In music theory, a semiditone (or Pythagorean minor third) is the interval 32:27. It is 294.13 cents. It is the minor third in Pythagorean tuning. The 32:27 Pythagorean minor third arises in the C major scale between D and F. Play
It can be thought of as two octaves minus three justly tuned fifths. It is narrower than a justly tuned minor third by a syntonic comma.
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