28/25

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Interval information
Ratio 28/25
Factorization 22 × 5-2 × 7
Monzo [2 0 -2 1
Size in cents 196.19848¢
Names (septimal) middle major second,
(septimal) middle whole tone
Color name zgg3, zogugu 3rd
FJS name [math]\text{d3}^{7}_{5,5}[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 9.45121
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 9.61471
Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) 21
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math])
~4.55668 bits

[sound info]
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28/25, the (septimal) middle whole tone, is the interval between 5/4 and 7/5, and is intermediate in size between 10/9, of which it is 126/125 sharp, and 9/8, of which it is 225/224 flat. It's actually the mediant of 19/17 and 9/8. A meantone where the tone is tuned to be exactly 28/25 has a fifth of size 2√14/5, or 698.099 ¢.

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