Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of a diastema.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
diastema - adjective music Describing a musical
notation in which thepitch of a note is represented by itsvertical position on the page
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Examples
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The so-called neumatic notation (from meuma, a nod), which probably in the eighth century found its way from the Orient into the Latin Church, where it suffered many modifications, had mainly a rhythmical purpose, and was intended to serve only in a general way a diastematic end, i.e. an indication of the intervals of the melody.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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This procedure solved in principle the problem of diastematic
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Men sport the gap, too, but culturally, there has always been a mystique about diastematic women.
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Men sport the gap, too, but culturally, there has always been a mystique about diastematic women.
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