Just intonation point

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JIP (just intonation point), or commonly denoted "J", is a point in p-limit tuning space which represents untempered p-limit JI. Specifically, it is equal to log22 log23 log25 … log2p], meaning that each prime q in the p-prime limit is tuned to log2q octaves (which is exactly the just value of the prime q).

If m is a monzo, then <J|m> is m evaluated in terms of octaves. In Tenney-weighted coordinates, where m = [m2 m3 m5mp is represented by the ket vector [e2log22 e3log23 e5log25 … eplog2p, then J becomes correspondingly the bra vector 1 1 1 … 1].

As seen in the 5-limit projective tuning space diagram, it is the red hexagram in the center.