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The '''Bastille comma''' is a [[2.5.7 subgroup]] comma associated with temperament-merging [[1407edo]] and [[1789edo]], which together produce 14/07/1789, the date of storming of Bastille. See [[Bastille]] for associated music theory. | |||
Bastille comma is a small comma measuring about 25 cents, or alternately about 29 steps of | Bastille comma is a [[small comma]] measuring about 25 [[cents]], or alternately about 29 steps of 1407edo and 37 steps of 1789edo. However, because the circle of [[generators]] is so large, each of them is flattened by a really small amount of the comma, well below the step sizes, thus enabling the tuning. | ||
[[Category:Commas named after place names]] |