In 17-limit just intonation, 26/17 is the septendecimal superfifth. It differs from the 3/2 perfect fifth by the comma 52/51, about 33.6¢. Although this difference is considerable, 26/17 may be used as a wide perfect fifth, thus allowing septendecimal versions of root-3rd-P5 chords – in particular, 17:20:26, 17:21:26, 17:22:26.

Interval information
Ratio 26/17
Subgroup monzo 2.13.17 [1 1 -1
Size in cents 735.5723¢
Name septendecimal superfifth
Color name 17u3o5, sutho 5th
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P5}^{13}_{17} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 8.7879
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 9.40088
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 32

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26/17 is the mediant of 3/2 and 23/15.

It is less than 0.2 cents sharp of 31edo's superfifth of 735.48¢ (19\31).

Approximation

Edo approximations for 26/17 (735.57 ¢)
≤ 80edo, relative error ≤ 10%
Edo Step size Cents (¢) Absolute error (¢) Relative error (%)
5 3\5 720.00 -15.57 -6.49
8 5\8 750.00 +14.43 +9.62
13 8\13 738.46 +2.89 +3.13
18 11\18 733.33 -2.24 -3.36
23 14\23 730.43 -5.14 -9.85
26 16\26 738.46 +2.89 +6.26
31 19\31 735.48 -0.09 -0.23
36 22\36 733.33 -2.24 -6.72
39 24\39 738.46 +2.89 +9.39
44 27\44 736.36 +0.79 +2.90
49 30\49 734.69 -0.88 -3.59
57 35\57 736.84 +1.27 +6.03
62 38\62 735.48 -0.09 -0.46
67 41\67 734.33 -1.24 -6.95
70 43\70 737.14 +1.57 +9.16
75 46\75 736.00 +0.43 +2.67
80 49\80 735.00 -0.57 -3.82

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