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'''17/12'''
{{Infobox Interval
|-2 -1 0 0 0 0 1>
| Name = larger septendecimal tritone
| Color name = 17o5, iso 5th
| Sound = jid_17_12_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3
}}


603.0004 cents
In [[17-limit]] [[just intonation]], '''17/12''' is the '''large septendecimal tritone''', measuring very nearly 603¢. Its inversion is the smaller septendecimal tritone, [[24/17]], and the interval that separates them is the small [[comma]] [[289/288]], about 6¢. This difference is usually negligible, and tempering out this comma allows the 600¢ half-octave to function as both septendecimal tritones. Thus, every even-numbered [[edo]] system contains a close approximation to these intervals.


[[File:jid_17_12_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3]] [[:File:jid_17_12_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3|sound sample]]
17/12 is the [[mediant]] between the two septimal tritones [[7/5]] and [[10/7]].


In [[17-limit|17-limit]] [[Just_intonation|Just Intonation]], 17/12 is the "second septendecimal tritone," measuring very nearly 603¢. Its inversion is the "first septendecimal tritone," [[24/17|24/17]], and the interval that separates them is the small [[Comma|comma]] [[289/288|289/288]], about 6¢. This difference is usually negligible, and tempering out this comma allows the 600¢ half-octave to function as both septendecimal tritones. Thus, every even-numbered [[EDO|EDO]] system contains a close approximation to these intervals.
== Terminology and notation ==
Conceptualization systems disagree on whether [[17/16]] should be a [[diatonic semitone]] or a [[chromatic semitone]], and as a result the disagreement propagates to all intervals of [[harmonic class|HC17]]. See [[17-limit]] for a detailed discussion.  


17/12 is the [[mediant|mediant]] between the two septimal tritones [[7/5|7/5]] and [[10/7|10/7]].
For 17/12 specifically:
* In [[Functional Just System]], it is a diminished fifth, separated by [[4131/4096]] from the [[1024/729|Pythagorean diminished fifth (1024/729)]].
* In [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]], it is an augmented fourth, separated by [[2187/2176]] from the [[729/512|Pythagorean augmented fourth (729/512)]].  


See: [[Gallery_of_Just_Intervals|Gallery of Just Intervals]]
The term ''large septendecimal tritone'' omits the distinction and only describes its melodic property i.e. the size. It is said in contrast to the small septendecimal tritone of 24/17.
 
== See also ==
* [[24/17]] – its [[octave complement]]
* [[18/17]] – its [[fifth complement]]
* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
 
[[Category:Tritone]]

Latest revision as of 08:24, 4 January 2024

Interval information
Ratio 17/12
Subgroup monzo 2.3.17 [-2 -1 1
Size in cents 603.0004¢
Name larger septendecimal tritone
Color name 17o5, iso 5th
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d5}^{17} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 7.67243
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 8.17493
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 24

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In 17-limit just intonation, 17/12 is the large septendecimal tritone, measuring very nearly 603¢. Its inversion is the smaller septendecimal tritone, 24/17, and the interval that separates them is the small comma 289/288, about 6¢. This difference is usually negligible, and tempering out this comma allows the 600¢ half-octave to function as both septendecimal tritones. Thus, every even-numbered edo system contains a close approximation to these intervals.

17/12 is the mediant between the two septimal tritones 7/5 and 10/7.

Terminology and notation

Conceptualization systems disagree on whether 17/16 should be a diatonic semitone or a chromatic semitone, and as a result the disagreement propagates to all intervals of HC17. See 17-limit for a detailed discussion.

For 17/12 specifically:

The term large septendecimal tritone omits the distinction and only describes its melodic property i.e. the size. It is said in contrast to the small septendecimal tritone of 24/17.

See also