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In [[17-limit]] [[just intonation]], '''18/17''' is the '''small septendecimal semitone''' of about 99¢. It is very close to [[12edo]]'s "half step" of 100¢, and fairly close to the "large septendecimal semitone" of [[17/16]] (~105¢).
In [[17-limit]] [[just intonation]], '''18/17''' is the '''small septendecimal semitone''' of about 99{{cent}}. It is very close to [[12edo]]'s "half step" of 100¢, and fairly close to the "large septendecimal semitone" of [[17/16]] (~105¢).


== Terminology and notation ==
== Terminology and notation ==
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The term ''small septendecimal semitone'' omits the diatonic/chromatic part and only describes its melodic property i.e. the size. It is said in contrast to the large septendecimal semitone of 17/16.  
The term ''small septendecimal semitone'' omits the diatonic/chromatic part and only describes its melodic property i.e. the size. It is said in contrast to the large septendecimal semitone of 17/16.  
== Temperaments ==
{{w|Vincenzo Galilei}} (1520-1591) proposed a tuning based on eleven 18/17 semitones and one larger semitone of about 111.5{{cent}} (the [[octave complement]])<ref>Barbour, J. Murray. ''[https://archive.org/details/tuningtemperamen00barb/page/n7/mode/2up Tuning and temperament: a historical survey]'', p.&nbsp;57.</ref>. This [[well temperament]] provides seven wide perfect fifths of about 705.2{{cent}} and five narrow perfect fifths of about 692.7{{cent}}, whose distribution is [[maximally even]] instead of grouping together the wide and the narrow fifths along the [[circle of fifths]], as is often the case in other well temperaments.
The following [[linear temperament]]s are [[generate]]d by a [[~]]18/17 in the 2.3.5.17 and 2.3.5.17.19 [[subgroup]]s:
* [[Quintaleap]]
* [[Quindromeda]]
* [[Schismatic_family#Quintilischis_(2.3.5.17)|Quintilischis]].
{{todo|complete list}}
Note that all of these reach [[4/3]] as a stack of five 18/17 intervals (tempering out the [[quinticular comma]]).
Some [[12th-octave temperaments]] treat ~18/17 as the period, including [[compton]]'s 17-limit extension.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]
* [[1ed18/17]] – equal multiplication of this interval
 
== References ==
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