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'''10/9'''
{{Infobox Interval
|1 -2 1>
| Icon =
| Ratio = 10/9
| Monzo = 1 -2 1
| Cents = 182.40371
| Name = small whole tone
| Sound = jid_10_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3
}}


182.40371 cents
In [[5-limit]] [[Just Intonation]], '''10/9''' is a small whole tone of about 182.4¢. It is a [[superparticular]] interval, as you can find it in the harmonic series between the 9th and the 10th overtones. It is one of two essential whole tones in the 5-limit; the other one is [[9/8]] (about 203.9¢), which is [[81/80]] (about 21.5¢) higher than 10/9. 9/8 is an octave-reduced overtone, and it is closer to [[12edo|12edo]]'s single whole step of 200¢. Thus, 9/8 is more familiar and less difficult to tune by ear than 10/9.


[[File:jid_10_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3]] [[:File:jid_10_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3|sound sample]]
The first three notes of a JI major scale -- 1/1, 9/8, 5/4 -- move by a step of 9/8 followed by a step of 10/9 (or alternatively 1/1, 10/9, 5/4 -- move by a step of 10/9 followed by a step of 9/8). In systems where 81/80 is tempered out (in 12edo, [[19edo]], [[31edo]] and other [[meantone]] systems) that distinction is lost and this sounds like two equal-sized steps. In strict JI, the difference is tiny and hard to notice at first.


In [[5-limit|5-limit]] [[Just_intonation|Just Intonation]], 10/9 is a small whole tone of about 182.4¢. It is a [[superparticular|superparticular]] interval, as you can find it in the harmonic series between the 9th and the 10th overtones. It is one of two essential whole tones in the 5-limit; the other one is [[9/8|9/8]] (about 203.9¢), which is [[81/80|81/80]] (about 21.5¢) higher than 10/9. 9/8 is an octave-reduced overtone, and it is closer to [[12edo|12edo]]'s single whole step of 200¢. Thus, 9/8 is more familiar and less difficult to tune by ear than 10/9.
:''See also [[Gallery of Just Intervals]]''


The first three notes of a JI major scale -- 1/1, 9/8, 5/4 -- move by a step of 9/8 followed by a step of 10/9 (or alternatively 1/1, 10/9, 5/4 -- move by a step of 10/9 followed by a step of 9/8). In systems where 81/80 is tempered out (in 12edo, [[19edo|19edo]], [[31edo|31edo]] and other [[Meantone|meantone]] systems) that distinction is lost and this sounds like two equal-sized steps. In strict JI, the difference is tiny and hard to notice at first.
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See: [[Gallery_of_Just_Intervals|Gallery of Just Intervals]]      [[Category:5-limit]]
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