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Interval vs Intervallic - What's the difference?

interval | intervallic |

In music|lang=en terms the difference between interval and intervallic

is that interval is (music) the difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad) while intervallic is (music) of, or pertaining to, intervals.

As a noun interval

is a distance in space.

As an adjective intervallic is

(music) of, or pertaining to, intervals.

interval

English

(wikipedia interval)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A distance in space.
  • * Milton
    • 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .
  • A period of time.
    • the interval between contractions during childbirth
  • (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
  • (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
  • (chiefly, British) An intermission.
  • (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain made three substitutions at the interval , sending on former Arsenal captain Fabregas, Chelsea's Juan Mata and Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina for Xavi, David Silva and Casillas.}}
  • (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play

    • Hyponyms

    * (mathematics) open interval, half-open interval, closed interval

    Related terms

    * interval class * interval cycle

    External links

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    intervallic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) Of, or pertaining to, intervals.
  • * 1979 , Joel Flegler, Fanfare , volume 3, issues 1–3, page 161 (self-published)
    • The two Integrations'' of 1967 are the most intervallic of the selections here, emphasizing minor ninths and “minor” fifths (13 quarter tones), and, in the second ''Integration , setting up simultaneous “rotations” of descending and ascending “minor” fifths.

    References

    * “ intervallic, a.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989