Talk:Neutral second

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Can this interval also be called a perfect second? It just seems logical to me. --Celtic Minstrel (talk • contribs) 03:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC) Hmm, I'm not an expert but I would say no. The term "perfect" is more a convention than anything else. I have heard some people say that it refers to the fact that the intervals perfect fifth and perfect fourth are very consonant, but I think it also is an artifact of the way those intervals are very close to the just intonation intervals, in 12-tone equal temperament, whereas thirds are out-of-tune from the just intervals. The neutral second if played in a chord is a fairly dissonant interval, so that explanation is out...and the neutral second doesn't even fit into 12-tone equal temperament, although 11:10 is very in-tune in certain weird ones, like 22 equal temperament, and 12:11 is very in-tune if you use quarter tones. Cazort (talk) 00:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)