17-limit

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In 17-limit Just Intonation, all ratios in the system will contain no primes higher than 17. The 17-limit adds to the 13-limit a "minor ninth" of about 105¢ -- 17/16 -- and several other intervals between the 17th overtone and the lower ones.

17-limit Intervals

Ratio Cents Value Name
18/17 98.955 small septendecimal semitone
17/16 104.955 large septendecimal semitone
17/15 216.687 septendecimal whole tone
20/17 281.358 septendecimal minor third
17/14 336.130 septendecimal supraminor third
21/17 365.825 septendecimal submajor third
22/17 446.363 septendecimal supermajor third
17/13 464.428 septendecimal sub-fourth
24/17 597.000 1st septendecimal tritone
17/12 603.000 2nd septendecimal tritone
26/17 735.572 septendecimal super-fifth
17/11 753.637 septendecimal subminor sixth
28/17 863.870 septendecimal submajor sixth
17/10 918.642 septendecimal major sixth
30/17 983.313 septendecimal minor seventh
32/17 1095.045 small septendecimal major seventh
17/9 1101.045 large septendecimal major seventh

see Harmonic Limit, seventeen limit tetrads