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{{Infobox interval|Name=semioctave, (hemipythagorean) tritone, perfect four-and-a-halfth|Ratio=\sqrt{2}|Cents=600}} | {{Infobox interval|Name=semioctave, (hemipythagorean) tritone, perfect four-and-a-halfth|Ratio=\sqrt{2}|Cents=600}} | ||
'''√2/1''', the '''semioctave''', is an important [[radical interval]] of exactly 600 cents. It appears in [[hemipyth]] as one of the generators, alongside '''[[ | '''√2/1''', the '''semioctave''', is an important [[radical interval]] of exactly 600 cents. It appears in [[hemipyth]] as one of the generators, alongside '''[[√(3/2)]].''' | ||
== In temperaments == | == In temperaments == | ||
Many temperaments equate a just interval (or more accurately, a pair of just intervals) to the semioctave. The semioctave appears in every even equal temperament. | Many temperaments equate a just interval (or more accurately, a pair of just intervals) to the semioctave. The semioctave appears in every even equal temperament. | ||