utonality
Noun
A family of pitches that can all be expressed as ratios with a specified fixed tone, such that all ratios have the same numerator; a subharmonic series.
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Fixed tonal systems find utonalities disturbing. There are four utonalities prominent in the chromatic gamut.
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A similar correlation is evident in the physical layout of the Kithara II, which consists of twelve banks of six strings, each bank tuned to a specific, although incomplete, otonality or utonality.
Contrasting otonality and utonality allows Johnston to mark distinctions between a melody and its inversion.
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utonalities