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'''82/81''', the '''reversed meantone comma''', or the '''41-limit Johnston comma''' in [[HEJI]], is a 2.3.41-subgroup [[comma]]. It is the amount by which the octave-reduced 41st harmonic [[41/32]] exceeds the Pythagorean major third (ditone) of [[81/64]], and differs from the syntonic comma ([[81/80]]) by [[6561/6560]].  
'''82/81''', the '''reversed meantone comma''', or the '''41-limit Johnston comma''' in [[Helmholtz–Ellis notation]], is a 2.3.41-subgroup [[comma]]. It is the amount by which the octave-reduced 41st harmonic [[41/32]] exceeds the Pythagorean major third (ditone) of [[81/64]], and differs from the syntonic comma ([[81/80]]) by [[6561/6560]].  


This interval is significant in the [[Functional Just System]] and [[Helmholtz–Ellis notation]] as the formal comma to translate a Pythagorean interval to a nearby quadracesimoprimal (41-limit) interval. In Helmholtz–Ellis notation, the symbols are adapted from [[Ben Johnston]]'s plus and minus signs representing 81/80.  
This interval is significant in the [[Functional Just System]] and Helmholtz–Ellis notation as the formal comma to translate a Pythagorean interval to a nearby quadracesimoprimal (41-limit) interval. In Helmholtz–Ellis notation, the symbols are adapted from [[Ben Johnston]]'s plus and minus signs representing 81/80.  


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==