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The [[5-limit]] just diatonic semitone is the [[superparticular]] interval '''16/15''' -- the difference between the major third [[5/4]] and the fourth [[4/3]], and between [[3/2]] and [[8/5]].
The [[5-limit]] just '''diatonic semitone''' is the [[superparticular]] interval '''16/15''' -- the difference between the major third [[5/4]] and the fourth [[4/3]], and between [[3/2]] and [[8/5]].


When this ratio is taken as a comma to be tempered, it produces [[father]] temperament, where 4/3 and 5/4 are equated. In this temperament, major thirds and fifths become [[octave-inverses]] of each other.
When this ratio is taken as a comma to be tempered, it produces [[father]] temperament, where 4/3 and 5/4 are equated. In this temperament, major thirds and fifths become [[octave-inverses]] of each other.

Revision as of 23:23, 31 May 2020

Interval information
Ratio 16/15
Factorization 24 × 3-1 × 5-1
Monzo [4 -1 -1
Size in cents 111.7313¢
Names diatonic semitone,
classic minor second
Color name g2, gu 2nd
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{m2}_{5} }[/math]
Special properties square superparticular,
reduced,
reduced subharmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 7.90689
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 8
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 16

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The 5-limit just diatonic semitone is the superparticular interval 16/15 -- the difference between the major third 5/4 and the fourth 4/3, and between 3/2 and 8/5.

When this ratio is taken as a comma to be tempered, it produces father temperament, where 4/3 and 5/4 are equated. In this temperament, major thirds and fifths become octave-inverses of each other.

See also