6/1

Interval information

Ratio	6/1
Factorization	2 × 3
Monzo	[1 1⟩
Size in cents	3101.955¢
Names	6th harmonic, sextuple
Color name	ccw5, cocowa 5th
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{P19} }[/math]
Special properties	harmonic, highly composite harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd)	2.58496
Weil height (log2 max(n, d))	5.16993
Wilson height (sopfr(nd))	5
Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{nd} }[/math])	~2.87813 bits
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6/1, the 6th harmonic or sextuple, is the harmonic past 5/1 and before 7/1. It is two octaves above 3/2. In harmony, it can be approached as a stack of 2/1 and 3/1, making chords like 1–2–6, 1–3–6, or 1–2–3–6.

See also

• Gallery of just intervals
• Ed6 – equal division of the 6th harmonic