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‖ paramese|pəˈræmɪsiː|
[a. Gr. παραµέση the string next the middle, f. παράµεσος next the middle, f. παρά beside + µέσος mid.]
In ancient Greek music, The tone next above the mese; the lowest tone of the disjunct tetrachord.
1603Holland Plutarch Explan. Words, Paramese, next the meane or middle string. A note in musicke. 1698Wallis in Phil. Trans. XX. 250 Which was, in their Musick, that from Mese to Paramese; that is in our Musick, from A to B. 1760Stiles ibid. LI. 702 The paramese of the lyre, though still paramese in position, acquired the power of the mese. 1898Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. T. s.v. Greek Music, In the eight stringed lyre..Paramese took its proper place, next to Mese. |