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The '''2.3.7 subgroup'''<ref>Sometimes incorrectly named '''2.3.7-limit''' or '''2.3.7-prime limit'''; a [[prime limit]] is a subgroup spanned by all primes up to a given prime, and "limit" alone is ambiguous.</ref> is a [[just intonation subgroup]] consisting of [[rational interval]]s where 2, 3, and 7 are the only allowable [[prime factor]]s, so that every such interval may be written as a ratio of integers which are products of 2, 3, and 7. This is an infinite set and still infinite even if we restrict consideration to a single octave. Some examples within the [[octave]] include [[3/2]], [[7/4]], [[7/6]], [[9/7]], [[9/8]], [[21/16]], and so on. | The '''2.3.7 subgroup'''<ref>Sometimes incorrectly named '''2.3.7-limit''' or '''2.3.7-prime limit'''; a [[prime limit]] is a subgroup spanned by all primes up to a given prime, and "limit" alone is ambiguous.</ref> is a [[just intonation subgroup]] consisting of [[rational interval]]s where 2, 3, and 7 are the only allowable [[prime factor]]s, so that every such interval may be written as a ratio of integers which are products of 2, 3, and 7. This is an infinite set and still infinite even if we restrict consideration to a single octave. Some examples within the [[octave]] include [[3/2]], [[7/4]], [[7/6]], [[9/7]], [[9/8]], [[21/16]], and so on. | ||
A notable subset of the 2.3.7 subgroup is the 1.3.7 [[tonality diamond]], comprised of all intervals in which 1, 3 and 7 are the only allowable odd numbers, once all powers of 2 are removed, either for the intervals of the scale or the ratios between successive or simultaneously sounding notes of the composition | A notable subset of the 2.3.7 subgroup is the 1.3.7 [[tonality diamond]], comprised of all intervals in which 1, 3 and 7 are the only allowable odd numbers, once all powers of 2 are removed, either for the intervals of the scale or the ratios between successive or simultaneously sounding notes of the composition. The complete list of intervals in the 1.3.7 tonality diamond within the octave is [[1/1]], [[8/7]], [[7/6]], [[4/3]], [[3/2]], [[12/7]], [[7/4]], and [[2/1]]. | ||
Another such subset is the 1.3.7.9 tonality diamond, which adds the following intervals to the previous list: [[9/8]], [[9/7]], [[14/9]], and [[16/9]]. | Another such subset is the 1.3.7.9 tonality diamond, which adds the following intervals to the previous list: [[9/8]], [[9/7]], [[14/9]], and [[16/9]]. |