729/512
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| Ratio | 729/512 |
| Factorization | 2-9 × 36 |
| Monzo | [-9 6⟩ |
| Size in cents | 611.73001¢ |
| Names | (Pythagorean) tritone, Pythagorean augmented fourth, The Tyrant |
| Color name | Lw4, lawa 4th |
| FJS name | [math]\text{A4}[/math] |
| Special properties | reduced, reduced harmonic |
| Tenney height (log2 nd) | 18.5098 |
| Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) | 19.0196 |
| Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) | 36 |
| Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math]) |
~4.22099 bits |
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729/512, the Pythagorean augmented fourth, may be reached by stacking six perfect fifths (3/2), and reducing by three octaves. While nowadays "tritone" more commonly refers to a broader range of intervals, in Medieval music theory, "tritone" referred more specifically to 729/512, as this is the interval reached by stacking three (Pythagorean whole) tones (9/8). It is separated from the 5-limit interval of 64/45 by the schisma (32805/32768), less than 2 ¢.