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{{Infobox Interval | |||
| Ratio = \pi | |||
| Cents = 1981.7953553667824 | |||
| Name = acoustic pi | |||
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''' | The '''acoustic pi''', the transcendental number equal to the [[ratio]] of a circle's circumference to the diameter, is about 3.14159, a rather minor thirteenth of 1981.795 [[cent]]s. Octave-[[equivalent]] intervals include '''acoustic tau''' (3181.795 [[cent]]s) and '''reduced acoustic pi''' (781.795 cents). It is unclear what psychoacoustic significance these intervals might have. | ||
Intervals that are close to | Intervals that are close to the acoustic pi are [[3/1]], [[22/7]], and [[355/113]]. | ||
== Equal divisions == | == Equal divisions == | ||
Using 3. | Using 3.14159…/1 as an interval of equivalence (known as the "'''pitave'''") results in some interesting [[nonoctave]] tunings. | ||
== Approximations == | |||
{{interval edo approximation|interval=355/113}} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+Selected edπ–edo correspondence | |||
! ''N'' | |||
! Description | |||
|- | |||
| [[2edπ]] | |||
| A stack of two minor sevenths, represents a problem of squaring the circle | |||
|- | |||
| [[3edπ]] | |||
| A stack of three compressed fifths, vaguely equivalent to [[2edo]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[4edπ]] | |||
| Close to equal multiplication of 4/3 | |||
|- | |||
| [[5edπ]] | |||
| Close to equal multiplication of 5/4, [[3edo]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[6edπ]] | |||
| Close to equal multiplication of 6/5, [[4edo]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[20edπ]] | |||
| Close to [[12edo]]. | |||
|- | |||
| [[30edπ]] | |||
| Close to [[18edo]], but sets fractional temperaments to 4:5:6 triad. | |||
|- | |||
| [[38edπ]] | |||
| Very close to [[23edo]] | |||
|- | |||
| 71edπ | |||
| Very close to [[43edo]] | |||
|- | |||
| 109edπ | |||
| Extremely close to [[66edo]] | |||
|} | |||
== Temperaments of interest == | |||
Engineer's temperament, tempering out π/3, the [[engineer's comma]]. | |||
20edπ can be used to set the 3:4:5 triad with a fractional-octave temperament just as 12edo does with the 4:5:6 triad. | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Lucy tuning]] | |||
* [[Pi-edo]] | |||
* [[Radian]] | |||
* [[Acoustic phi]] | |||
* [[Acoustic e]] | |||
* [[Edϕ]] | |||
* [[EDe]] | |||
* [[User:Eliora/Phi to the phi]] | |||
== External links == | |||
* [http://tonalsoft.com/enc/p/pi.aspx pi, π] on [[Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]] | |||
[[Category:Transcendental]] | |||