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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¢).


There exists a disagreement in different notation systems on whether 18/17 should be notated as a diatonic semitone or a chromatic semitone. In the [[Functional Just System]], it is a chromatic semitone, whereas in [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]], it is a diatonic semitone.  
== 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 18/17 specifically:
* In the [[Functional Just System]], it is a chromatic semitone, separated by [[4131/4096]] from the [[2187/2048|Pythagorean augmented unison (2187/2048)]].
* In [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]], it is a diatonic semitone, separated by [[2187/2176]] from the [[256/243|Pythagorean minor second (256/243)]].
 
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]].
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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]]
* [[18/17s equal temperament|AS18/17]] - its ambitonal sequence
 
== References ==
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