27/16

Interval information

Ratio	27/16
Factorization	2-4 × 33
Monzo	[-4 3⟩
Size in cents	905.865¢
Name	Pythagorean major sixth
Color name	w6, wa 6th
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{M6} }[/math]
Special properties	reduced, reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd)	8.75489
Weil height (log2 max(n, d))	9.50978
Wilson height (sopfr(nd))	17
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The Pythagorean major sixth, 27/16, may be reached by stacking three perfect fifths (3/2) (and reducing by one octave).

See also

• Gallery of Just Intervals
• 32/27 - its inverse interval, the Pythagorean minor third