112/75
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| Ratio | 112/75 |
| Monzo | |4 -1 -2 1> |
| Size | 694.2435 ¢ |
| Name(s) | marvelous fifth |
| File:Jid 112 75 pluck adu dr220.mp3 [sound info] | |
112/75, the marvelous fifth (694.7¢), is 225/224 (7.7¢) below the just fifth 3/2. It often arises in just intonation scales, for instance as the interval from 15/14 to 8/5, or 5/7 to 16/15. Tempering out 225/224 from the scale can be used to make it much less flat, but it is usable as it is, being only half a cent flat from the 19edo fifth of 11\19. Considered as a meantone fifth, it is approximately 5/14-comma meantone.