Septimal may refer to:
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Septimal chromatic semitone, the interval 21:20, about 84.47 cents
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Septimal comma, a small musical interval in just intonation divisible by 7
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Septimal diatonic semitone, the interval 15:14, about 119.44 cents
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Septimal diesis, an interval with the ratio of 49:48, about 38.71 cents
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Septimal kleisma, an interval of approximately 7.7 cents
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Septimal major third, the musical interval with a 9:7 ratio of frequencies
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Septimal meantone temperament
In music, septimal meantone temperament, also called ''standard septimal meantone'' or simply ''septimal meantone'', refers to the tempering of 7-limit musical intervals by a meantone temperament tuning in the range from fifths flattened by the ...
, the tempering of 7-limit musical intervals by a meantone temperament tuning
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Septimal minor third, the musical interval exactly or approximately equal to a 7/6 ratio of frequencies
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Septimal quarter tone
A septimal quarter tone (in music) is an interval with the ratio of 36:35, which is the difference between the septimal minor third and the Just minor third, or about 48.77 cents wide. The name derives from the interval being the 7-limit app ...
, an interval with the ratio of 36:35, about 48.77 cents
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Septimal semicomma, an interval with the ratio 126/125, about 13.79 cents
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Septimal sixth-tone (or jubilisma), an interval with the ratio of 50:49, about 34.98 cents
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Septimal tritone, the interval 7:5, about 582.51 cents
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Septimal whole tone, the musical interval exactly or approximately equal to an 8/7 ratio of frequencies
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7-limit tuning, musical instrument tunings that have a limit of seven
See also
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Septenary
There are many different numeral systems, that is, writing systems for expressing numbers.
By culture / time period
By type of notation
Numeral systems are classified here as to whether they use positional notation (also known as place-value ...
, the base 7 numeral system
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