31

This number is a prime.

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Ben Johnston is known for composing music based on a flexible tuning system that derives pitches from as high as the 31-limit. The "prime limit" of an interval or chord in just intonation is the largest prime number in its factorization.

Submitted: 2006-10-15 04:51:36;   Last Modified: 2008-01-30 17:19:14.
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