960/853

From Xenharmonic Wiki
Revision as of 07:20, 3 January 2024 by BudjarnLambeth (talk | contribs) (Added link)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Interval information
Ratio 960/853
Subgroup monzo 2.3.5.853 [6 1 1 -1
Size in cents 204.5864¢
Names EAS Attention Tone,
EAS major second
Color name 853uy2
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{M2}^{5}_{853} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 19.6433
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 19.8138
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 873
Open this interval in xen-calc

960/853 is an interval extremely close to the Pythagorean major second 9/8, differing by the unnoticeable superparticular comma of 2560/2559.

Sine tones with frequencies of 960Hz and 853Hz, sounded together, comprise the "Attention Tone" used by the U.S Emergency Alert System over public broadcasting. Using these exact tones over broadcast media is illegal in the United States, in order to protect the integrity of the system.