Minor diatonic semitone explained

Main Interval Name:	Minor diatonic semitone
Other Names:	overtone semitone
Just Interval:	17:16
Cents Just Intonation:	104.96

In music, the minor diatonic semitone is a ratio of 17:16,^{[1] [2]} making it the seventeenth harmonic^[3] or partial. This is in contrast to the 5-limit major diatonic semitone of 16/15.

See also

• Septimal diatonic semitone

Notes and References

1. [Ebenezer Prout|Prout, Ebenezer]
2. Anger, Joseph Humfrey (1912). A Treatise on Harmony with Exercises, Part 3, p.xiv. Boston Music.
3. Haluška, Ján (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, p.xxiv & 25. .