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If ''n''/''d'' is a positive rational number reduced to its lowest terms, then the [[Benedetti height]] is the integer ''nd''. Often it is more convenient instead to take the logarithm, usually base 2 ([[log2]]), of the [[Benedetti height]], leading to '''Tenney height'''. In either form it is widely used as a [[measure of inharmonicity]] and/or complexity for intervals. It is also known as ''log product complexity''. | If ''n''/''d'' is a positive rational number reduced to its lowest terms, then the [[Benedetti height]] is the integer ''nd''. Often it is more convenient instead to take the logarithm, usually base 2 ([[log2]]), of the [[Benedetti height]], leading to '''Tenney height'''. In either form it is widely used as a [[measure of inharmonicity]] and/or complexity for intervals. It is also known as ''log product complexity''. | ||
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where W is the Tenney weighter such that, for the prime basis Q = {{val| 2 3 5 … ''p'' }}, | where W is the Tenney weighter such that, for the prime basis Q = {{val| 2 3 5 … ''p'' }}, | ||
<math>W = \operatorname {diag} (1/log_2 (Q))</math> | <math>W = \operatorname {diag} (1/\log_2 (Q))</math> | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
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[[Category:Regular temperament theory]] | |||
[[Category:Psychoacoustics]] | |||
[[Category:Harmonic entropy]] | |||
[[Category:Tenney]] | [[Category:Tenney]] | ||
[[Category:Benedetti]] | [[Category:Benedetti]] | ||
[[Category:Consonance]] | [[Category:Consonance]] | ||
[[Category:Dissonance]] | [[Category:Dissonance]] | ||
[[Category:Height]] | [[Category:Height]] | ||
[[Category:Measure]] | [[Category:Measure]] | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 27 January 2022
If n/d is a positive rational number reduced to its lowest terms, then the Benedetti height is the integer nd. Often it is more convenient instead to take the logarithm, usually base 2 (log2), of the Benedetti height, leading to Tenney height. In either form it is widely used as a measure of inharmonicity and/or complexity for intervals. It is also known as log product complexity.
The Tenney height of a ratio n/d is given by
[math]\displaystyle{ \log_2 (nd) }[/math]
The Tenney height of a monzo b = [bπ (2) bπ (3) … bπ (p)⟩ is given by
[math]\displaystyle{ \lVert W^{-1}b \rVert_1 \\ = \vert b_{\pi (2)} \vert + \log_2 (3) \vert b_{\pi (3)} \vert + \ldots + \log_2 (p) \vert b_{\pi (p)} \vert \\ = \log_2 (2^{|b_{\pi (2)}|} \cdot 3^{|b_{\pi (2)}|} \cdot \ldots \cdot p^{|b_{\pi (p)}|}) }[/math]
where W is the Tenney weighter such that, for the prime basis Q = ⟨2 3 5 … p],
[math]\displaystyle{ W = \operatorname {diag} (1/\log_2 (Q)) }[/math]
Examples
| Interval name | Ratio (n/d) | Monzo | Tenney height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unison | 1/1 | [0⟩ | 0 |
| Octave | 2/1 | [1⟩ | 1 |
| Just perfect fifth | 3/2 | [-1 1⟩ | 2.585 |
| Just major third | 5/4 | [-2 0 1⟩ | 4.322 |
| Harmonic seventh | 7/4 | [-2 0 0 1⟩ | 4.807 |