This will not be the case for an equal temperament scale because the 12 notes of the scale are equally spaced in the octave which results in the 5\text{th} note not being an exact 3/2 rati...This will not be the case for an equal temperament scale because the 12 notes of the scale are equally spaced in the octave which results in the 5\text{th} note not being an exact 3/2 ratio of the tonic (it is in fact a ratio of 1.4953 between \text{C} and \text{G} for the equal temperament instead of 3/2 = 1.5 as is the case for the Pythagorean temperament).