Subfifth
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A Subfifth is a term for an awkward interval range that is too narrow to be perfect fifth, yet too wide to be a tritone. It is a peculiar interval in that it has a range of producing a massive amount of overtones to the point of heavily distorting the timbre of any instrument that it is played on. The interval is normally considered a 16/11 and is quite harsh regardless of timbre, but some are worse than others. It can be thought of as a sort of tritone that is very sharp, but the beating it produces is a bit off from a tritone. The subfifth has a xen appeal because it is a sound that is so far from anything possible in 12 ET or 5 limit JI that it resembles the very essence of the term "out of tune". Anyone who does not enjoy rough intervals will hate this interval range with a passion. This is for those who can find beauty in the harsh and dissonant.
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<html><head><title>Subfifth</title></head><body>A Subfifth is a term for an awkward interval range that is too narrow to be perfect fifth, yet too wide to be a tritone. It is a peculiar interval in that it has a range of producing a massive amount of<br /> overtones to the point of heavily distorting the timbre of any instrument that it is played on. The interval is normally considered a 16/11 and is quite harsh regardless of timbre, but some are worse than others. It can be thought of as a sort of tritone that is very sharp, but the beating it produces is a bit off from a tritone.<br /> <br /> The subfifth has a xen appeal because it is a sound that is so far from anything possible in 12 ET or 5 limit JI that it resembles the very essence of the term "out of tune". Anyone who does not enjoy rough intervals will hate this interval range with a passion. This is for those who can find beauty in the harsh and dissonant.</body></html>