14/13

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128.29824 cents

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14/13, the 2/3-tone or trienthird (one-third third) interval is a somewhat exotic 13-limit interval which, measuring about 128.3¢, is almost exactly 1/3 of a major third of 5/4. The small comma (5/4)/(14/13)^3 = 10985/10976 is tempered out in such notable EDOs as 46, 84, 94, 103, 111, 121, 130, 224, 270, 494 and 764, leading to a variety of temperaments in which three trienthirds make up a major third.

The trienthird was a favorite interval of Avicenna (Ibn Sina) for his scale constructions, and may be considered a smaller size of neutral second (a second between major and minor.)

In 13-limit Just Intonation, 14/13 represents the difference in size between the tridecimal minor third of 13/11 and tridecimal supermajor third of 14/11. It is also the difference between 13/10 and 7/5; 13/12 and 7/6; 13/9 and 14/9, and of course 13/8 and 7/4 and the inversions of the above. As it combines the primes 7 and 13, it appears in JI subgroup tunings involving those primes.

See: Gallery of Just Intervals