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Such small differences in pitch can skip notice when presented as melodic intervals; however, when they are sounded as chords, especially as long-duration chords, the difference between meantone intonation and equal-tempered intonation can be quite noticeable.
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major contain identical pitches and are therefore enharmonic). Identical intervals notated with different (enharmonically equivalent) written pitches are also referred to as enharmonic. The interval of a
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have an enharmonic equivalent that contains the same pitches, albeit spelled differently. In twelve-tone equal temperament, there are three pairs each of major and minor enharmonically equivalent keys:
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Enharmonic equivalents can be used to improve the readability of music, as when a sequence of notes is more easily read using sharps or flats. This may also reduce the number of accidentals required.
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s as the key changes to C-sharp minor. This is primarily a notational convenience, since D-flat minor would require many double-flats and be difficult to read:
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tuning, where the octave is divided into 12 equal semitones. In this system, written notes that produce the same pitch, such as C
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Sets of notes that involve pitch relationships — scales, key signatures, or intervals, for example — can also be referred to as
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needs to form the ratio 5 to 4 with E, which, in turn, needs to form the ratio 5 to 4 with C, making the frequency of G
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Enharmonically equivalent pitches can be referred to with a single name in many situations, such as the numbers of
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Kern, J. and Hammerstein, O. (1939, bars 23-25) "All the things you are", New York, T. B. Harms Co.
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if they represent identical pitches that are notated differently. The term derives from Latin
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Morey, Carl (1966). "The Diatonic, Chromatic and Enharmonic Dances by Martino Pesenti".
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scale — but not quite identical. In a tuning system without equivalent half steps, F
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Barbera, C. André (1977). "Arithmetic and Geometric Divisions of the Tetrachord".
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In quarter-comma meantone, there will be a discrepancy between, for example, G
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The same passage notated as sharps, requiring fewer canceling natural signs.
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In Pythagorean tuning, all pitches are generated from a series of
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leads to other enharmonically equivalent options for notation.
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are played by striking the same key, so both have a frequency
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Beethoven Sonata in E Minor Op. 90, first movement, bars 37–45
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than the seventh octave (1 octave = frequency ratio of
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Comparison of intervals near or enharmonic with the unison
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Keys that require more than 7 sharps or flats are called
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Enharmonic tritones: Augmented 4th = diminished 5th on C.
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above C may be written as a diminished fifth from C to G
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can produce other enharmonic equivalents; for example, F
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Mathiesen, Thomas J. (2001). "Greece, §I: Ancient". In
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Schubert Piano Sonata D960 second movement, bars 98–106
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and the C above it must be in the ratio 5 to 4, so A
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The standard tuning system used in Western music is
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may be too technical for most readers to understand
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