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{{Wikipedia|Semitone#Pythagorean tuning}} | {{Wikipedia|Semitone#Pythagorean tuning}} | ||
The '''Pythagorean limma''', or '''Pythagorean diatonic semitone''' | The interval '''256/243''', the '''Pythagorean limma''', or '''Pythagorean diatonic semitone''' factors as 2<sup>8</sup>/3<sup>5</sup>, is about 90.2 [[cent]]s in size, and is the diatonic semitone in [[Pythagorean tuning]]. It can be generated by stacking five [[4/3]] just perfect fourths and [[Octave reduction|octave-reducing]] the resulting interval. | ||
== Approximation == | == Approximation == | ||