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| Ratio = 6115295232/6103515625 | | Ratio = 6115295232/6103515625 | ||
| Name = vishnuzma, semisuper comma | | Name = vishnuzma, semisuper comma | ||
| Color name = sg<sup>14</sup>4, sasepbigu 4th | |||
| Comma = yes | | Comma = yes | ||
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'''6115295232/6103515625 | The '''vishnuzma''' or '''semisuper comma''' ([[ratio]]: 6115295232/6103515625, [[monzo]]: {{monzo| 23 6 -14 }}) of 3.338 [[cent]]s, is the amount by which seven [[25/24|classical chromatic semitones]] fall short of a just perfect fourth and also by which fourteen [[5/4|classical major thirds]] miss the [[729/512|pythagorean augmented fourth]]; in other words the interval (4/3)/(25/24)<sup>7</sup>. | ||
[[Category: | == Temperaments == | ||
Tempering out this comma leads to temperaments of the [[vishnuzmic family]]. | |||
== Etymology == | |||
This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2001 in terms of the corresponding temperament, ''semisuper'', for one possible generator of the temperament was a "semisuper fourth"<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_2121.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Shismic & co'']</ref>. ''Semisuper comma'' appeared shortly after<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref>. It is yet to be found out how and why the later name ''vishnuzma'' was added. | |||
== Notes == | |||
[[Category:Vishnuzmic]] | |||
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] |