Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenharmonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xen-har-mon-ic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not conforming to the common 12-tone equal temperament.

Example Sentences

"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)."

Etymology

Coined by Ivor Darreg, from xen- + harmonic

Word Breakdown

Prefix: xeno

Synonyms

microtonal

Questions

What does xenharmonic mean?: Not conforming to the common 12-tone equal temperament.
Where does xenharmonic come from?: Coined by Ivor Darreg, from xen- + harmonic

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