enneatonic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In m.11 (ex. 6.4b), an eighth-note variant of this enneatonic fragment is harmonized by a half-diminished-seventh chord on A resolving to an A♭-major triad; as shown beneath the lower staff of example 6.4b, this harmonization generates an enneatonic collection different from that implied by the melody."
- "Now the enneatonic diatonic descending genus, išartum: cbagfedcb consists of two junct pentachords: cbagf and: fedcb containing two octochords: cbagfedc and bagfedcb ."
- "The complete pitch content of the opening seven measures is the enneatonic collection, the highly symmetrical nine-note mode of limited transposition that is the complement of an augmented triad."
Etymology
From ennea- + tonic.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: ennea