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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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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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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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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