enharmonic
adjEtymology From Latin enharmonicus, from Late Latin enarmonius, from Ancient Greek ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), from ἐν (en)+ἁρμονία (harmonía).
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)
- C sharp is enharmonic to D flat in twelve-tone equal temperament, but in most other tuning systems they are distinct pitches.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Of or pertaining to a tetrachord.
- Derived terms
- enharmonically, enharmonicism