Septimal diatonic semitone
Inverse | major seventh |
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Name | |
Other names | Septimal diatonic semitone |
Size | |
Semitones | 1 |
Interval class | 1 |
Just interval | 15:14 |
Cents | |
Equal temperament | 100 |
24 equal temperament | 100 |
Just intonation | 119.44 |
In music, a septimal diatonic semitone (or major diatonic semitone[1]) is the interval 15:14 Play (help·info). It is about 119.44 cents. The septimal diatonic semitone may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the fourteenth and fifteenth harmonics (B7b and B).
The septimal diatonic semitone equals a just diatonic semitone Play (help·info) (16:15, or 111.73 cents) plus a septimal kleisma (the interval 225:224, or 7.71 cents).
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Septimal diatonic semitone (15/14) on C
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See also[]
- Major diatonic semitone (5-limit, 16:15)
- Minor diatonic semitone (or septendecimal diatonic semitone, 17:16).
Sources[]
- ^ Haluska, Jan (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, p.xxiv & 25. ISBN 0-8247-4714-3.
Categories:
- Music theory stubs
- Seconds (music)
- 7-limit tuning and intervals
- Superparticular intervals