"Tritave"?!

Where did this term "tritave," apparently to mean a 3:1 ratio come from? If
we're calling 2:1 an octave rather than a "bitave," it sure sounds like we
should be calling 3:1 a twelfth.

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Gary Morrison wrote:
> Where did this term "tritave," apparently to mean a 3:1 ratio come from?

Bohlen and/or Pierce, I think.

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