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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>
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)]]. It exceeds the [[9/5|classical minor seventh (9/5)]] by a [[schisma]]. 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>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 07:29, 23 July 2024

Interval information
Ratio 59049/32768
Factorization 2-15 × 310
Monzo [-15 10
Size in cents 1019.55¢
Names Pythagorean augmented sixth,
pentatone
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{A6} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 30.8496
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 31.6993
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 60
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The Pythagorean augmented sixth, otherwise known as the pentatone, 59049/32768, is the interval found by stacking five (Pythagorean whole) tones (9/8). It exceeds the classical minor seventh (9/5) by a schisma. 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.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony, Margo Schulter, 10 June 1998