The //apotome//, also known as the Pythagorean chromatic semitone or the Pythagorean major semitone, is the interval 3^7/2^11 = 2187/2048 which is the chromatic semitone in the Pythagorean (3-limit) version of the diatonic scale. Unlike the situation in meantone tunings, it is larger, not smaller, than the corresponding diatonic semitone, which is the Pythagorean minor second of [[256_243|256/243]]. It measures about 113.7¢ and can be generated by stacking seven [[3_2|3/2]] perfect fifths and octave-reducing the resulting interval.
The ''apotome'', also known as the Pythagorean chromatic semitone or the Pythagorean major semitone, is the interval 3^7/2^11 = 2187/2048 which is the chromatic semitone in the Pythagorean (3-limit) version of the diatonic scale. Unlike the situation in meantone tunings, it is larger, not smaller, than the corresponding diatonic semitone, which is the Pythagorean minor second of [[256/243|256/243]]. It measures about 113.7¢ and can be generated by stacking seven [[3/2|3/2]] perfect fifths and octave-reducing the resulting interval.
See: [[Gallery of Just Intervals]], [[comma]]</pre></div>
See: [[Gallery_of_Just_Intervals|Gallery of Just Intervals]], [[Comma|comma]]
The <em>apotome</em>, also known as the Pythagorean chromatic semitone or the Pythagorean major semitone, is the interval 3^7/2^11 = 2187/2048 which is the chromatic semitone in the Pythagorean (3-limit) version of the diatonic scale. Unlike the situation in meantone tunings, it is larger, not smaller, than the corresponding diatonic semitone, which is the Pythagorean minor second of <a class="wiki_link" href="/256_243">256/243</a>. It measures about 113.7¢ and can be generated by stacking seven <a class="wiki_link" href="/3_2">3/2</a> perfect fifths and octave-reducing the resulting interval.<br />
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See: <a class="wiki_link" href="/Gallery%20of%20Just%20Intervals">Gallery of Just Intervals</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/comma">comma</a></body></html></pre></div>
The apotome, also known as the Pythagorean chromatic semitone or the Pythagorean major semitone, is the interval 3^7/2^11 = 2187/2048 which is the chromatic semitone in the Pythagorean (3-limit) version of the diatonic scale. Unlike the situation in meantone tunings, it is larger, not smaller, than the corresponding diatonic semitone, which is the Pythagorean minor second of 256/243. It measures about 113.7¢ and can be generated by stacking seven 3/2 perfect fifths and octave-reducing the resulting interval.