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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Name = minor minthma, minor gentle comma
| Name = minor minthma, minor gentle comma
| Color name = 3o1uuz2, tholuluzo 2nd,<br>Tholuluzo comma
| Color name = 3o1uuzM, tholuluzoma
| Comma = yes
| Comma = yes
}}
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== Temperaments ==
== 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]].  
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 ==
== 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 reason why the temperament was named “gentle” in the first place does not appear to be written down anywhere.
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.
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 with unknown etymology]]
[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]]
[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]]
[[Category:Commas named for the generator of their temperament]]