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| Name = pentatone | | Name = Pythagorean augmented sixth, pentatone | ||
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The '''pentatone''', 59049/32768, is the interval found by stacking five (Pythagorean whole) | The '''Pythagorean augmented sixth''', otherwise known as the '''pentatone''', 59049/32768, is the interval found by stacking five [[9/8|(Pythagorean whole) tones (9/8)]]. The Medieval music theorist {{w|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> | ||
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