10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIAZEUCTIC»
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1
A General History of the Science and Practice of Music
Diamantina, Signora, - - 809 Diapason, 14, 50, 58, 64, 233, 319, 899, 407, 604,
614 Diapente, - - 25, 49 Diaschisma, - - 28 Diatessaron, 24, 49, 233, 237, 408
Diatonic genus, 30,31,34,306,400,403 Diazeuctic, or Sesquioctave tone, 10, ...
2
The New International Encyclopædia
so that the lowest tone of the higher tetraehord was at the same time the highest
tone of the lower tetraehord. Then the diazeuctic tone was either above the
highest or below the lowest tetraehord. (See Greek Music.) In the following
modes the ...
Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby,
1903
3
New International Encyclopedia
In Greek music, that tone which separates the tetrachords (q.v.) of the three oldest
modes. In the Dorian mode the diazeuctic tone was the step from b to a. In the
later modes the tetrachords were constructed so that the lowest tone of the higher
...
4
The New international encyclopaedia
In the Dorian mode the diazeuctic tone was the step from b to a. In the Inter
modes the tetrachords were constructed so that the lowest tone of the higher
tetrachord was at the same time the highest tone of the lower tetrachord. Then the
...
Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams,
1918
5
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the ...
He probably learned it during his visit to Egypt, where it is said to have been in
use for many centuries before. By this system the two tetrachords, instead of
having a note in common, were separated by a whole tone, called the diazeuctic
tone ...
Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines,
1912
6
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
560. diazeuctic (di-a-zuk'tik), a. [Also improp. dia- zeutie; < Gr. '6ta^evKTin6c,
disjunctive, < Sta^ev- yvirvai, disjoin (cf . to Sie(evyfi(vov oixrrnua, the disjunct
system of music), < Sid, apart, + {evyvvvat = L. jungere, join: see disjunct, join,
zeugma ...
William Dwight Whitney,
1906
7
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Improper form of diazeuctic. diazeuxis (di-a-zuk'sis), n. [Gr. Sidfavgic, disjunction,
< Siafcvyvivat, disjoin: see diazeuctic] In anc. Gr. music, the separation of two
successive tetrachords by the interval of a tone, and also the tone by which such
...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1897
8
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia
(1) In the Greek system each mode consisted of two tetrachords (two whole steps
and one half-step in each) plus one whole step (the diazeuctic tone). The nature
and the name of the mode varied according to the tetrachord used as a basis ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1899
9
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A work of Universal ...
Improper form of diazeuctic. diazcuxis (di-a-zuk'sis), n. [Gr. Sid(evt;ie, disjunction^
6w£tvyvvvai, disjoin: see diazeuctic.'] In anc. Gr. music, the separation of two
successive tetrachords by the interval of a tone, and also the tone by which such
...
10
Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the ...
... tetrachord “ the highest.”25 As the octaves of which the system was composed,
were conjoined in coalescing in one note at the common extreme, or were
separated at the interval of a tone, it acquired the name of conjoined, or
diazeuctic ...