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== Example ==
== Example ==
As WBM is not a rigid system, an example scale is probably the best way to explain how it works:
As WBN (not WBM, sorry, I'm bad at acronyms) is not a rigid system, an example scale is probably the best way to explain how it works:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+WBM Exemplary Scale
|+WBN Exemplary Scale
!Degree
!Degree
![[Cents]]
![[Cents]]
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+WBM Exemplary Scale
|+WBN Exemplary Scale
!Degree
!Degree
!Cents
!Cents
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|}
|}
This major third is extremely flat, however it still falls into the submajor range, so it is still reasonable to call it major.
This major third is extremely flat, however it still falls into the submajor range, so it is still reasonable to call it major.
Here is a table of interval names for 72edo up to the tritone:
{| class="wikitable center-all right-2 left-3"
!Degree
!Cents
!Name
|-
|0
|0.000
|unison
|-
|1
|16.667
|comma
|-
|2
|33.333
|small diesis
|-
|3
| 50.000
|large diesis
|-
|4
|66.667
|subminor second
|-
|5
|83.333
|small semitone
|-
|6
|100.000
|medium semitone
|-
|7
|116.667
|large semitone
|-
|8
|133.333
|<nowiki>sup[er|ra]minor second</nowiki>
|-
|9
|150.000
|neutral second
|-
|10
|166.667
|submajor second
|-
|11
|183.333
|ptolemaic tone
|-
|12
|200.000
|pythagorean tone
|-
|13
|216.667
|large tone
|-
|14
|233.333
|supermajor second
|-
|15
|250.000
|inframinor third
|-
|16
| 266.667
|small subminor third
|-
|17
|283.333
|large subminor third
|-
|18
|300.000
|common minor third
|-
|19
|316.667
|just minor third
|-
|20
|333.333
|<nowiki>sup[er|ra]minor third</nowiki>
|-
|21
|350.000
|neutral third
|-
| 22
| 366.667
|submajor third
|-
|23
| 383.333
|just major third
|-
|24
|400.000
|common major third
|-
|25
|416.667
|small supermajor third
|-
|26
|433.333
|large supermajor third
|-
|27
| 450.000
|ultramajor third
|-
|28
| 466.667
|subfourth
|-
| 29
|483.333
|small fourth
|-
|30
|500.000
|perfect fourth
|-
| 31
|516.667
|small superfourth
|-
|32
|533.333
|large superfourth
|-
|33
|550.000
|ultrafourth
|-
|34
|566.667
|subtritone
|-
|35
|583.333
|small tritone
|-
|36
|600.000
|medium tritone
|}
Note that "ultrafourth" has been used to align the use of "superfourth" with other "super-" intervals. Alternatively, one could use "acute" in this case and reserve "superfourth" for the intervals around 550c.
[[Category:Interval naming]]
[[Category:Interval naming]]
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