adverb
- In a manner relating to or involving enharmonic equivalence; with respect to notes or chords that sound the same but are written differently.
Usage: music; technical
Examples
- The pianist played C-sharp and D-flat enharmonically, producing the same pitch.
- In equal temperament tuning, F-sharp and G-flat are enharmonically identical.
- The composer used enharmonically equivalent chords to modulate smoothly between keys.
- Musicians must understand enharmonically related notes to read music in different keys.
- The two passages sound enharmonically the same but are notated differently for clarity.