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The '''pentatone''', 59049/32768, is the interval found by stacking five (Pythagorean whole) [[tone]]s ([[9/8]]). The Medieval music theorist Jacobus of Liège described it along with the [[ditone]], [[tritone]], [[tetratone]], and [[hexatone]]. | The '''pentatone''', 59049/32768, is the interval found by stacking five (Pythagorean whole) [[tone]]s ([[9/8]]). The Medieval music theorist Jacobus of Liège described it along with the [[ditone]], [[tritone]], [[tetratone]], and [[hexatone]], and considered the pentatone to be highly discordant.<ref>''Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony'', Margo Schulter, 10 June 1998</ref> | ||