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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Icon =
| Name = password, Eratosthenes' comma
| Ratio = 1216/1215
| Color name = s19og2, sanogu 2nd,<br>Sanogu comma
| Monzo = 6 -5 -1 0 0 0 0 1
| Comma = yes
| Cents = 1.42430
| Name = Eratosthenes' comma, password comma
| Color name =
| Sound =  
}}
}}


'''1216/1215''', the '''password comma''' or '''Eratosthenes' comma''' is a [[19-limit]] unnoticeable comma. It is the difference between [[19/15]] and [[81/64]], [[19/18]] and [[135/128]], or [[20/19]] and [[256/243]].
'''1216/1215''', the '''password''' or '''Eratosthenes' comma''', is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[19-limit]] (also 2.3.5.19-[[subgroup]]) [[comma]]. It is the amount by which [[19/15]] exceeds the [[81/64|Pythagorean major third (81/64)]], or [[20/19]] falls short of the [[256/243|Pythagorean minor second (256/243)]]. It is also the difference between [[19/18]], the undevicesimal semitone and [[135/128]], the major chroma, and in addition, between the [[513/512|undevicesimal comma]] and the [[schisma]].  


[[Category:Stub]]
== Commatic relations ==
[[Category:Superparticular]]
This comma is the difference between the following superparticular pairs:
[[Category:19-limit]]
* [[76/75]] and [[81/80]] *
[[Category:Unnoticeable comma]]
* [[136/135]] and [[153/152]]
* [[190/189]] and [[225/224]]
* [[256/255]] and [[324/323]]
* [[352/351]] and [[495/494]]
* [[361/360]] and [[513/512]] *
* [[456/455]] and [[729/728]]
* [[676/675]] and [[1521/1520]]
* [[1156/1155]] and [[23409/23408]]
<nowiki>*</nowiki> both of these commas are also within the 2.3.5.19 subgroup.
 
It factors into the following superparticular pairs:
* [[2431/2430]] and [[2432/2431]]
* [[2080/2079]] and [[2926/2925]]
* [[1729/1728]] and [[4096/4095]]
* [[1540/1539]] and [[5776/5775]]
* [[1225/1224]] and [[165376/165375]]
 
== Temperaments ==
Tempering out this comma defines '''eratosthenes temperament''', which enables [[eratosthenes chords]]. Edos supporting this temperament includes {{Optimal ET sequence| 12, 29, 41, 53, 65, 77, 87, 94, 99, 106, 111, 118, 130, 140, 152, 159, 183, 193, 205, 217, 270, 282, 311, 323, 364, 400, 422, 581, and 692 }}.
 
== Etymology ==
This comma was named after {{w|Eratosthenes}}, the Ancient Greek polymath. According to an analysis by [[Joseph Monzo]], Eratosthenes made use of this comma by employing "standard" [[3-limit]] pitches in his diatonic [[genus]], but substituting 19-limit ratios which are very close by in pitch in his chromatic and enharmonic genera.<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_26618.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''ratios in ancient Greek tetrachords (was: Byzantine and Serb Church Music)'']</ref>
 
The etymology for "password" is unknown, but it can be noted that it was at one point logged as ''password comma''.
 
== See also ==
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]
 
== References ==
 
[[Category:Eratosthenes]]
[[Category:Commas named after polymaths]]
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]]

Latest revision as of 08:41, 12 July 2026

Interval information
Ratio 1216/1215
Subgroup monzo 2.3.5.19 [6 -5 -1 1
Size in cents 1.424298¢
Names password,
Eratosthenes' comma
Color name s19og2, sanogu 2nd,
Sanogu comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d2}^{19}_{5} }[/math]
Special properties superparticular,
reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 20.4947
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 20.4959
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 51
Comma size unnoticeable
S-expression S16/S18
Open this interval in xen-calc

1216/1215, the password or Eratosthenes' comma, is an unnoticeable 19-limit (also 2.3.5.19-subgroup) comma. It is the amount by which 19/15 exceeds the Pythagorean major third (81/64), or 20/19 falls short of the Pythagorean minor second (256/243). It is also the difference between 19/18, the undevicesimal semitone and 135/128, the major chroma, and in addition, between the undevicesimal comma and the schisma.

Commatic relations

This comma is the difference between the following superparticular pairs:

* both of these commas are also within the 2.3.5.19 subgroup.

It factors into the following superparticular pairs:

Temperaments

Tempering out this comma defines eratosthenes temperament, which enables eratosthenes chords. Edos supporting this temperament includes 12, 29, 41, 53, 65, 77, 87, 94, 99, 106, 111, 118, 130, 140, 152, 159, 183, 193, 205, 217, 270, 282, 311, 323, 364, 400, 422, 581, and 692.

Etymology

This comma was named after Eratosthenes, the Ancient Greek polymath. According to an analysis by Joseph Monzo, Eratosthenes made use of this comma by employing "standard" 3-limit pitches in his diatonic genus, but substituting 19-limit ratios which are very close by in pitch in his chromatic and enharmonic genera.[1]

The etymology for "password" is unknown, but it can be noted that it was at one point logged as password comma.

See also

References