Limma
Sign in to saveThe word limma or leimma (from Greek: , leimma; meaning "remnant") can refer to several different musical intervals, and one form of breath-mark to indicate spacing within lyrics; their only common property is that all are very small either in pitch difference or in time.
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The word limma or leimma (from Greek: , leimma; meaning "remnant") can refer to several different musical intervals, and one form of breath-mark to indicate spacing within lyrics; their only common property is that all are very small either in pitch difference or in time.
== Pitch == More specifically, in Pythagorean tuning (i.e. 3-limit): The original Pythagorean limma, , a Pythagorean interval ().