Qian's small comma: Difference between revisions
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{{Infobox Interval | {{Infobox Interval | ||
| Monzo = 485 -306 | | Monzo = 485 -306 | ||
| Name = sasktel comma | | Name = Qian's small comma, sasktel comma, 306-comma | ||
| Color name = s<sup>44</sup>w30, lequadsawa 30th | | Color name = s<sup>44</sup>w30, lequadsawa 30th | ||
| Comma = yes | | Comma = yes | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Qian's small comma''', also known as the '''sasktel comma''', is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[3-limit]] [[comma]] with a [[monzo]] of {{monzo| 485 -306 }}, and a size of 1.7697 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between 306 just [[3/2|perfect fifths]] and 179 [[2/1|octaves]], in other words 2<sup>179</sup>/(3/2)<sup>306</sup>. It is also the amount by which a [[Pythagorean comma]] exceeds a stack of six [[Mercator's comma]]s, or the amount by which a [[41-comma]] exceeds a stack of five [[Mercator's comma]]s. | '''Qian's small comma''', also known as the '''sasktel comma''' or '''306-comma''', is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[3-limit]] [[comma]] with a [[monzo]] of {{monzo| 485 -306 }}, and a size of 1.7697 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between 306 just [[3/2|perfect fifths]] and 179 [[2/1|octaves]], in other words 2<sup>179</sup>/(3/2)<sup>306</sup>. It is also the amount by which a [[Pythagorean comma]] exceeds a stack of six [[Mercator's comma]]s, or the amount by which a [[41-comma]] exceeds a stack of five [[Mercator's comma]]s. | ||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||