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The '''frameshift comma''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] (2.3.11) comma. It is the difference between:
* Four [[Pythagorean apotome]]s and [[1331/1024]];
* The [[243/242|rastma]] and the [[pythrabian comma]];
* The [[gamelisma]] and three [[symbiotic comma]]s.


The '''frameshift comma''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] comma- specifically of the 2.3.11 subgroup- with a complicated ratio of 22876792454961/22866405883904, and a size of roughly 0.79 [[cent]]s.  It is the interval separating the [[Rastma]] from the [[Pythrabian comma]], as well as the amount by which an octave-reduced stack of three [[11/8]] intervals falls short of a stack of four [[apotome]]s. Since both the Rastmic and Pythrabian temperaments are ways of conceptualizing how the 11-prime relates to the 3-prime within the 2.3.11 subgroup, that means that these two distinct frameworks for viewing the 11-prime relative to the 3-prime become linked when 22876792454961/22866405883904 is tempered out- hence the name "frameshift" comma.  Naturally, tempering out this comma results in some form of [[frameshift microtemperaments|frameshift microtemperament]], and such temperaments are known to be associated with higher-accuracy systems.
== Temperaments ==
[[File:Frameshift Cadence.mp3|thumb|Frameshift progression sample in [[159edo]].]]
[[File:Frameshift Cadence Score.png|thumb|Score for the above sample of the Frameshift progression in 159edo.]]


== Frameshift cadence ==
Tempering out this comma results in the [[frameshift]] temperament in the 2.3.11. This allows reaching [[11/8]] by a stepwise motion consisting of four apotomes and one [[128/121]] with astoundingly small error. [[Aura]] dubs this the ''frameshift progression'' (see below).


The name of the frameshift comma is even more appropriate in light of the fact that when one tempers out this comma, one can move stepwise to 11/8 though a series of four motions by the apotome and one motion by [[128/121]]- all rather typical-sounding semitone-based motions- with this gesture forming the basis of what has since been dubbed the '''frameshift cadence'''- a cadence which shifts a listener's perception of pitch relations such that a modulation to 11/8 sounds in tune. [[Category:Chord progressions]]
It also splits the fifth into three 22528/19683's – an interval sharp of [[8/7]] by the [[symbiotic comma]]. Naturally, tempering it out results in a [[slendric]] extension. If both rastma and pythrabian comma are tempered out, this results in [[41edo]] – a trivial tuning of frameshift.


[[File:Frameshift Cadence.mp3|thumb|Sample of the Frameshift cadence as it appears in [[159edo]].]]
== Etymology ==
 
Discovered by Aura in 2021, it comes from the fact that both the [[rastmic]] and [[pythrabian]] temperaments are ways of conceptualizing how the 11-prime relates to the 3-prime, these two frameworks for viewing the 11-prime relative to the 3-prime become linked when this comma is tempered out – hence the name "frameshift" comma.
[[File:Frameshift Cadence Score.png|thumb|Score for the above sample of the Frameshift cadence in 159edo.]]
 
== See also ==
* [[Unnoticeable comma]]


[[Category:Alpharabian]]
[[Category:Alpharabian]]
[[Category:Pythrabian]]
[[Category:Pythrabian]]
[[Category:Frameshift]]
[[Category:Frameshift]]
[[Category:Chord progressions]]
[[Category:Commas named for their regular temperament properties]]
[[Category:Commas named for their regular temperament properties]]