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'''17/9'''
{{Infobox Interval
|0 -2 0 0 0 0 1>
| Icon =
| Ratio = 17/9
| Monzo = 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1
| Cents = 1101.0454
| Name = large septendecimal major seventh
| Color name =
| FJS name = d8<sup>17</sup>
| Sound = jid_17_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3
}}


1101.0454 cents
In [[17-limit]] [[Just Intonation]], '''17/9''' is the '''large septendecimal major seventh''', measuring about 1101¢. It is the [[mediant]] between [[15/8]] and [[2/1]]. Its inversion is [[18/17]], the "small septendecimal semitone".  


[[File:jid_17_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3]] [[:File:jid_17_9_pluck_adu_dr220.mp3|sound sample]]
There exists a disagreement in different notation systems on whether 17/9 should be notated as a major seventh or a diminished octave. In [[Functional Just System]], it is a diminished octave, whereas in [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]], it is a major seventh.


In [[17-limit|17-limit]] [[Just_intonation|Just Intonation]], 17/9 is the "large septendecimal major seventh," measuring about 1101¢. It is the [[mediant|mediant]] between [[15/8|15/8]] and [[2/1|2/1]]. Its inversion is [[18/17|18/17]], the "small septendecimal semitone".
== See also ==
* [[18/17]] – its [[octave complement]]
* [[Gallery of Just Intervals]]


See: [[Gallery_of_Just_Intervals|Gallery of Just Intervals]]
[[Category:17-limit]]
[[Category:Interval]]
[[Category:Ratio]]
[[Category:Seventh]]
[[Category:Major seventh]]

Revision as of 12:23, 19 October 2020

Interval information
Ratio 17/9
Subgroup monzo 3.17 [-2 1
Size in cents 1101.045¢
Name large septendecimal major seventh
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d8}^{17} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 7.25739
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 8.17493
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 23

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In 17-limit Just Intonation, 17/9 is the large septendecimal major seventh, measuring about 1101¢. It is the mediant between 15/8 and 2/1. Its inversion is 18/17, the "small septendecimal semitone".

There exists a disagreement in different notation systems on whether 17/9 should be notated as a major seventh or a diminished octave. In Functional Just System, it is a diminished octave, whereas in Helmholtz-Ellis notation, it is a major seventh.

See also