31/16

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Interval information
Ratio 31/16
Subgroup monzo 2.31 [-4 1
Size in cents 1145.036¢
Names tricesimoprimal ultramajor seventh,
tricesimoprimal semidiminished octave,
octave-reduced 31st harmonic
Color name 31o7, thiwo 7th
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{M7}^{31} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 8.9542
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 9.90839
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 39

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In 31-limit just intonation, 31/16 is either the tricesimoprimal ultramajor seventh or tricesimoprimal semidiminished octave, which is also the octave-reduced 31st harmonic. It is sharp of the Pythagorean major seventh (243/128) by 248/243, and flat of the octave by 32/31.

Approximation

31/16 is very well approximated by 22edo, with 21\22 being 0.4 ¢ sharp of 31/16.

Edo approximations for 31/16 (1145.04 ¢)
≤ 80edo, relative error ≤ 10%
Edo Step size Cents (¢) Absolute error (¢) Relative error (%)
2 2\2 1200.00 +54.96 +9.16
20 19\20 1140.00 -5.04 -8.39
21 20\21 1142.86 -2.18 -3.81
22 21\22 1145.45 +0.42 +0.77
23 22\23 1147.83 +2.79 +5.35
24 23\24 1150.00 +4.96 +9.93
42 40\42 1142.86 -2.18 -7.62
43 41\43 1144.19 -0.85 -3.04
44 42\44 1145.45 +0.42 +1.54
45 43\45 1146.67 +1.63 +6.12
64 61\64 1143.75 -1.29 -6.86
65 62\65 1144.62 -0.42 -2.28
66 63\66 1145.45 +0.42 +2.30
67 64\67 1146.27 +1.23 +6.88

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