50/33

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Interval information
Ratio 50/33
Factorization 2 × 3-1 × 52 × 11-1
Monzo [1 -1 2 0 -1
Size in cents 719.3545¢
Names ptolemismic fifth,
5edo-esque fifth
Color name 1uyy5, luyoyo 5th
FJS name [math]\text{A5}^{5,5}_{11}[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 10.6883
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 11.2877
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 26
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~4.09894 bits

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50/33, the ptolemismic fifth or the 5edo-esque fifth, is an 11-limit interval. It is sharp of 3/2, the perfect fifth, by 100/99, the ptolemisma, hence the name. It is also flat of 32/21, the superfifth, by 176/175, the valinorsma. Being 16/11 augmented by 25/24, it is technically a semiaugmented fifth aka paramajor fifth.

Approximation

Measuring about 719.4 ¢, 50/33 is very well approximated by 5edo and its supersets.

See also