Definition of Pycnon

1. a small musical interval [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnon

pycnidium
pycnite
pycnites
pycno-
pycnocline
pycnoclines
pycnodont
pycnodonts
pycnodysostosis
pycnogenol
pycnogenols
pycnogonid
pycnogonids
pycnometer
pycnometers
pycnon (current term)
pycnons
pycnonuclear
pycnoses
pycnosis
pycnostyle
pycnostyles
pycnotic
pycrite
pye
pye-dog
pyebald
pyebalds
pyeing
pyelitic

Literary usage of Pycnon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... The group of three sounds forming the lower part of the chromatic or enharmonic tetrachord was called "pycnon," ie "compact," and the ..."

2. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... to ornament; hence, the decorative border along the edge of the body of violins. putti (poot'-te) It. n. Small boys; such as choir boys. pycnon See ..."

3. Encyclopédie de la musique et dictionnaire du Conservatoire by Albert Lavignac, Lionel de La Laurencie (1913)
"NOTATION DIATONIQUE 57. De même que le Chromatique vocal, le Diatonique vocal va se trouver altéré parla notation. Toujours par respect pour le pycnon, ..."

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