Gamut (disambiguation)

Gamut (disambiguation)

The term gamut originally referred to lowest note (the “gamma-ut”) in the musical scale used in medieval music, and then to the entirety of the medieval musical scale. [“ [http://books.google.com/books?id=rQD8PmXp54UC&pg=PA450&dq=gamut+britannica Gamut] ”. "Encyclopedia Britannica". 1911.] From this notion of a complete range, the term came to be applied to other fields, including as a completely general term.

In English this term most often is used in phrases of the form: "... runs the gamut ..." (often followed by phrases suchas "from ___ to ____" or "of ___" which define the range that is being traversed).

Gamut can therefore refer to:

* Gamut, a range of colors which can be reproduced by a particular printing process, display device, or set of paints.
* Gamut, a complete scale in medieval music. See Hexachord, and Diatonic and chromatic.
* L. T. F. Gamut, a collective pseudonym for five Dutch logicians.
* The Gamut, a poetry magazine at Harvard

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