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'''2430/2401''', the '''nuwell comma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 20.8 [[cents]]. It is amount by which four septimal minor thirds [[7/6]] fall short of a major seventh [[15/8]]. | '''2430/2401''', the '''nuwell comma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 20.8 [[cents]]. It is amount by which four septimal minor thirds [[7/6]] fall short of a major seventh [[15/8]]. | ||
It factors into simpler commas as ([[225/224]])⋅([[1728/1715]]). | |||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
Tempering out this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the [[nuwell]] temperament | [[Tempering out]] this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the [[nuwell]] temperament. | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The name ''nuwell'' was given by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[nusecond]]'' and ''[[orwell]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. | The name ''nuwell'' was given by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[nusecond]]'' and ''[[orwell]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. | ||
== | == References == | ||
[[Category:Nuwell]] | [[Category:Nuwell]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named after | [[Category:Commas named after other creatives]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named by combining multiple temperament names]] | [[Category:Commas named by combining multiple temperament names]] | ||