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Saying this can be "used as an independent interval" is misleading cuz no one can hear it directly
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The '''wesley comma''' ([[monzo]]: {{monzo| -13 -2 7 }}, [[ratio]]: 78125/73728) is a [[large comma|large]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 100 [[cent]]s. It is unchanged in [[Wesley Woolhouse]]'s [[7/26-comma meantone]]. It is the amount by which a stack of seven [[5/4|classical major thirds (5/4)]] octave-reduced exceeds the [[9/8|Pythagorean major second (9/8)]].  
The '''wesley comma''' ([[monzo]]: {{monzo| -13 -2 7 }}, [[ratio]]: 78125/73728) is a [[large comma|large]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 100 [[cent]]s. It is [[eigenmonzo|unchanged]] in [[Wesley Woolhouse]]'s [[7/26-comma meantone]]. It is the amount by which a stack of seven [[5/4|classical major thirds (5/4)]] octave-reduced exceeds the [[9/8|Pythagorean major second (9/8)]].  


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==
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[[Category:Commas named after composers]]
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