224/135

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224/135, the septimal narrow major sixth, or marvel-ptolemaic major sixth, is a 7-limit interval that forms the difference between 16/9 and 15/14. It is flat of the Pythagorean major sixth by 3645/3584, i.e. a syntonic comma plus a marvel comma. This interval functionally doubles as a type of diminished seventh, flat of the Pythagorean diminished seventh by 5120/5103. This gives rise to the name hemifamity diminished seventh.

Interval information
Ratio 224/135
Factorization 25 × 3-3 × 5-1 × 7
Monzo [5 -3 -1 1
Size in cents 876.6472¢
Names septimal narrow major sixth,
marvel-ptolemaic major sixth,
hemifamity diminished seventh
Color name zg7, zogu 7th
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d7}^{7}_{5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 14.8842
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 15.6147
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 31
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