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{{Infobox Interval
|+Interval information
| Ratio = 736/729
|Ratio
| Name = 23-limit Tenney/Cage comma (HEJI)
|736/729
| Color name = s23o2, satwetho 2nd
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| Comma = yes
|[[Smonzos and svals|Subgroup monzo]]
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|2.3.23 [5 -6 1⟩
'''736/729''', the '''23-limit Tenney/Cage comma''', is a 2.3.23 subgroup comma. It is the amount by which the octave-reduced 23rd harmonic [[23/16]] exceeds the [[729/512|Pythagorean augmented fourth (729/512)]].  
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|Size in [[Cent|cents]]
== Notation ==
|16.544342¢
This interval is significant in the [[Functional Just System]] and [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]] as the formal comma to translate a Pythagorean interval to a nearby 23-limit (vicesimotertial) interval. The symbols being used in Helmholtz-Ellis notation are virtually identical to up and down arrows, and the authors attribute them to [[James Tenney]] and {{w|John Cage}}, who have possibly used them for [[72edo|1\72]].
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|Names
=== Sagittal notation ===
|23-limit Tenney/Cage comma (HEJI)
In the [[Sagittal]] system, this comma (possibly tempered) is represented by the sagittal {{sagittal | |~ }} and is called the '''23 comma''', or '''23C''' for short, because the simplest interval it notates is 23/1 (equiv. 23/16), as for example in F-B{{nbhsp}}{{sagittal | |~ }}. The downward version is called '''1/23C''' or '''23C down''' and is represented by {{sagittal| !~ }}.
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'''736/729''', the '''23-limit Tenney/Cage comma''', is a 2.3.23 subgroup comma. It is the amount by which 23/16 (the 23rd harmonic) exceeds the Pythagorean augemented fourth (729/512). It is significant in [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation]] as the formal comma to translate a Pythagorean interval to a nearby 23-limit (vicesimotertial) interval.
[[Category:Commas named after music theorists]]
[[Category:Commas named after composers]]