Mercator's comma: Difference between revisions
→See also: * Mercator’s old comma (It is what Wikipedia calls “Mercator’s comma”, but it is not what most modern musicians or theorists mean by “Mercator’s comma.) |
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== Temperament == | == Temperament == | ||
Tempering out this comma leads to the [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. For edos N up to 8745, the comma is tempered out if and only if 53 divides N. Examples of such EDOs include [[53edo]], [[159edo]], [[212edo]], [[265edo]], [[742edo]], [[954edo]] and [[1749edo]]. | Tempering out this comma leads to the [[Mercator family]] of temperaments. For edos N up to [[8745edo|8745]], the comma is tempered out if and only if 53 divides N. Examples of such EDOs include [[53edo]], [[159edo]], [[212edo]], [[265edo]], [[742edo]], [[954edo]] and [[1749edo]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||