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The '''kwazy comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -53 10 16 }}) is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.569 [[cent]]s.
The '''kwazy comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -53 10 16 }}) is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.569 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack consisting of ten [[16/15]] diatonic semitones and two [[128/125]] dieses falls short of the [[octave]].  


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==
Tempering out this comma leads to the 5-limit [[kwazy]] temperament.  
[[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the 5-limit [[kwazy]] temperament.  


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] and [[Paul Erlich]] in 2002 as a mutant form for both ''quasi'' and ''crazy'' (as in ''kwazy wabbit!'')<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5041.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Paul's new names'']</ref>. ''Quasi'' was short for ''quasiseptima'' since an interval very close to [[9/7]] could be used as a generator for the corresponding temperament<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref>.  
This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] and [[Paul Erlich]] in 2002 as a mutant form for both ''quasi'' and ''crazy'' (as in ''kwazy wabbit!'')<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5041.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Paul's new names'']</ref>. ''Quasi'' was short for ''quasiseptima'' since an interval very close to [[9/7]] could be used as a generator for the corresponding temperament<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref>.  


== Notes ==
== References ==


[[Category:Kwazy]]
[[Category:Kwazy]]
[[Category:Commas named for their regular temperament properties]]
[[Category:Commas named for the generator of their temperament]]