117/88

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Interval information
Ratio 117/88
Factorization 2-3 × 32 × 11-1 × 13
Monzo [-3 2 0 0 -1 1
Size in cents 493.11972¢
Name major minthmic fourth
Color name 3o1u4, tholu 4th
FJS name [math]\text{P4}^{13}_{11}[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 13.3298
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 13.7407
Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) 36
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math])
~4.34474 bits

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117/88 is the major minthmic fourth, a 13-limit ratio with a value of 493 cents. It is 352/351 against the just perfect fourth of 4/3. It arises in 13-limit just intonation by stacking 13/11 and 9/8, or by lowering 13/8 by 11/9.

Note that major minthmic modifies fourth and that major minthmic is the name of the temperament that tempers out 352/351. Major does not specify the size of the interval here.

See also