aristoxenian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Aristoxenus.
Example Sentences
- "By the Aristoxenian teaching one syllable in the above example is given the value of a dotted crotchet, that is, three “shorts,” and by the alteration of this single note from “two time” to “three time” value the whole line obtains a satisfactory musical rhythm."
- "The tetrachords of Athanasopoulos (1950) are clearly Aristoxenian in origin and inspiration, despite being reordered."
- "Despite the variety of areas listed in the Suda entry in which Aristoxenus wrote—music, philosophy, history and education—it is his work on music and specifically the Harmonics which is the primary focus of this study. It is probably not by chance that this is the Aristoxenian work which has most completely come down to us."
Etymology
From Aristoxenus + -ian.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: Aristoxenus
Inflected Forms
more Aristoxenian (comparative)
most Aristoxenian (superlative)