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== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
Tempering out this comma leads to a form of '''minor minthmic temperament''' | Tempering out this comma leads to a form of '''minor minthmic temperament''' (full 13-limit rank-5) or '''minorminth temperament''' (2.3.7.11.13 subgroup rank-4), which enables [[minor minthmic chords]]. | ||
== History and etymology == | == History and etymology == | ||
This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament. | This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. The reason why the temperament was named “gentle” in the first place does not appear to be written down anywhere. | ||
The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Minor minthmic]] | [[Category:Minor minthmic]] | ||
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] | |||
[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]] |