Meaning of otonality | Babel Free

Definitions

A family of pitches that can all be expressed as ratios with a specified fixed tone, such that all ratios have the same denominator.

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“Multiples up from otonalities, whereas divisors change⟳ the harmonic center and introduce⟳ new tonal sense⟳ (utonality).”

“A similar correlation is evident in the physical layout of the Kithara II, which consists of twelve banks of six strings, each bank tuned to a specific, although incomplete, otonality or utonality.”

“So an otonality based on the 1-limit⟳ would have⟳ a 1-Identity (its first pitch), a 3-Identity (its second pitch), a 5-Identity (its third pitch), and so on.”

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