Musical Intervals in Cents
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| Name of interval | Frequency ratio (x) | Cents |
| Unison | 1:1 | 0 |
| Minor second or semitone | 1.059463:1 | 100 |
| Semitone | 16:15 | 111.731 |
| Minor tone or lesser whole tone | 10:9 | 182.404 |
| Major second or whole tone | 1.122462:1 | 200 |
| Major tone or greater whole tone | 9:8 | 203.910 |
| Minor third | 1.189207:1 | 300 |
| Minor third | 6:5 | 315.641 |
| Major third | 5:4 | 386.314 |
| Major third | 1.259921:1 | 400 |
| Perfect fourth | 4:3 | 498.045 |
| Perfect fourth | 1.334840:1 | 500 |
| Augmented fourth | 45:32 | 590.224 |
| Augmented fourth | 1.414214:1 | 600 |
| Diminished fifth | 1.414214:1 | 600 |
| Diminished fifth | 64:45 | 609.777 |
| Perfect fifth | 1.498307:1 | 700 |
| Perfect fifth | 3:2 | 701.955 |
| Minor sixth | 1.587401:1 | 800 |
| Minor sixth | 8:5 | 813.687 |
| Major sixth | 5:3 | 884.359 |
| Major sixth | 1.681793:1 | 900 |
| Harmonic minor seventh | 7:4 | 968.826 |
| Grave minor seventh | 16:9 | 996.091 |
| Minor seventh | 1.781797:1 | 1,000 |
| Minor seventh | 9:5 | 1,017.597 |
| Major seventh | 15:8 | 1,088.269 |
| Major seventh | 1.887749:1 | 1,100 |
| Octave | 2:1 | 1,200.000 |
Table 13: Intervals in Cents corresponding to certain frequency ratiosNote: Cents = [1200.log10(f1/f2)] / log10(2) and x = (f1 / f2) = 2 ^ (Cents/1200)
