Septimal sixth-tone
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In music
, septimal sixth-tone is a septimal
sixth-tone
, an interval
with the ratio of 50:49 , about 34.98 cents, which in just intonation
is the difference between the lesser septimal (7:5) tritone
, and its inversion
, the greater septimal tritone (10:7).
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, septimal sixth-tone is a septimal
Septimal meantone temperament
In music, septimal meantone temperament, also called standard septimal meantone or simply septimal meantone, refers to the tempering of 7-limit musical intervals by a meantone temperament tuning in the range from fifths flattened by the amount of fifths for 12 equal temperament to those as flat as...
sixth-tone
Sixth-tone
A sixth-tone is a musical interval approximately one-third of a half-step, thus producing 36 pitches per octave. See:*Just sixth-tone*Pythagorean sixth-tone*Septimal sixth-tone*36 equal temperamentSee also:*Ptolemy's enharmonic*Septimal diesis...
, an interval
Interval (music)
In music theory, an interval is a combination of two notes, or the ratio between their frequencies. Two-note combinations are also called dyads...
with the ratio of 50:49 , about 34.98 cents, which in just intonation
Just intonation
In music, just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by ratios of small whole numbers. Any interval tuned in this way is called a just interval. The two notes in any just interval are members of the same harmonic series...
is the difference between the lesser septimal (7:5) tritone
Tritone
In classical music from Western culture, the tritone |tone]]) is traditionally defined as a musical interval composed of three whole tones. In a chromatic scale, each whole tone can be further divided into two semitones...
, and its inversion
Inversion (music)
In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices...
, the greater septimal tritone (10:7).