Limma
The word limma or leimma (remnant) can refer to several different musical intervals, whose only common property is their small size:
- The original Pythagorean limma, 256/243, a Pythagorean interval (
play ). - The 5-limit limma (now a diesis), 128/125, the amount by which three just major thirds fall short of an octave (
play ). - The major limma, 135/128, which is the difference between two major whole tones and a minor third (
play ). - The 5-limit diatonic semitone, 16/15 (
play ). Although closer in size to the Pythagorean apotome than to the limma, it has been so called because of its function as a diatonic semitone rather than a chromatic one.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.