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Musicians are typically interested in musical intervals that are rational (i.e. justly intoned ratios), or equal divisions of these intervals. However, not all intervals fit into this box. | Musicians are typically interested in musical intervals that are rational (i.e. justly intoned ratios), or equal divisions of these intervals. However, not all intervals fit into this box. | ||
There are many non-radical intervals which have musical significance. By '''non-radical''' is meant a number that cannot be written in the form | There are many non-radical intervals which have musical significance. By '''non-radical''' is meant a number that cannot be written in the form <math>a^{1/b}</math>, where <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are integers. What follows is a list of musically significant non-radical intervals. | ||
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| | '''Cents''' | | | '''Cents''' | ||
| | '''Name''' | | | '''Name(s)''' | ||
| | '''Musical | | | '''Musical significance''' | ||
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| | <math>2^{1/\phi} | | | <math>2^{1/\phi} \approx 1.5348</math> | ||
\approx | | | 741.641 | ||
1.5348</math> | | | [[Logarithmic phi]] | ||
| | 741. | | | Divides the octave into two parts, one being phi times larger than the other in cents. | ||
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| | <math>\dfrac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2} | | | <math>\phi = \dfrac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2} \approx 1.6180</math> | ||
\approx | | | 833.090 | ||
1.6180</math> | | | [[Acoustic phi]]<br>[[Golden ratio]]<br>Linear phi | ||
| | 833. | | | "Linear phi," the unique interval whose continued fraction approximations converge more slowly than any other number. This is due to the continued fraction representation only containing 1's, as well as a general consequence of [[Wikipedia:Diophantine_approximation#General_upper_bound|Dirichlet's approximation theorem]]. | ||
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| | "Linear phi," the unique interval whose continued fraction approximations converge more slowly than any other number. This is due to the continued fraction representation only containing 1's, as well as a general consequence of [ | |||
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| | <math>e \approx 2.7183</math> | | | <math>e \approx 2.7183</math> | ||
| | 1731.23 | | | 1731.23 | ||
| | "e-tave" | | | [[Natave]]<br>[[Neper]]<br>"e-tave" | ||
| | In Gene's black magic formulas, it is mathematically more "natural" to consider the number of divisions to the "e-tave" rather than the octave. | | | In Gene's black magic formulas, it is mathematically more "natural" to consider the number of divisions to the "e-tave" rather than the octave. | ||
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| | The zeta function has units that are given as divisions of the interval | | | The zeta function has units that are given as divisions of the interval <math>e^{2\pi}</math>. | ||
<math>e^{2\pi}</math> | |||
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[[Category:Lists of intervals]] | [[Category:Lists of intervals]] | ||
[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] |
Revision as of 05:23, 2 May 2023
Musicians are typically interested in musical intervals that are rational (i.e. justly intoned ratios), or equal divisions of these intervals. However, not all intervals fit into this box.
There are many non-radical intervals which have musical significance. By non-radical is meant a number that cannot be written in the form [math]\displaystyle{ a^{1/b} }[/math], where [math]\displaystyle{ a }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ b }[/math] are integers. What follows is a list of musically significant non-radical intervals.
Ratio | Cents | Name(s) | Musical significance |
[math]\displaystyle{ 2^{1/\phi} \approx 1.5348 }[/math] | 741.641 | Logarithmic phi | Divides the octave into two parts, one being phi times larger than the other in cents. |
[math]\displaystyle{ \phi = \dfrac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2} \approx 1.6180 }[/math] | 833.090 | Acoustic phi Golden ratio Linear phi |
"Linear phi," the unique interval whose continued fraction approximations converge more slowly than any other number. This is due to the continued fraction representation only containing 1's, as well as a general consequence of Dirichlet's approximation theorem. |
[math]\displaystyle{ e \approx 2.7183 }[/math] | 1731.23 | Natave Neper "e-tave" |
In Gene's black magic formulas, it is mathematically more "natural" to consider the number of divisions to the "e-tave" rather than the octave. |
[math]\displaystyle{ e^{2\pi} \approx 535.4917 }[/math] | 10877.66 | The zeta function has units that are given as divisions of the interval [math]\displaystyle{ e^{2\pi} }[/math]. |