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ekmelic

🔗pitchcolor@aol.com

3/12/2002 11:18:36 PM

<<sounds like 'ekmelic' -- richter-herf's name for 72-equal.>>

Ekmelic is a generic German term used to describe prime harmonics greater
than 5.

Aaron

🔗manuel.op.de.coul@eon-benelux.com

3/13/2002 1:04:39 AM

<<sounds like 'ekmelic' -- richter-herf's name for 72-equal.>>

>Ekmelic is a generic German term used to describe prime harmonics greater
>than 5.

You mean ekmelisch; I don't know if that's exactly true. If I
remember correctly it comes from the Greek words ek=out and
melos=series so it means "out of the normal range". So in that
sense it can be seen as the equivalent of Ivor Darreg's term
"xenharmonic". The opposite term is emmelisch.

Manuel