In music, a septimal diatonic semitone (or major diatonic semitone[1]) is the interval 15:14 . It is about 119.44 ⓘcents. The septimal diatonic semitone may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the fourteenth and fifteenth harmonics (B7b and B).
Inverse | major seventh |
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Name | |
Other names | Septimal diatonic semitone |
Size | |
Semitones | 1 |
Interval class | 1 |
Just interval | 15:14 |
Cents | |
12-Tone equal temperament | 100 |
24-Tone equal temperament | 100 |
Just intonation | 119.44 |
The septimal diatonic semitone equals a just diatonic semitone (16:15, or 111.73 cents) plus a ⓘseptimal kleisma (the interval 225:224, or 7.71 cents).