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== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
Tempering out this comma leads to the [[quintile family]] of temperaments. | Tempering out this comma leads to the [[quintile family]] of temperaments. | ||
== Etymology == | |||
The corresponding temperament was discovered first, called ''pental'' by [[Petr Pařízek]] in 2012 for the fact that it splits the octave in five equal parts. In 2024, the community has decided to rename it to ''quintile'' for fear of confusion with the more common usage of the term ''pental'' to refer to the 5-limit. | |||
[[Category:Commas named for their periods per equave]] | [[Category:Commas named for their periods per equave]] | ||