Diapente

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Diapente - after διά (dia) πέντε (pente), "every fifth or every five" - ​​is the ancient Greek name for the interval of the fifth . In music tracts and instructions for the execution of canons , a distinction is also made between epidiapente for use on the upper fifth and hypodiapente for use on the lower fifth.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riemann Musiklexikon , factual part.
  2. ↑ Johann Gottfried Walther : Musical Lexicon 1732 , Article Diapente .
  3. ^ Sébastien de Brossard : Dictionaire de Musique , p. 19