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A '''prime interval''' is a musical interval which as a ratio of frequencies is a [[prime_numbers|prime number]]; that is, a number such as 2, 3, 5, 7, ... which is divisible only by itself and 1. Any musical interval in the [[Harmonic_Limit|p-limit]] can be expressed in terms of a product of prime numbers less than or equal to p.
:''<tt>"Proposal", see [[#Open questions]]</tt>''
A '''prime interval''' is a musical interval which as a ratio of frequencies is a [[prime number]]; that is, a number such as 2, 3, 5, 7, ... which is divisible only by itself and 1. Any musical interval in the [[p-limit]] can be expressed in terms of a product of prime numbers less than or equal to p.


Intervals such as [[5/3]] are not considered prime intervals; the prime intervals are [[2/1]], [[3/1]], [[5/1]], [[7/1]], etc.
The prime intervals are [[2/1]], [[1/2]], [[3/1]], [[1/3]], [[5/1]], [[1/5]], [[7/1]], etc.
The interval [[5/3]], for example, is not considered a prime interval.


== see also ==
== Open questions ==
<ul><li>[[Octave|Octave]]</li></ul>     
 
[[Category:term]]
* What about [[1/1]]?
[[Category:todo:simplify]]
* What about [[octave equivalence]]?
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Octave]]
* [[Prime harmonic series]]
     
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Prime]]
 
[[Category:Todo:review]]