en´har|mon´i|cal|ly

en|har|mon|ic «_EHN hahr MON ihk», adj noun. Music.

–adj.

1. having to do with notes on the scale with different names that have the same tone or sound on an instrument. Example: C sharp and D flat.

2. having to do with or designating a scale, a style of music, or an instrument employing intervals smaller than a semitone, especially quarter tones.

3. (in ancient Greek music) having to do with intervals smaller than a semitone.

–n.

enharmonic note, scale, or piece of music.

╂[< Late Latin enharmonicus < Greek enarmónios < en- in + harmónios harmony; perhaps patterned on Greek harmonikós harmonic]

–en´har|mon´i|cal|ly, adverb.