19/16

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Interval information
Ratio 19/16
Subgroup monzo 2.19 [-4 1
Size in cents 297.513¢
Names otonal minor third,
octave-reduced 19th harmonic
Color name 19o3, ino 3rd
FJS name [math]\text{m3}^{19}[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 8.24793
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 8.49586
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 27
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~4.21708 bits

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19/16 is a 19-limit interval, 297.5 cents in size, the otonal minor third or octave-reduced 19th harmonic, which is extremely close to the minor third of 12edo (300 cents). It is an undevicesimal comma aka Boethius' comma (513/512) above the Pythagorean minor third.

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