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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
This comma was named after {{w|Eratosthenes}}, the Ancient Greek polymath. According to an analysis by [[Joseph Monzo]], Eratosthenes made use of this comma by employing "standard" [[3-limit]] pitches in his diatonic [[genus]], but substituting 19-limit ratios which are very close by in pitch in his chromatic and enharmonic genera.<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_26618.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''ratios in ancient Greek tetrachords (was: Byzantine and Serb Church Music)'']</ref> | This comma was named after {{w|Eratosthenes}}, the Ancient Greek polymath. According to an analysis by [[Joseph Monzo]], Eratosthenes made use of this comma by employing "standard" [[3-limit]] pitches in his diatonic [[genus]], but substituting 19-limit ratios which are very close by in pitch in his chromatic and enharmonic genera.<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_26618.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''ratios in ancient Greek tetrachords (was: Byzantine and Serb Church Music)'']</ref> | ||
The etymology for "password" is unknown, but it can be noted that it was at one point logged as ''password comma''. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[List of superparticular intervals]] | * [[List of superparticular intervals]] | ||
== | == References == | ||
[[Category:Eratosthenes]] | [[Category:Eratosthenes]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named after polymaths]] | [[Category:Commas named after polymaths]] | ||
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] | [[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] | ||