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simple interval

noun

Music.
  1. an interval of an octave or less.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of simple interval1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Chuen, we observe, is the middle of the column; that is, two days are above it and two days below it; the sum of the black numerals is 65; hence the interval between the days, considering the week numbers as attached, is 65, and the simple interval in the month series, without regard to the week numbers, is 5.

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Training affects more readily the single element than the composite measure, and in the most highly coördinated forms of rhythm the simple interval is itself the most perfectly integrated unit in the system of reactions.

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The fixity of the group is markedly greater than that of the simple interval.

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This relation holds for all subjects but one, the average mean variations of the simple interval and of the unit group having the ratio 1.000:0.824.

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Second, 6.45 " 7.87 " 9.77 " Third, 4.65 " 4.70 " 7.15 " In these triple rhythms, as in the two-beat forms, the simple interval is more variable than the unit group, and the lower group likewise more unstable than the higher.

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