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::* Can be used readily in both melodic and harmonic voice-leading in general
::* Can be used readily in both melodic and harmonic voice-leading in general
::* Can occur as the distance between two notes in a single chord in Western-Classical-based polypedal harmony, though this is a dissonance that requires resolution
::* Can occur as the distance between two notes in a single chord in Western-Classical-based polypedal harmony, though this is a dissonance that requires resolution
::* Has the potential to move directly back down to the Tonic as a reverse leading-tone
::* Has the potential to move directly back down to the Tonic as a reverse leading-tone, though in non-meantone systems like this one, such a gesture using this interval has a more tense feel
* Approximates the [[135/128|Major Chroma]] or Ptolemaic Augmented Prime, and as such...
* Approximates the [[135/128|Major Chroma]] or Ptolemaic Augmented Prime, and as such...
:* It serves as a chromatic semitone in the 5-limit Diatonic settings that are common to Western-Classical-based harmony, and thus...
:* It serves as a chromatic semitone in the 5-limit Diatonic settings that are common to Western-Classical-based harmony, and thus...
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* As a further consequence of the [[schisma]] being tempered out in this system, this interval is one half of this system's approximation of the Ptolemaic Major Second
* As a further consequence of the [[schisma]] being tempered out in this system, this interval is one half of this system's approximation of the Ptolemaic Major Second
* Is the closest approximation of [[13edo]]'s own Minor Second in this system, and thus...
* Is the closest approximation of [[13edo]]'s own Minor Second in this system, and thus...
:* Can be used in [[Warped diatonic|Warped Diatonic]] gestures reminiscent of those found in that system
:* Can be used in [[Warped diatonic|Warped Diatonic]] gestures reminiscent of those found in that system, albeit with caveats, since such moves on their own don't work the exact same way in this system
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