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| Monzo = 4 -1 -1
| Monzo = 4 -1 -1
| Cents = 111.73129
| Cents = 111.73129
| Name = diatonic semitone, <br>classic minor second
| Name = classic/just diatonic semitone, <br>classic/just minor second
| Color name = g2, gu 2nd
| Color name = g2, gu 2nd
| FJS name = m2<sub>5</sub>
| FJS name = m2<sub>5</sub>
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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]] [[superparticular]] interval '''16/15''' is the '''classic''' or '''just diatonic semitone''' – the difference between the major third [[5/4]] and the fourth [[4/3]], and between [[3/2]] and [[8/5]].


== Temperaments ==
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.


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* [[256/243]] - the Pythagorean (3-limit) diatonic semitone
* [[256/243]] - the Pythagorean (3-limit) diatonic semitone
* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
* [[Gallery of just intervals]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]


[[Category:5-limit]]
[[Category:5-limit]]

Revision as of 13:50, 9 September 2021

Interval information
Ratio 16/15
Factorization 24 × 3-1 × 5-1
Monzo [4 -1 -1
Size in cents 111.7313¢
Names classic/just diatonic semitone,
classic/just 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 superparticular interval 16/15 is the classic or just diatonic semitone – the difference between the major third 5/4 and the fourth 4/3, and between 3/2 and 8/5.

Temperaments

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