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Comparison between tunings: Pythagorean, equal-tempered, quarter-comma meantone, and others. For each, the common origin is arbitrarily chosen as C. The degrees are arranged in the order or the cycle of fifths; as in each of these tunings except just intonation all fifths are of the same size, the tunings appear as straight lines, the slope indicating the relative tempering with respect to Pythagorean, which has pure fifths (3:2, 702 cents). The Pythagorean A♭ (at the left) is at 792 cents, G♯ (at the right) at 816 cents; the difference is the Pythagorean comma. Equal temperament by definition is such that A♭ and G♯ are at the same level. 1⁄4-comma meantone produces the "just" major third (5:4, 386 cents, a syntonic comma lower than the Pythagorean one of 408 cents). 1⁄3-comma meantone produces the "just" minor third (6:5, 316 cents, a syntonic comma higher than the Pythagorean one of 294 cents). In both these meantone temperaments, the enharmony, here the difference between A♭ and G♯, is much larger than in Pythagorean, and with the flat degree higher than the sharp one.
Comparison of two sets of musical intervals. The equal-tempered intervals are black; the Pythagorean intervals are green.

Below is a list of intervals expressible in terms of a prime limit (see Terminology), completed by a choice of intervals in various equal subdivisions of the octave or of other intervals.

For commonly encountered harmonic or melodic intervals between pairs of notes in contemporary Western music theory, without consideration of the way in which they are tuned, see Interval (music) § Main intervals.

Terminology

  • The prime limit henceforth referred to simply as the limit, is the largest prime number occurring in the factorizations of the numerator and denominator of the frequency ratio describing a rational interval. For instance, the limit of the just perfect fourth (4:3) is 3, but the just minor tone (10:9) has a limit of 5, because 10 can be factored into 2 × 5 (and 9 into 3 × 3). There exists another type of limit, the odd limit, a concept used by Harry Partch (bigger of odd numbers obtained after dividing numerator and denominator by highest possible powers of 2), but it is not used here. The term "limit" was devised by Partch.
  • By definition, every interval in a given limit can also be part of a limit of higher order. For instance, a 3-limit unit can also be part of a 5-limit tuning and so on. By sorting the limit columns in the table below, all intervals of a given limit can be brought together (sort backwards by clicking the button twice).
  • Pythagorean tuning means 3-limit intonation—a ratio of numbers with prime factors no higher than three.
  • Just intonation means 5-limit intonation—a ratio of numbers with prime factors no higher than five.
  • Septimal, undecimal, tridecimal, and septendecimal mean, respectively, 7, 11, 13, and 17-limit intonation.
  • Meantone refers to meantone temperament, where the whole tone is the mean of the major third. In general, a meantone is constructed in the same way as Pythagorean tuning, as a stack of fifths: the tone is reached after two fifths, the major third after four, so that as all fifths are the same, the tone is the mean of the third. In a meantone temperament, each fifth is narrowed ("tempered") by the same small amount. The most common of meantone temperaments is the quarter-comma meantone, in which each fifth is tempered by 1⁄4 of the syntonic comma, so that after four steps the major third (as C-G-D-A-E) is a full syntonic comma lower than the Pythagorean one. The extremes of the meantone systems encountered in historical practice are the Pythagorean tuning, where the whole tone corresponds to 9:8, i.e. ⁠(3:2)/2⁠, the mean of the major third ⁠(3:2)/4⁠, and the fifth (3:2) is not tempered; and the 1⁄3-comma meantone, where the fifth is tempered to the extent that three ascending fifths produce a pure minor third.(See meantone temperaments). The music program Logic Pro uses also 1⁄2-comma meantone temperament.
  • Equal-tempered refers to X-tone equal temperament with intervals corresponding to X divisions per octave.
  • Tempered intervals however cannot be expressed in terms of prime limits and, unless exceptions, are not found in the table below.
  • The table can also be sorted by frequency ratio, by cents, or alphabetically.
  • Superparticular ratios are intervals that can be expressed as the ratio of two consecutive integers.

List

Column Legend
TET X-tone equal temperament (12-tet, etc.).
Limit 3-limit intonation, or Pythagorean.
5-limit "just" intonation, or just.
7-limit intonation, or septimal.
11-limit intonation, or undecimal.
13-limit intonation, or tridecimal.
17-limit intonation, or septendecimal.
19-limit intonation, or novendecimal.
Higher limits.
M Meantone temperament or tuning.
S Superparticular ratio (no separate color code).
List of musical intervals
Cents Note (from C) Freq. ratio Prime factors Interval name TET Limit M S
0.00 C 1 : 1 1 : 1 play Unison, monophony, perfect prime, tonic, or fundamental 1, 12 3 M
0.03 65537 : 65536 65537 : 2 play Sixty-five-thousand-five-hundred-thirty-seventh harmonic 65537 S
0.40 C7♯− 4375 : 4374 5×7 : 2×3 play Ragisma 7 S
0.72 E7777triple flat+ 2401 : 2400 7 : 2×3×5 play Breedsma 7 S
1.00 2 2 play Cent 1200
1.20 2 2 play Millioctave 1000
1.95 B♯++ 32805 : 32768 3×5 : 2 play Schisma 5
1.96 3:2÷(2) 3 : 2 Grad, Werckmeister
3.99 10 2×5 play Savart or eptaméride 301.03
7.71 B7 upside-down 225 : 224 3×5 : 2×7 play Septimal kleisma, marvel comma 7 S
8.11 Bdouble sharp 15625 : 15552 5 : 2×3 play Kleisma or semicomma majeur 5
10.06 Adouble sharpdouble sharp++ 2109375 : 2097152 3×5 : 2 play Semicomma, Fokker's comma 5
10.85 C43U 160 : 159 2×5 : 3×53 play Difference between 5:3 & 53:32 53 S
11.98 C29 145 : 144 5×29 : 2×3 play Difference between 29:16 & 9:5 29 S
12.50 2 2 play Sixteenth tone 96
13.07 B7 upside-down7 upside-down7 upside-down 1728 : 1715 2×3 : 5×7 play Orwell comma 7
13.47 C43 129 : 128 3×43 : 2 play Hundred-twenty-ninth harmonic 43 S
13.79 Ddouble flat7 126 : 125 2×3×7 : 5 play Small septimal semicomma, small septimal comma, starling comma 7 S
14.37 C♭↑↑− 121 : 120 11 : 2×3×5 play Undecimal seconds comma 11 S
16.67 C↑ 2 2 play 1 step in 72 equal temperament 72
18.13 C19U 96 : 95 2×3 : 5×19 play Difference between 19:16 & 6:5 19 S
19.55 Ddouble flat-- 2048 : 2025 2 : 3×5 play Diaschisma, minor comma 5
21.51 C+ 81 : 80 3 : 2×5 play Syntonic comma, major comma, komma, chromatic diesis, or comma of Didymus 5 S
22.64 2 2 play Holdrian comma, Holder's comma, 1 step in 53 equal temperament 53
23.46 B♯+++ 531441 : 524288 3 : 2 play Pythagorean comma, ditonic comma 3
25.00 2 2 play Eighth tone 48
26.84 C13 65 : 64 5×13 : 2 play Sixty-fifth harmonic, 13th-partial chroma 13 S
27.26 C7 upside-down 64 : 63 2 : 3×7 play Septimal comma, Archytas' comma, 63rd subharmonic 7 S
29.27 2 2 play 1 step in 41 equal temperament 41
31.19 D7♭↓ 56 : 55 2×7 : 5×11 play Undecimal diesis, Ptolemy's enharmonic: difference between (11 : 8) and (7 : 5) tritone 11 S
33.33 C/D♭ 2 2 play Sixth tone 36, 72
34.28 C17 51 : 50 3×17 : 2×5 play Difference between 17:16 & 25:24 17 S
34.98 B7 upside-down7 upside-down♯- 50 : 49 2×5 : 7 play Septimal sixth tone or jubilisma, Erlich's decatonic comma or tritonic diesis 7 S
35.70 D77 49 : 48 7 : 2×3 play Septimal diesis, slendro diesis or septimal 1/6-tone 7 S
38.05 C23 46 : 45 2×23 : 3×5 play Inferior quarter tone, difference between 23:16 & 45:32 23 S
38.71 2 2 play 1 step in 31 equal temperament or Normal Diesis 31
38.91 C↓♯+ 45 : 44 3×5 : 4×11 play Undecimal diesis or undecimal fifth tone 11 S
40.00 2 2 play Fifth tone 30
41.06 Ddouble flat 128 : 125 2 : 5 play Enharmonic diesis or 5-limit limma, minor diesis, diminished second, minor diesis or diesis, 125th subharmonic 5
41.72 D41U7 42 : 41 2×3×7 : 41 play Lesser 41-limit fifth tone 41 S
42.75 C41 41 : 40 41 : 2×5 play Greater 41-limit fifth tone 41 S
43.83 C13 upside down 40 : 39 2×5 : 3×13 play Tridecimal fifth tone 13 S
44.97 C19U13 39 : 38 3×13 : 2×19 play Superior quarter-tone, novendecimal fifth tone 19 S
46.17 D37U19double flat- 38 : 37 2×19 : 37 play Lesser 37-limit quarter tone 37 S
47.43 C37 37 : 36 37 : 2×3 play Greater 37-limit quarter tone 37 S
48.77 C7 upside-down 36 : 35 2×3 : 5×7 play Septimal quarter tone, septimal diesis, septimal chroma, superior quarter tone 7 S
49.98 246 : 239 3×41 : 239 play Just quarter tone 239
50.00 Chalf sharp/Dthree quarter flat 2 2 play Equal-tempered quarter tone 24
50.18 D17 upside down7 35 : 34 5×7 : 2×17 play ET quarter-tone approximation, lesser 17-limit quarter tone 17 S
50.72 B7 upside-down♯++ 59049 : 57344 3 : 2×7 play Harrison's comma (10 P5s – 1 H7) 7
51.68 C17↓♯ 34 : 33 2×17 : 3×11 play Greater 17-limit quarter tone 17 S
53.27 C↑ 33 : 32 3×11 : 2 play Thirty-third harmonic, undecimal comma, undecimal quarter tone 11 S
54.96 D31U♭- 32 : 31 2 : 31 play Inferior quarter-tone, thirty-first subharmonic 31 S
56.55 B2323♯+ 529 : 512 23 : 2 play Five-hundred-twenty-ninth harmonic 23
56.77 C31 31 : 30 31 : 2×3×5 play Greater quarter-tone, difference between 31:16 & 15:8 31 S
58.69 C29U 30 : 29 2×3×5 : 29 play Lesser 29-limit quarter tone 29 S
60.75 C297 upside-down 29 : 28 29 : 2×7 play Greater 29-limit quarter tone 29 S
62.96 D7♭- 28 : 27 2×7 : 3 play Septimal minor second, small minor second, inferior quarter tone 7 S
63.81 (3 : 2) 3 : 2 play Beta scale step 18.80
65.34 C13 upside down♯+ 27 : 26 3 : 2×13 play Chromatic diesis, tridecimal comma 13 S
66.34 D197 133 : 128 7×19 : 2 play One-hundred-thirty-third harmonic 19
66.67 C↑/C♯ 2 2 play Third tone 18, 36, 72
67.90 D13double flat- 26 : 25 2×13 : 5 play Tridecimal third tone, third tone 13 S
70.67 C♯ 25 : 24 5 : 2×3 play Just chromatic semitone or minor chroma, lesser chromatic semitone, small (just) semitone or minor second, minor chromatic semitone, or minor semitone, 2⁄7-comma meantone chromatic semitone, augmented unison 5 S
73.68 D23U♭- 24 : 23 2×3 : 23 play Lesser 23-limit semitone 23 S
75.00 2 2 play 1 step in 16 equal temperament, 3 steps in 48 16, 48
76.96 C23↓♯+ 23 : 22 23 : 2×11 play Greater 23-limit semitone 23 S
78.00 (3 : 2) 3 : 2 play Alpha scale step 15.39
79.31 67 : 64 67 : 2 play Sixty-seventh harmonic 67
80.54 C↑7 upside-down- 22 : 21 2×11 : 3×7 play Hard semitone, two-fifth tone small semitone 11 S
84.47 D7 21 : 20 3×7 : 2×5 play Septimal chromatic semitone, minor semitone 7 S
88.80 C19U 20 : 19 2×5 : 19 play Novendecimal augmented unison 19 S
90.22 D♭−− 256 : 243 2 : 3 play Pythagorean minor second or limma, Pythagorean diatonic semitone, Low Semitone 3
92.18 C♯+ 135 : 128 3×5 : 2 play Greater chromatic semitone, chromatic semitone, semitone medius, major chroma or major limma, small limma, major chromatic semitone, limma ascendant 5
93.60 D19♭- 19 : 18 19 : 2×3 Novendecimal minor secondplay 19 S
97.36 D↓↓ 128 : 121 2 : 11 play 121st subharmonic, undecimal minor second 11
98.95 D17 upside down 18 : 17 2×3 : 17 play Just minor semitone, Arabic lute index finger 17 S
100.00 C♯/D♭ 2 2 play Equal-tempered minor second or semitone 12 M
104.96 C17 17 : 16 17 : 2 play Minor diatonic semitone, just major semitone, overtone semitone, 17th harmonic, limma 17 S
111.45 √5 (5 : 1) play Studie II interval (compound just major third, 5:1, divided into 25 equal parts) 10.77
111.73 D♭- 16 : 15 2 : 3×5 play Just minor second, just diatonic semitone, large just semitone or major second, major semitone, limma, minor diatonic semitone, diatonic second semitone, diatonic semitone, 1⁄6-comma meantone minor second 5 S
113.69 C♯++ 2187 : 2048 3 : 2 play Apotome or Pythagorean major semitone, Pythagorean augmented unison, Pythagorean chromatic semitone, or Pythagorean apotome 3
116.72 (18 : 5) 2×3 : 5 play Secor 10.28
119.44 C7 upside-down 15 : 14 3×5 : 2×7 play Septimal diatonic semitone, major diatonic semitone, Cowell semitone 7 S
125.00 2 2 play 5 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
128.30 D13 upside down7 14 : 13 2×7 : 13 play Lesser tridecimal 2/3-tone 13 S
130.23 C23♯+ 69 : 64 3×23 : 2 play Sixty-ninth harmonic 23
133.24 D♭ 27 : 25 3 : 5 play Semitone maximus, minor second, large limma or Bohlen-Pierce small semitone, high semitone, alternate Renaissance half-step, large limma, acute minor second 5
133.33 C♯/D♭ 2 2 play Two-third tone 9, 18, 36, 72
138.57 D13♭- 13 : 12 13 : 2×3 play Greater tridecimal 2/3-tone, Three-quarter tone 13 S
150.00 Cthree quarter sharp/Dhalf flat 2 2 play Equal-tempered neutral second 8, 24
150.64 D↓ 12 : 11 2×3 : 11 play 3⁄4 tone or Undecimal neutral second, trumpet three-quarter tone, middle finger 11 S
155.14 D7 35 : 32 5×7 : 2 play Thirty-fifth harmonic 7
160.90 D−− 800 : 729 2×5 : 3 play Grave whole tone, neutral second, grave major second 5
165.00 D↑♭− 11 : 10 11 : 2×5 play Greater undecimal minor/major/neutral second, 4/5-tone or Ptolemy's second 11 S
171.43 2 2 play 1 step in 7 equal temperament 7
175.00 2 2 play 7 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
179.70 71 : 64 71 : 2 play Seventy-first harmonic 71
180.45 Edouble flat−−− 65536 : 59049 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished third, Pythagorean minor tone 3
182.40 D− 10 : 9 2×5 : 3 play Small just whole tone or major second, minor whole tone, lesser whole tone, minor tone, minor second, half-comma meantone major second 5 S
200.00 D 2 2 play Equal-tempered major second 6, 12 M
203.91 D 9 : 8 3 : 2 play Pythagorean major second, Large just whole tone or major second (sesquioctavan), tonus, major whole tone, greater whole tone, major tone 3 S
215.89 D29 145 : 128 5×29 : 2 play Hundred-forty-fifth harmonic 29
223.46 Edouble flat 256 : 225 2 : 3×5 play Just diminished third, 225th subharmonic 5
225.00 2 2 play 9 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
227.79 73 : 64 73 : 2 play Seventy-third harmonic 73
231.17 D7 upside-down 8 : 7 2 : 7 play Septimal major second, septimal whole tone 7 S
240.00 2 2 play 1 step in 5 equal temperament 5
247.74 D13 upside down 15 : 13 3×5 : 13 play Tridecimal 5⁄4 tone 13
250.00 Dhalf sharp/Ethree quarter flat 2 2 play 5 steps in 24 equal temperament 24
251.34 D37 37 : 32 37 : 2 play Thirty-seventh harmonic 37
253.08 D♯− 125 : 108 5 : 2×3 play Semi-augmented whole tone, semi-augmented second 5
262.37 E↓♭ 64 : 55 2 : 5×11 play 55th subharmonic 11
266.87 E7 7 : 6 7 : 2×3 play Septimal minor third or Sub minor third 7 S
268.80 D2313 299 : 256 13×23 : 2 play Two-hundred-ninety-ninth harmonic 23
274.58 D♯ 75 : 64 3×5 : 2 play Just augmented second, Augmented tone, augmented second 5
275.00 2 2 play 11 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
289.21 E13↓♭ 13 : 11 13 : 11 play Tridecimal minor third 13
294.13 E♭− 32 : 27 2 : 3 play Pythagorean minor third semiditone, or 27th subharmonic 3
297.51 E19 19 : 16 19 : 2 play 19th harmonic, 19-limit minor third, overtone minor third 19
300.00 D♯/E♭ 2 2 play Equal-tempered minor third 4, 12 M
301.85 D7 upside-down♯- 25 : 21 5 : 3×7 play Quasi-equal-tempered minor third, 2nd 7-limit minor third, Bohlen-Pierce second 7
310.26 6:5÷(81:80) 2 : 5 play Quarter-comma meantone minor third M
311.98 (3 : 2) 3 : 2 play Alpha scale minor third 15.39
315.64 E♭ 6 : 5 2×3 : 5 play Just minor third, minor third, 1⁄3-comma meantone minor third 5 M S
317.60 D♯++ 19683 : 16384 3 : 2 play Pythagorean augmented second 3
320.14 E7♭↑ 77 : 64 7×11 : 2 play Seventy-seventh harmonic 11
325.00 2 2 play 13 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
336.13 D177 upside-down♯- 17 : 14 17 : 2×7 play Superminor third 17
337.15 E♭+ 243 : 200 3 : 2×5 play Acute minor third 5
342.48 E13 39 : 32 3×13 : 2 play Thirty-ninth harmonic 13
342.86 2 2 play 2 steps in 7 equal temperament 7
342.91 E7 upside-down♭- 128 : 105 2 : 3×5×7 play 105th subharmonic, septimal neutral third 7
347.41 E↑♭− 11 : 9 11 : 3 play Undecimal neutral third 11
350.00 Dthree quarter sharp/Ehalf flat 2 2 play Equal-tempered neutral third 24
354.55 E↓+ 27 : 22 3 : 2×11 play Zalzal's wosta 12:11 X 9:8 11
359.47 E13 upside down 16 : 13 2 : 13 play Tridecimal neutral third 13
364.54 79 : 64 79 : 2 play Seventy-ninth harmonic 79
364.81 E− 100 : 81 2×5 : 3 play Grave major third 5
375.00 2 2 play 15 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
384.36 F♭−− 8192 : 6561 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished fourth, Pythagorean 'schismatic' third 3
386.31 E 5 : 4 5 : 2 play Just major third, major third, quarter-comma meantone major third 5 M S
397.10 E237+ 161 : 128 7×23 : 2 play One-hundred-sixty-first harmonic 23
400.00 E 2 2 play Equal-tempered major third 3, 12 M
402.47 E1917 323 : 256 17×19 : 2 play Three-hundred-twenty-third harmonic 19
407.82 E+ 81 : 64 3 : 2 play Pythagorean major third, ditone 3
417.51 F7↓+ 14 : 11 2×7 : 11 play Undecimal diminished fourth or major third 11
425.00 2 2 play 17 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
427.37 F♭ 32 : 25 2 : 5 play Just diminished fourth, diminished fourth, 25th subharmonic 5
429.06 E41 41 : 32 41 : 2 play Forty-first harmonic 41
435.08 E7 upside-down 9 : 7 3 : 7 play Septimal major third, Bohlen-Pierce third, Super major Third 7
444.77 F↓ 128 : 99 2 : 3×11 play 99th subharmonic 11
450.00 Ehalf sharp/Fhalf flat 2 2 play 9 steps in 24 equal temperament 8, 24
450.05 83 : 64 83 : 2 play Eighty-third harmonic 83
454.21 F♭13 13 : 10 13 : 2×5 play Tridecimal major third or diminished fourth 13
456.99 E♯ 125 : 96 5 : 2×3 play Just augmented third, augmented third 5
462.35 E7 upside-down7 upside-down- 64 : 49 2 : 7 play 49th subharmonic 7
470.78 F7+ 21 : 16 3×7 : 2 play Twenty-first harmonic, narrow fourth, septimal fourth, wide augmented third, H7 on G 7
475.00 2 2 play 19 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
478.49 E♯+ 675 : 512 3×5 : 2 play Six-hundred-seventy-fifth harmonic, wide augmented third 5
480.00 2 2 play 2 steps in 5 equal temperament 5
491.27 E17 85 : 64 5×17 : 2 play Eighty-fifth harmonic 17
498.04 F 4 : 3 2 : 3 play Perfect fourth, Pythagorean perfect fourth, Just perfect fourth or diatessaron 3 S
500.00 F 2 2 play Equal-tempered perfect fourth 12 M
501.42 F19+ 171 : 128 3×19 : 2 play One-hundred-seventy-first harmonic 19
510.51 (3 : 2) 3 : 2 play Beta scale perfect fourth 18.80
511.52 F43 43 : 32 43 : 2 play Forty-third harmonic 43
514.29 2 2 play 3 steps in 7 equal temperament 7
519.55 F+ 27 : 20 3 : 2×5 play 5-limit wolf fourth, acute fourth, imperfect fourth 5
521.51 E♯+++ 177147 : 131072 3 : 2 play Pythagorean augmented third (F+ (pitch)) 3
525.00 2 2 play 21 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
531.53 F29+ 87 : 64 3×29 : 2 play Eighty-seventh harmonic 29
536.95 F↓♯+ 15 : 11 3×5 : 11 play Undecimal augmented fourth 11
550.00 Fhalf sharp/Gthree quarter flat 2 2 play 11 steps in 24 equal temperament 24
551.32 F↑ 11 : 8 11 : 2 play eleventh harmonic, undecimal tritone, lesser undecimal tritone, undecimal semi-augmented fourth 11
563.38 F13 upside down♯+ 18 : 13 2×9 : 13 play Tridecimal augmented fourth 13
568.72 F♯ 25 : 18 5 : 2×3 play Just augmented fourth 5
570.88 89 : 64 89 : 2 play Eighty-ninth harmonic 89
575.00 2 2 play 23 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
582.51 G7 7 : 5 7 : 5 play Lesser septimal tritone, septimal tritone Huygens' tritone or Bohlen-Pierce fourth, septimal fifth, septimal diminished fifth 7
588.27 G♭−− 1024 : 729 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished fifth, low Pythagorean tritone 3
590.22 F♯+ 45 : 32 3×5 : 2 play Just augmented fourth, just tritone, tritone, diatonic tritone, 'augmented' or 'false' fourth, high 5-limit tritone, 1⁄6-comma meantone augmented fourth 5
595.03 G1919 361 : 256 19 : 2 play Three-hundred-sixty-first harmonic 19
600.00 F♯/G♭ 2 2=√2 play Equal-tempered tritone 2, 12 M
609.35 G137 91 : 64 7×13 : 2 play Ninety-first harmonic 13
609.78 G♭− 64 : 45 2 : 3×5 play Just tritone, 2nd tritone, 'false' fifth, diminished fifth, low 5-limit tritone, 45th subharmonic 5
611.73 F♯++ 729 : 512 3 : 2 play Pythagorean tritone, Pythagorean augmented fourth, high Pythagorean tritone 3
617.49 F♯7 upside-down 10 : 7 2×5 : 7 play Greater septimal tritone, septimal tritone, Euler's tritone 7
625.00 2 2 play 25 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
628.27 F23♯+ 23 : 16 23 : 2 play Twenty-third harmonic, classic diminished fifth 23
631.28 G♭ 36 : 25 2×3 : 5 play Just diminished fifth 5
646.99 F31♯+ 93 : 64 3×31 : 2 play Ninety-third harmonic 31
648.68 G↓ 16 : 11 2 : 11 play ` undecimal semi-diminished fifth 11
650.00 Fthree quarter sharp/Ghalf flat 2 2 play 13 steps in 24 equal temperament 24
665.51 G43U 47 : 32 47 : 2 play Forty-seventh harmonic 47
675.00 2 2 play 27 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
678.49 Adouble flat−−− 262144 : 177147 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished sixth 3
680.45 G− 40 : 27 2×5 : 3 play 5-limit wolf fifth, or diminished sixth, grave fifth, imperfect fifth, 5
683.83 G19 95 : 64 5×19 : 2 play Ninety-fifth harmonic 19
684.82 E232323double sharp++ 12167 : 8192 23 : 2 play 12167th harmonic 23
685.71 2 : 1 play 4 steps in 7 equal temperament 7
691.20 3:2÷(81:80) 2×5 : 3 play Half-comma meantone perfect fifth M
694.79 3:2÷(81:80) 2×5 : 3 play 1⁄3-comma meantone perfect fifth M
695.81 3:2÷(81:80) 2×5 : 3 play 2⁄7-comma meantone perfect fifth M
696.58 3:2÷(81:80) 5 play Quarter-comma meantone perfect fifth M
697.65 3:2÷(81:80) 3×5 : 2 play 1⁄5-comma meantone perfect fifth M
698.37 3:2÷(81:80) 3×5 : 2 play 1⁄6-comma meantone perfect fifth M
700.00 G 2 2 play Equal-tempered perfect fifth 12 M
701.89 2 2 play 53-TET perfect fifth 53
701.96 G 3 : 2 3 : 2 play Perfect fifth, Pythagorean perfect fifth, Just perfect fifth or diapente, fifth, Just fifth 3 S
702.44 2 2 play 41-TET perfect fifth 41
703.45 2 2 play 29-TET perfect fifth 29
719.90 97 : 64 97 : 2 play Ninety-seventh harmonic 97
720.00 2 : 1 play 3 steps in 5 equal temperament 5
721.51 Adouble flat 1024 : 675 2 : 3×5 play Narrow diminished sixth 5
725.00 2 2 play 29 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
729.22 G7 upside-down- 32 : 21 2 : 3×7 play 21st subharmonic, septimal diminished sixth 7
733.23 F2317double sharp+ 391 : 256 17×23 : 2 play Three-hundred-ninety-first harmonic 23
737.65 A77♭+ 49 : 32 7×7 : 2 play Forty-ninth harmonic 7
743.01 Adouble flat 192 : 125 2×3 : 5 play Classic diminished sixth 5
750.00 Ghalf sharp/Athree quarter flat 2 2 play 15 steps in 24 equal temperament 8, 24
755.23 G↑ 99 : 64 3×11 : 2 play Ninety-ninth harmonic 11
764.92 A7 14 : 9 2×7 : 3 play Septimal minor sixth 7
772.63 G♯ 25 : 16 5 : 2 play Just augmented fifth 5
775.00 2 2 play 31 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
781.79 π : 2 play Wallis product
782.49 G7 upside-down↑- 11 : 7 11 : 7 play Undecimal minor sixth, undecimal augmented fifth, Fibonacci numbers 11
789.85 101 : 64 101 : 2 play Hundred-first harmonic 101
792.18 A♭− 128 : 81 2 : 3 play Pythagorean minor sixth, 81st subharmonic 3
798.40 A297♭+ 203 : 128 7×29 : 2 play Two-hundred-third harmonic 29
800.00 G♯/A♭ 2 2 play Equal-tempered minor sixth 3, 12 M
806.91 G17 51 : 32 3×17 : 2 play Fifty-first harmonic 17
813.69 A♭ 8 : 5 2 : 5 play Just minor sixth 5
815.64 G♯++ 6561 : 4096 3 : 2 play Pythagorean augmented fifth, Pythagorean 'schismatic' sixth 3
823.80 103 : 64 103 : 2 play Hundred-third harmonic 103
825.00 2 2 play 33 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
832.18 G23♯+ 207 : 128 3×23 : 2 play Two-hundred-seventh harmonic 23
833.09 (5+1)/2 φ : 1 play Golden ratio (833 cents scale)
835.19 A♭+ 81 : 50 3 : 2×5 play Acute minor sixth 5
840.53 A13 13 : 8 13 : 2 play Tridecimal neutral sixth, overtone sixth, thirteenth harmonic 13
848.83 A19♭↑ 209 : 128 11×19 : 2 play Two-hundred-ninth harmonic 19
850.00 Gthree quarter sharp/Ahalf flat 2 2 play Equal-tempered neutral sixth 24
852.59 A↓+ 18 : 11 2×3 : 11 play Undecimal neutral sixth, Zalzal's neutral sixth 11
857.09 A7+ 105 : 64 3×5×7 : 2 play Hundred-fifth harmonic 7
857.14 2 2 play 5 steps in 7 equal temperament 7
862.85 A− 400 : 243 2×5 : 3 play Grave major sixth 5
873.50 A43U 53 : 32 53 : 2 play Fifty-third harmonic 53
875.00 2 2 play 35 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
879.86 A↓7 upside-down 128 : 77 2 : 7×11 play 77th subharmonic 11
882.40 Bdouble flat−−− 32768 : 19683 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished seventh 3
884.36 A 5 : 3 5 : 3 play Just major sixth, Bohlen-Pierce sixth, 1⁄3-comma meantone major sixth 5 M
889.76 107 : 64 107 : 2 play Hundred-seventh harmonic 107
892.54 B191919double flat 6859 : 4096 19 : 2 play 6859th harmonic 19
900.00 A 2 2 play Equal-tempered major sixth 4, 12 M
902.49 A19U 32 : 19 2 : 19 play 19th subharmonic 19
905.87 A+ 27 : 16 3 : 2 play Pythagorean major sixth 3
921.82 109 : 64 109 : 2 play Hundred-ninth harmonic 109
925.00 2 2 play 37 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
925.42 Bdouble flat 128 : 75 2 : 3×5 play Just diminished seventh, diminished seventh, 75th subharmonic 5
925.79 A2319+ 437 : 256 19×23 : 2 play Four-hundred-thirty-seventh harmonic 23
933.13 A7 upside-down 12 : 7 2×3 : 7 play Septimal major sixth 7
937.63 A↑ 55 : 32 5×11 : 2 play Fifty-fifth harmonic 11
950.00 Ahalf sharp/Bthree quarter flat 2 2 play 19 steps in 24 equal temperament 24
953.30 A37♯+ 111 : 64 3×37 : 2 play Hundred-eleventh harmonic 37
955.03 A♯ 125 : 72 5 : 2×3 play Just augmented sixth 5
957.21 (3 : 2) 3 : 2 play 15 steps in Beta scale 18.80
960.00 2 2 play 4 steps in 5 equal temperament 5
968.83 B7 7 : 4 7 : 2 play Septimal minor seventh, harmonic seventh, augmented sixth 7
975.00 2 2 play 39 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
976.54 A♯+ 225 : 128 3×5 : 2 play Just augmented sixth 5
984.21 113 : 64 113 : 2 play Hundred-thirteenth harmonic 113
996.09 B♭− 16 : 9 2 : 3 play Pythagorean minor seventh, Small just minor seventh, lesser minor seventh, just minor seventh, Pythagorean small minor seventh 3
999.47 B19 57 : 32 3×19 : 2 play Fifty-seventh harmonic 19
1000.00 A♯/B♭ 2 2 play Equal-tempered minor seventh 6, 12 M
1014.59 A23♯+ 115 : 64 5×23 : 2 play Hundred-fifteenth harmonic 23
1017.60 B♭ 9 : 5 3 : 5 play Greater just minor seventh, large just minor seventh, Bohlen-Pierce seventh 5
1019.55 A♯+++ 59049 : 32768 3 : 2 play Pythagorean augmented sixth 3
1025.00 2 2 play 41 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
1028.57 2 2 play 6 steps in 7 equal temperament 7
1029.58 B29 29 : 16 29 : 2 play Twenty-ninth harmonic, minor seventh 29
1035.00 B↓ 20 : 11 2×5 : 11 play Lesser undecimal neutral seventh, large minor seventh 11
1039.10 B♭+ 729 : 400 3 : 2×5 play Acute minor seventh 5
1044.44 B13 117 : 64 3×13 : 2 play Hundred-seventeenth harmonic 13
1044.86 B7 upside-down♭- 64 : 35 2 : 5×7 play 35th subharmonic, septimal neutral seventh 7
1049.36 B↑♭− 11 : 6 11 : 2×3 play 21⁄4-tone or Undecimal neutral seventh, undecimal 'median' seventh 11
1050.00 Athree quarter sharp/Bhalf flat 2 2 play Equal-tempered neutral seventh 8, 24
1059.17 59 : 32 59 : 2 play Fifty-ninth harmonic 59
1066.76 B− 50 : 27 2×5 : 3 play Grave major seventh 5
1071.70 B137 upside-down♭- 13 : 7 13 : 7 play Tridecimal neutral seventh 13
1073.78 B717 119 : 64 7×17 : 2 play Hundred-nineteenth harmonic 17
1075.00 2 2 play 43 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
1086.31 C′♭−− 4096 : 2187 2 : 3 play Pythagorean diminished octave 3
1088.27 B 15 : 8 3×5 : 2 play Just major seventh, small just major seventh, 1⁄6-comma meantone major seventh 5
1095.04 C17 upside down 32 : 17 2 : 17 play 17th subharmonic 17
1100.00 B 2 2 play Equal-tempered major seventh 12 M
1102.64 B↑↑♭- 121 : 64 11 : 2 play Hundred-twenty-first harmonic 11
1107.82 C′♭− 256 : 135 2 : 3×5 play Octave − major chroma, 135th subharmonic, narrow diminished octave 5
1109.78 B+ 243 : 128 3 : 2 play Pythagorean major seventh 3
1116.88 61 : 32 61 : 2 play Sixty-first harmonic 61
1125.00 2 2 play 45 steps in 48 equal temperament 16, 48
1129.33 C′♭ 48 : 25 2×3 : 5 play Classic diminished octave, large just major seventh 5
1131.02 B41 123 : 64 3×41 : 2 play Hundred-twenty-third harmonic 41
1137.04 B7 upside-down 27 : 14 3 : 2×7 play Septimal major seventh 7
1138.04 C1913 247 : 128 13×19 : 2 play Two-hundred-forty-seventh harmonic 19
1145.04 B31 31 : 16 31 : 2 play Thirty-first harmonic, augmented seventh 31
1146.73 C↓ 64 : 33 2 : 3×11 play 33rd subharmonic 11
1150.00 Bhalf sharp/Chalf flat 2 2 play 23 steps in 24 equal temperament 24
1151.23 C7 35 : 18 5×7 : 2×3 play Septimal supermajor seventh, septimal quarter tone inverted 7
1158.94 B♯ 125 : 64 5 : 2 play Just augmented seventh, 125th harmonic 5
1172.74 C7+ 63 : 32 3×7 : 2 play Sixty-third harmonic 7
1175.00 2 2 play 47 steps in 48 equal temperament 48
1178.49 C′− 160 : 81 2×5 : 3 play Octave − syntonic comma, semi-diminished octave 5
1179.59 B23 253 : 128 11×23 : 2 play Two-hundred-fifty-third harmonic 23
1186.42 127 : 64 127 : 2 play Hundred-twenty-seventh harmonic 127
1200.00 C′ 2 : 1 2 : 1 play Octave or diapason 1, 12 3 M S

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Maneri-Sims notation

References

  1. ^ Fox, Christopher (2003). "Microtones and Microtonalities", Contemporary Music Review, v. 22, pt. 1–2. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge): p. 13.
  2. ^ Fonville, John. 1991. "Ben Johnston's Extended Just Intonation: A Guide for Interpreters". Perspectives of New Music 29, no. 2 (Summer): 106–137.
  3. ^ "List of intervals", Huygens-Fokker Foundation. The Foundation uses "classic" to indicate "just" or leaves off any adjective, as in "major sixth".
  4. ^ Partch, Harry (1979). Genesis of a Music. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-306-80106-8.
  5. ^ "Anatomy of an Octave", Kyle Gann (1998). Gann leaves off "just" but includes "5-limit". He uses "median" for "neutral".
  6. ^ Haluška, Ján (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, pp. xxv–xxix. ISBN 978-0-8247-4714-5.
  7. Ellis, Alexander J.; Hipkins, Alfred J. (1884). "Tonometrical Observations on Some Existing Non-Harmonic Musical Scales". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 37 (232–234): 368–385. doi:10.1098/rspl.1884.0041. JSTOR 114325. S2CID 122407786.
  8. "Logarithmic Interval Measures", Huygens-Fokker Foundation. Accessed 2015-06-06.
  9. "Orwell Temperaments", Xenharmony.org.
  10. ^ Partch 1979, p. 70
  11. ^ Alexander John Ellis (March 1885). On the musical scales of various nations, p. 488. Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. XXXII, no. 1688
  12. William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1895). Pronouncing Dictionary and Condensed Encyclopedia of Musical Terms, p. 13. ISBN 1-112-44188-3.
  13. ^ Anger, Joseph Humfrey (1912). A Treatise on Harmony, with Exercises, Volume 3, pp. xiv–xv. W. Tyrrell.
  14. ^ Hermann Ludwig F. von Helmholtz (Alexander John Ellis, trans.) (1875). "Additions by the translator", On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music, p. 644.
  15. A. R. Meuss (2004). Intervals, Scales, Tones and the Concert Pitch C. Temple Lodge Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 1902636465.
  16. ^ Paul, Oscar (1885). A Manual of Harmony for Use in Music-schools and Seminaries and for Self-instruction, p. 165. Theodore Baker, trans. G. Schirmer. Paul uses "natural" for "just".
  17. ^ "13th-harmonic", 31et.com.
  18. Brabner, John H. F. (1884). The National Encyclopaedia, vol. 13, p. 182. London.
  19. Sabat, Marc and von Schweinitz, Wolfgang (2004). "The Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation" , NewMusicBox. Accessed: 15 March 2014.
  20. Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz (2007). On the Sensations of Tone, p. 456. ISBN 978-1-60206-639-7.
  21. "Gallery of Just Intervals", Xenharmonic Wiki.

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