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'''4096/3993''', the '''Alpharabian Subminor Second''', is notable for being one of only two 11-limit quartertone intervals needed in order to add up to a familiar [[9/8]] whole tone. Specifically, it is the quartertone that forms the difference between the whole tone and a stack of three [[33/32]] quartertones, and can thus be regarded as a sort of subminor second. Remarkably, is the simplest interval currently known to result from stacking three identical quartertones with rational intervals and subtracting said stack from a 9/8 whole tone. Furthermore, although [[38/37]], [[35/34]], [[32/31]] and [[28/27]] are all simpler intervals that can be called "quarter tones" and can safely be regarded as some kind of second, subtracting any one of these intervals from 9/8 yields an interval that has a ratio lacking a cubed number in the numerator and or the denominator, and such an interval cannot be split into three equal quartertones with rational intervals. | '''4096/3993''', the '''Alpharabian Subminor Second''', is notable for being one of only two 11-limit quartertone intervals needed in order to add up to a familiar [[9/8]] whole tone. Specifically, it is the quartertone that forms the difference between the whole tone and a stack of three [[33/32]] quartertones, and can thus be regarded as a sort of subminor second. Remarkably, is the simplest interval in terms of both p-limit and odd-limit that is currently known to result from stacking three identical quartertones with rational intervals and subtracting said stack from a 9/8 whole tone. Furthermore, although [[38/37]], [[35/34]], [[32/31]] and [[28/27]] are all simpler intervals that can be called "quarter tones" and can safely be regarded as some kind of second, subtracting any one of these intervals from 9/8 yields an interval that has a ratio lacking a cubed number in the numerator and or the denominator, and such an interval cannot be split into three equal quartertones with rational intervals. | ||