We're going to start here and we have this pattern of the major that goes whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half step.

我们从这里开始,大调模式是这样,它经过,全音,全音,半音,全音,全音,全音,半音级

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Generally speaking, dissonant intervals have ratios such as nine to eight for the whole step or seventeen to sixteen for the half step.

一般而言,不和谐音程是有比率的,全音的情况下为九比八,半音的情况下为十七比十六

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They also, because the system worked out better for their purposes, then jumped to nine to eight, which gave them the whole tone.

另外,由于这个体系比预想的还好用,于是他们转而采用九比八的比例,从而得到了全音

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