are neither major nor minor. A perfect fourth in just intonation corresponds to a pitch ratio...

above-mentioned interval F–B is the only tritone formed from the notes of the C major scale. More broadly, a tritone is also commonly defined as any interval...

subtonic) to match that of the unstable seventh degree (or leading tone) of the major mode (an increasingly widespread practice that led to the creation of a...

interval Subminor and supermajor Semitones Pythagorean limma Pythagorean apotome Major limma Quarter tones Quarter tone Septimal quarter tone Undecimal...

ditonus, from Ancient Greek: δίτονος, "of two tones") is the interval of a major third. The size of a ditone varies according to the sizes of the two tones...