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Pitch ratios are directed, while interval ratios are undirected. | Pitch ratios are directed, while interval ratios are undirected. | ||
It is common practice to use the colon operator ":" for undirected interval ratios, and the slash operator "/" for directed pitch ratios. For example, "5/4" means something different than "4/5"; those are two ''different'' pitches. But "5:4" means the same thing as "4:5" | It is common practice to use the colon operator ":" for undirected interval ratios, and the slash operator "/" for directed pitch ratios. For example, "5/4" means something different than "4/5"; those are two ''different'' pitches. But "5:4" means the same thing as "4:5"; they are the same interval. | ||
==Notation== | ==Notation== | ||