 In the chromatic genus, the largest interval was called a , —translated as "incomposite" (or "noncomposite") "trihemitone" (; ; ; , prefers a descriptive translation, "an individed interval of three semitones"; uses "trisemitone"), the modern term being "minor third"—leaving a "pyknon" of some type of whole tone to be divided into two semitones.There is a larger number of variations in the tuning of the chromatic than in the enharmonic.Up to the beginning of the 4th century BC the chromatic "pyknon" spanned a major whole tone with a 9