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| Name = hexatone | | Name = Pythagorean augmented seventh, hexatone | ||
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The '''hexatone''', 531441/262144, is the interval found by stacking six (Pythagorean whole) | The '''Pythagorean augmented seventh''', otherwise known as the '''hexatone''', 531441/262144, is the interval found by stacking six [[9/8|(Pythagorean whole) tones (9/8)]]. The Medieval music theorist {{w|Jacobus of Liège}} described it along with the [[ditone]], [[tritone]], [[tetratone]], and [[pentatone]], and noted that the hexatone was a rough discord, not equivalent to a pure octave;<ref>[http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/harmony/pyth4.html Schulter, Margo. ''Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony''. Early Music FAQ, 1998.]</ref> it is wider than the octave by one [[Pythagorean comma]]. | ||
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hexatone
The Pythagorean augmented seventh, otherwise known as the hexatone, 531441/262144, is the interval found by stacking six (Pythagorean whole) tones (9/8). The Medieval music theorist Jacobus of Liège described it along with the ditone, tritone, tetratone, and pentatone, and noted that the hexatone was a rough discord, not equivalent to a pure octave;[1] it is wider than the octave by one Pythagorean comma.