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{{Infobox Interval | {{Infobox Interval | ||
| Name = minor minthma, minor gentle comma | | Name = minor minthma, minor gentle comma | ||
| Color name = | | Color name = 3o1uuzM, tholuluzoma | ||
| Comma = yes | | Comma = yes | ||
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== History and etymology == | == History and etymology == | ||
This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament. | This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. | ||
The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament. Gentle was named for the [[gentle region|gentle fifth]], a mild version of the [[superpyth]] fifth. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Minor minthmic]] | [[Category:Minor minthmic]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]] | |||
[[Category:Commas named for the generator of their temperament]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:08, 17 July 2026
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minor gentle comma
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364/363, the minor minthma or minor gentle comma, is a small 13-limit no-5 comma measuring about 4.8 ¢. It is the amount by which an undecimal major third 14/11 and a tridecimal minor third 13/11 exceed a just perfect fifth 3/2.
Commatic relations
In terms of commas, it is the difference between the following superparticular pairs:
- 91/90 and 121/120
- 243/242 and 729/728
- 325/324 and 3025/3024
- 351/350 and 9801/9800
- 352/351 and 10648/10647
It factors into the following superparticular pairs:
Not to mention some nonsuperparticular but useful relations:
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma leads to a form of minor minthmic temperament (full 13-limit rank-5) or minorminth temperament (2.3.7.11.13 subgroup rank-4), which enables minor minthmic chords.
History and etymology
This comma was known as the gentle comma from 2011. In 2022, Margo Schulter requested it should be changed to minor/lesser gentle comma to distinguish it from 352/351, which would gain the name major/greater gentle comma.
The minor minthma was also added to this comma in contrast to the major minthma of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the gentle temperament. Gentle was named for the gentle fifth, a mild version of the superpyth fifth.