Septimal diatonic semitone

Major diatonic semitone

Inverse	major seventh
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

In music, a septimal diatonic semitone (or major diatonic semitone) 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).

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).

Septimal diatonic semitone (15/14) on C

See also

• Major diatonic semitone (5-limit, 16:15)
• Minor diatonic semitone (or septendecimal diatonic semitone, 17:16).