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{{Infobox Interval | {{Infobox Interval | ||
| Name = Pythagorean whole tone, Pythagorean major second | |||
| Name = whole tone | |||
| Color name = w2, wa 2nd | | Color name = w2, wa 2nd | ||
| Sound = jid_9_8_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3 | | Sound = jid_9_8_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3 | ||
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{{Wikipedia|Major second}} | |||
'''9/8''' | '''9/8''', the '''Pythagorean whole tone''' or '''major second''', is an interval measuring approximately 203.9¢. It can be arrived at by stacking two just perfect fifths ([[3/2]]) and reducing the result by one octave. However, it is also a relatively low overtone in its own right, octave-reduced. It can be treated as a dissonance or a consonance, depending on compositional context, though because of its relatively close proximity to the [[unison]], it is the largest [[superparticular]] interval known to cause crowding, which lends more to it being considered a type of dissonance- at least in historical Western Classical traditions and in the xenharmonic traditions derived from them. | ||
Two 9/8's stacked produce [[81/64]], the Pythagorean major third, a rather bright major third of approximately 407.8¢. However, a 9/8 plus the minor whole tone [[10/9]] yields [[5/4]]. This distinction, between a major whole tone and minor whole tone, has been completely obliterated in [[12edo]], and so we are unaccustomed to thinking of more than one size of whole tone comprising a major third. Other systems that temper out this difference (which is [[81/80]], the syntonic comma of about 21.5¢), such as [[19edo]], [[26edo]], and [[31edo]], are called [[meantone]] temperaments. | Two 9/8's stacked produce [[81/64]], the Pythagorean major third, a rather bright major third of approximately 407.8¢. However, a 9/8 plus the minor whole tone [[10/9]] yields [[5/4]]. This distinction, between a major whole tone and minor whole tone, has been completely obliterated in [[12edo]], and so we are unaccustomed to thinking of more than one size of whole tone comprising a major third. Other systems that temper out this difference (which is [[81/80]], the syntonic comma of about 21.5¢), such as [[19edo]], [[26edo]], and [[31edo]], are called [[meantone]] temperaments. | ||
9/8 | A stack of six intervals of 9/8 exceeds the octave by the [[Pythagorean comma]]. | ||
== | == History == | ||
The (whole) tone as an interval measure was already known in Ancient Greece. {{w|Aristoxenus}} (fl. 335 BC) defined the tone as the difference between the [[3/2|just fifth (3/2)]] and the [[4/3|just fourth (4/3)]]. From this base size, he derived the size of other intervals as multiples or fractions of the tone, so for instance the just fourth was 2½ tones in size, which implies [[12edo]]. | |||
== Temperaments == | |||
In [[meantone]], 9/8 is equated with [[10/9]], so that two instances of 9/8~10/9 stack to ~[[5/4]]. [[Superpyth]] instead sharpens 9/8 to equate it with [[8/7]]. | |||
Since 9/8 is reached by stacking two instances of [[3/2]], temperaments in subgroups that include 3 cannot be generated by ~9/8. However, it can be a generator in subgroups such as [[2.9.5.7 subgroup|2.9.5.7]], where it generates [[Subgroup temperaments #Baldy|baldy]] for example. | |||
== Approximation == | |||
9/8 is well-represented in [[6edo]] and its multiples, though only multiples of [[12edo]] (up to [[300edo]]) map 9/8 to 1\6 by [[patent val]]. [[Edo]]s which tune [[3/2]] close to just, such as [[29edo]], [[41edo]], and [[53edo]], will tune 9/8 close to just as well. | |||
{{Interval edo approximation|9/8}} | |||
== Notation == | |||
In musical notations that employ the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] [[chain-of-fifths notation|chain-of-fifths]], such as the [[ups and downs notation]], the whole tone is represented by the distances between the notes A–B, C–D, D–E, F–G, and G–A. | |||
The scale is structured with the following step pattern: | |||
* A to B: [[9/8|whole tone]] | |||
* B to C: [[256/243|limma]] | |||
* C to D: [[9/8|whole tone]] | |||
* D to E: [[9/8|whole tone]] | |||
* E to F: [[256/243|limma]] | |||
* F to G: [[9/8|whole tone]] | |||
* G to A: [[9/8|whole tone]] | |||
This pattern highlights the placement of the whole tone intervals between the note pairs above, distinguishing them from the [[256/243|limma]] that occurs between the other note pairs. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[16/9]] – its [[octave complement]] | * [[16/9]] – its [[octave complement]] | ||
* [[4/3]] – its [[fifth complement]] | * [[4/3]] – its [[fifth complement]] | ||
* [[32/27]] – its [[fourth complement]] | |||
* [[Gallery of just intervals]] | * [[Gallery of just intervals]] | ||
* [[List of superparticular intervals]] | * [[List of superparticular intervals]] | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://www.tonalsoft.com/monzo/aristoxenus/aristoxenus.aspx The measurement of Aristoxenus's Divisions of the Tetrachord] on [[Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]] | |||
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