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Diatonic | Chromatic | Enharnmonic Dorian | Frygian | Lydian | Mixolydian | Hypolydian | Hypodorian |
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These tables are taken from Barker, A. (Ed.). Greek Musianal Writings, Vol. 2: Harmonian and Acoustian Theory. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
Hold your mouse above the scales title to hear the scales
(ascending like they were played in the ancient Greece)
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String Name Note Name |
Archytas |
Erstothenes |
Didymus |
Ptolemaios
Soft Diatonic |
Ptolemaios
Tonic Diatonic |
Ptolemaios
DiTonic Diatonic |
Ptolemaios
Jævn Diatonic |
Aristoxenius Soft Diatonic | Aristoxenius Tense Diatonic | |
| Nete dizeugmenôn | ||||||||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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10/9
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7/6
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17/15
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | ||||||||||
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8/7
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9/8
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10/9
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10/9
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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11/10
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38/35
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19/17
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | ||||||||||
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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21/20
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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12/11
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20/19
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20/19
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | ||||||||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | ||||||||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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10/9
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7/6
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17/15
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| Lianhanos mesôn | ||||||||||
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8/7
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9/8
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10/9
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10/9
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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11/10
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38/35
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19/17
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| Parahypate mesôn | ||||||||||
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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21/20
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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12/11
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20/19
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20/19
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| Hypate mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Archytas |
Erstothenes |
Didymus |
Ptolemaios
Soft Chromatic |
Ptolemaios Tense Chromatic |
Aristoxenius Chromatic |
| Nete dizeugmenôn | ||||||
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32/27
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6/5
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6/5
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6/5
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7/6
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22/30
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|
| Paranete dizeugmenôn | ||||||
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243/224
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25/24
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25/24
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15/14
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12/11
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4/30
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|
| Trité dizeugmenôn | ||||||
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28/27
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16/15
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16/15
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28/27
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22/21
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4/30
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | ||||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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|
| Mese mesôn | ||||||
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32/27
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6/5
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6/5
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6/5
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7/6
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22/30
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| Lianhanos mesôn | ||||||
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243/224
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25/24
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25/24
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15/14
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12/11
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4/30
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|
| Parahypate mesôn | ||||||
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28/27
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16/15
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16/15
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28/27
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22/21
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4/30
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| Hypate mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Archytas |
Erstothenes |
Didymus |
Ptolemaios
Enharnmonic |
Aristoxenius Enharnmonic |
| Nete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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5/4
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19/15
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5/4
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5/4
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24/30
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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36/35
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39/38
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31/30
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24/23
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3/30
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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40/39
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32/31
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46/45
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3/30
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | |||||
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5/4
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19/15
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5/4
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5/4
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24/30
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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36/35
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39/38
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31/30
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24/23
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3/30
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| Parahypate mesôn | |||||
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28/27
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40/39
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32/31
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46/45
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3/30
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| Hypate mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
DiTonic Diatonic |
Tense Diatonic |
| Nete dizeugmenôn |
Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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DiTonic Diatonic
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Tense Diatonic
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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10/9
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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16/15
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn |
Tense Chromatic
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Soft Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Parahypate mesôn | |||||
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Hypate mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Tense Chromatic |
Soft Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
| Trite Hyperbolaion | |||||
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22/21
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Nete dizeugmenôn |
Tense Chromatic
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Soft Chromatic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn |
Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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Tonic Diatonic
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DiTonic Diatonic
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Tense Diatonic
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7/6
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Parahypate mesôn |
The antique Lydian corresponds to our major scale
|
String Name Note Name |
Tense Chromatic |
Soft Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | |||||
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7/6
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Parahypate mesôn | |||||
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22/21
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Hypate mesôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Lianhanos hypaton | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Parahypate hypaton |
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String Name Note Name |
Tense Chromatic |
Soft Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | |||||
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7/6
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Parahypate mesôn | |||||
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22/21
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Hypate mesôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Lianhanos hypaton | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Parahypate hypaton | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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| Hypate hypaton |
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String Name Note Name |
Tense Chromatic |
Soft Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
| Trite Hyperbolaion | |||||
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22/21
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Nete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | |||||
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7/6
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Parahypate mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
Tonic Diatonic |
DiTonic Diatonic |
Tense Diatonic |
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7/6
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Nete Hyperbolaion | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Trite Hyperbolaion | |||||
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22/21
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22/21
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20/21
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28/27
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28/27
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| Nete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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253/243
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn |
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String Name Note Name |
Tense
Chromatic |
Soft
Diatonic |
Tonic
Diatonic |
Tonic
Diatonic |
Tonic
Diatonic |
| Nete Hyperbolaion | |||||
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12/11
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10/9
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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| Trite Hyperbolaion | |||||
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22/21
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21/20
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28/27
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28/27
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28/27
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| Nete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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10/9
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| Paranete dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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8/7
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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| Trité dizeugmenôn | |||||
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8/7
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28/27
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28/27
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256/243
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16/15
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| Paramese dizeugmenôn | |||||
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Mese mesôn | |||||
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7/6
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8/7
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9/8
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9/8
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9/8
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| Lianhanos mesôn | |||||
Translation of the ancient modes and the modes used today
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