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noun
In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched higher than the trite and lower than the nete.
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Qualifier: musical pitch
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History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin paranētē, from Ancient Greek παρανήτη (paranḗtē, literally “next to the lowest [string]”). The nete was "lowest" in the sense of being the farthest from the player and physically below the other strings, but was the highest in pitch. Compare the high E string in a modern guitar, which is farthest from the player.
