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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Ratio = 17/12
| Monzo = -2 -1 0 0 0 0 1
| Cents = 603.00041
| Name = larger septendecimal tritone
| Name = larger septendecimal tritone
| Color name = 17o5, iso 5th
| Color name = 17o5, iso 5th
| FJS name = d5<sup>17</sup>
| Sound = jid_17_12_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3
| Sound = jid_17_12_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3
}}
}}


In [[17-limit]] [[just intonation]], '''17/12''' is the '''larger 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.
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]].
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 [[harmonic class|HC17]]. See [[17-limit]] for a detailed discussion.
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)]].
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 ==
== See also ==
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* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
* [[Gallery of just intervals]]


[[Category:17-limit]]
[[Category:Tritone]]
[[Category:Tritone]]
[[Category:Pages with internal sound examples]]