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In [[3-limit]] [[Just Intonation]], '''16/9''' is the '''Pythagorean minor seventh''', at about 996.1 cents. It is equal to two [[perfect fourth|perfect fourths]], or (4/3)×(4/3). It differs from the nearby [[5-limit]] minor seventh [[9/5]] (~1017.6 cents) by the syntonic comma of [[81/80]] (~21.5 cents), and the [[7-limit]] minor seventh [[7/4]] (~968.8 cents) by the septimal comma of [[64/63]] (~27.3 cents).
In [[3-limit]] [[just intonation]], '''16/9''' is the '''Pythagorean minor seventh''', at about 996.1 cents. It is equal to two [[perfect fourth]]s, or (4/3)×(4/3). It differs from the nearby [[5-limit]] minor seventh [[9/5]] (~1017.6 cents) by the syntonic comma of [[81/80]] (~21.5 cents), and the [[7-limit]] minor seventh [[7/4]] (~968.8 cents) by the septimal comma of [[64/63]] (~27.3 cents).


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[9/8]] – its [[octave complement]]
* [[Gallery of Just Intervals]]
* [[Gallery of Just Intervals]]
* [[9/8]] – its [[octave complement]]
* [[Wikipedia: Minor seventh]]
* [[Wikipedia:Minor_seventh|Minor seventh - Wikipedia]]


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[[Category:Interval]]
[[Category:Ratio]]
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[[Category:Just interval]]