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page 13-limit tuning and intervals

unison
In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. Rhythmic unison is another term for homorhythm.
Pythagorean tuning
intonation system based on the chaining of perfect fifths
Pythagorean comma
small interval in Pythagorean tuning between two enharmonically equivalent notes such as C and B♯
perfect fifth
musical interval spanning five staff positions and seven semitones, whose frequency ratio is approximately 3:2=1.5 (in equal temperament, ¹²√2⁷=1.498…)

perfect fourth
musical interval spanning four staff positions and five semitones, with a frequency ratio of approximately 4:3=1.333… (in equal temperament, ¹²√2⁵ = 1.335…)
ditone
thumb|Pythagorean ditone on C
thumb|Pythagorean ditone as four just perfect fifths
shí-èr-lǜ
gamut in ancient Chinese music