simple interval

noun

Music.

1. an interval of an octave or less.

Word History and Origins

Origin of simple interval¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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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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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In general, though not so unequivocally, the four-beat rhythms show a progressive increase of stability in passing from the simple interval to the group, and from the smaller group to the larger.

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The cases in which this relation is reversed are found, as before, in comparing the simple interval with the duration of the unit group; and the exceptional instances are just those, namely the first and third forms, in which the mean variation of this uncompounded interval is itself at a minimum.

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