3/4-tone, three-quarter-tone

Any interval intermediate between the Half Tone and the Whole Tone.

Three-Quarter Tones range from about 13/12 (139 cents [¢]) to 11/10 (165¢) [in just ratios].

See also spondeiasmos.

[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

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