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A '''subfifth''', '''infrafifth''' or '''semidiminished fifth''' is an [[interval]] that spans four steps of the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] scale with a quality between diminished and perfect. It exists in [[neutralization|neutralized]] diatonic scales as exactly one half of a minor ninth.  
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">A Subfifth is a term for an awkward interval range that is too narrow to be perfect fifth, yet too wide to be a tritone. It is a peculiar interval in that it has a range of producing a massive amount of
overtones to the point of heavily distorting the timbre of any instrument that it is played on. The interval is normally considered a 16/11 and is quite harsh regardless of timbre, but some are worse than others. It can be thought of as a sort of tritone that is very sharp, but the beating it produces is a bit off from a tritone.


The subfifth has a xen appeal because it is a sound that is so far from anything possible in 12 ET or 5 limit JI that it resembles the very essence of the term "out of tune". Anyone who does not enjoy rough intervals will hate this interval range with a passion. This is for those who can find beauty in the harsh and dissonant. </pre></div>
In [[just intonation]], an interval may be classified as a subfifth if it is reasonably mapped to [[7edo|4\7]] and [[24edo|13\24]] (precisely four steps of the diatonic scale and six and a half steps of the chromatic scale).
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Subfifth&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;A Subfifth is a term for an awkward interval range that is too narrow to be perfect fifth, yet too wide to be a tritone. It is a peculiar interval in that it has a range of producing a massive amount of&lt;br /&gt;
As a concrete [[interval region]], it is typically near 650{{cent}} in size. It is too narrow to sound like a [[perfect fifth]] and too wide to sound like a [[tritone]]. [[Margo Schulter]], in her article [http://www.bestii.com/%7Emschulter/IntervalSpectrumRegions.txt Regions of the Interval Spectrum], proposes an approximate range for a subfifth to be from 640{{cent}} to 672{{cent}}. Of course, this categorization should not be taken for granted. Since music is subjective and culturally influenced, the borders of what is a superfourth are "fuzzy". Other descriptions are possible and legitimate.
overtones to the point of heavily distorting the timbre of any instrument that it is played on. The interval is normally considered a 16/11 and is quite harsh regardless of timbre, but some are worse than others. It can be thought of as a sort of tritone that is very sharp, but the beating it produces is a bit off from a tritone.&lt;br /&gt;
 
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Some of the simplest subfifths in [[just intonation]] are [[16/11]] (about 649{{c}}) and [[22/15]] (about 663{{c}}), both undecimal (11-based) subfifths; and [[35/24]] (about 653{{c}}) and [[72/49]] (about 666{{c}}), both septimal (7-based) subfifths.
The subfifth has a xen appeal because it is a sound that is so far from anything possible in 12 ET or 5 limit JI that it resembles the very essence of the term &amp;quot;out of tune&amp;quot;. Anyone who does not enjoy rough intervals will hate this interval range with a passion. This is for those who can find beauty in the harsh and dissonant.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
 
Information about subfifths in the conventional interval region format may be found at [[Tritone]].
 
The inversion of a subfifth is a [[superfourth]].
 
== See also ==
* [[Superfourth]] – the [[octave complement]] region
 
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