Meaning of xenharmonic | Babel Free

Definitions

Not conforming to the common 12-tone equal temperament.

not-comparable

Examples

“The back cover⟳ lists "Materials and Services", including Xenharmonikon (cooperation prevails in the xenharmonic world), and persons cooperating in a tape exchange⟳--meaning that if you send⟳ a tape of your music, to someone on the list, you get⟳ back a tape of their music.”

“Dissonance scores can also be applied in situations where no musical score⟳ exists, and two examples are given: a xenharmonic piece by Carlos, and a Balinese gamelan performance.”

“Microtonal music is sometimes referred to as xenharmonic music, the term deriving from the Greek xenia (hospitable) and xenos (foreign or strange) (Chalmers 1974; Darreg 1977; Wilson 2014).”

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