Twelfth root of two
id:
twelfth-root-of-two-172-3055632
title:
Twelfth root of two
text:
The twelfth root of two or 2 12 is an algebraic irrational number, approximately equal to 1.0594631. It is most important in Western music theory, where it represents the frequency ratio of a semitone in twelve-tone equal temperament. This number was proposed for the first time in relationship to musical tuning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It allows measurement and comparison of different intervals as consisting of different numbers of a single interval, the equal tempered semiton
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Algebraic irrational number
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_root_of_two
date created:
2004-11-03T14:11:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:12:50Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q4919430","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4919430"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15