enharmonic
adjective
having the same pitch in the tempered scale but written in different notation, as G sharp and A flat.
enharmonically
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a word derived from
enharmonic.
Example Sentences
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When this happens, enharmonically spelled notes, scales, intervals, and chords, may not only be theoretically different.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
He is very 101 modern in his harmonies, the favorite colors on his palette being the warmer keys, which are constantly blended enharmonically.
The intervals are enharmonically the same as those of the chord in the first bar of Prelude—F, A flat, C flat, E flat,=F, G sharp, B, D sharp—but the treatment and surroundings are very different.
From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by George Ainslie Hight
The nimble study, No. 9, which bears the title of "The Butterfly," is in G flat Von Bulow transposes it enharmonically to F sharp, avoiding numerous double flats.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
