Navatone
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The navatone is the name of a musical interval that is made up of nine whole tones. The term is also used to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of 1800 ¢, or any interval which is one octave above a tritone.
Ratios | Prime limit |
---|---|
45/16, 25/9 | 5 |
20/7, 14/5 | 7 |
17/6 | 17 |
23/8 | 23 |
31/11 | 31 |
Etymology
Nava- is the Sanskrit numeral prefix for nine.