hexatonus

hexatonus -i m. (ἑξάτονος) 1. Sexte 2. Bezeichnung für ein Intervall aus sechs Ganztönen — 1. the sixth 2. term that designates an interval that consists of six tones 1 Sexte — the sixth [s.XIII] LmLIoh. Aegid. pr. 29: de toni, ditoni, tritoni, tetratoni, pentatoni sive diapente, hexatoni, heptatoni et diapason ... natura et differentia seu distinctione. 2 Bezeichnung für ein Intervall aus sechs Ganztönen — term that designates an interval that consists of six tones [s.XIII] LmLTrad. Garl. plan. III 63: Exatonus continet in se sex tonos distincte, ut hic patet: (sequitur exemplum). LmLTrad. Garl. plan. III 78: Tetratonus, pentatonus, exatonus non conveniunt cantui plano. [s.XIV] LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 21, 39. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 44, 11-19. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 49, 3. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 88, 5. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 96, 11: Boethius numeros tangit, in quibus fundatur hexatonus. ibid. al. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 1: Hexatonus est inaequalium vocum consonantia sex tonos in se continens, in dupla super 7153 partiente consistens proportione, quae maior est quam dupla. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 3-8. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 11: inter consonantias diapason sequentes hexatonus minima est, quia in parte minima sensu perceptibili diapason superat. Quamvis autem hexatoni voces plus distent extremae quam ipsius diapason, pauciores tamen sunt in eo voces (eas per tonos numerando) quam in diapason, quia septem, in diapason vero octo. Non habet hexatonus locum in gammatis clavibus. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 13-19. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 20: Hexatoni voces rudes sunt et dissonae, quod verum non esset, si diapason sex tonos includeret. Tunc enim hexatonus esset diapason, et concordarent eius voces sicut ipsius diapason. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 97, 22-27. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 99, 11. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 101, 3-6. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 102, 10. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 102, 13: hexatonus diapason vincit in commate. ibid. al. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 110, 13. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 112, 17-20. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 2, 126, 2-40. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 3, 17, 18. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 3, 18, 21. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 4, 4: ditonus a duobus tonis, tritonus a tribus, tetratonus a quattuor, pentatonus a quinque, hexatonus a sex. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 10, 15-16. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 14, 9-16. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 39, 1-4. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 47, 13. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 48, 3. LmLIac. Leod. spec. 4, 49, 9: Ponuntur autem post diapason tres discordiae consequenter, scilicet hexatonus seu comma cum diapason, diesis cum diapason, apotome cum diapason sive hexatonus cum diesi.