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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Name = diesis, augmented comma
| Name = diesis, augmented comma, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic comma
| Color name = g32, trigu unison, Trigu comma
| Color name = g<sup>3</sup>2, trigu 2nd,<br>Trigu comma
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The 41.059 cent interval of '''128/125''' is called the '''diesis''' or '''augmented [[comma]]'''; it represents the gap between three [[5/4]] just major thirds and the [[octave]], or in other words 2/(5/4)<sup>3</sup>. It is fairly accurately represented by a single step in [[28edo|28-]], [[31edo|31-]] or [[34edo]], and by two steps of [[53edo|53-]], [[59edo|59-]] or [[65edo]]. In any tuning with pure octaves and just major thirds, such as [[quarter-comma meantone]], it will be exact. Furthermore, in quarter-comma meantone it appears as the difference between sharps and flats, e.g. between D# and Eb. It is also called '''enharmonic diesis''' or '''enharmonic comma''' for this reason. Tempering it out leads to [[augmented]] temperament.
The 41.059-[[cent]] interval of '''128/125''' is called the '''diesis''' or '''augmented comma'''; it represents the gap between a stack of three [[5/4]] just major thirds and the [[octave]], or in other words 2/(5/4)<sup>3</sup>.  
 
== Approximations ==
This interval is fairly accurately represented by a single step in [[28edo|28-]], [[31edo|31-]] or [[34edo]], and by two steps of [[53edo|53-]], [[59edo|59-]] or [[65edo]]. In any tuning with pure octaves and just major thirds, such as [[quarter-comma meantone]], it will be exact. Furthermore, in meantone it appears as the difference between sharps and flats, e.g. between D# and Eb. It is also called '''enharmonic diesis''' or '''enharmonic comma''' for this reason.  
 
== Temperaments ==
=== As a comma ===
[[Tempering out]] this comma leads to [[augmented]] temperament. See [[augmented family]] for the family where it is tempered out.
 
=== As an interval ===
If the diesis is treated as a musical interval in its own right as opposed to tempering it out, it is approximately a quarter-tone and so can be used to introduce [[7-limit]] and [[11-limit]] harmony into 5-limit scales.  


This interval can also be called a kilobyte comma, since it represents the amount by which the binary definition of kilobyte, 1024 bytes, exceeds the nominal definition of "kilo" prefix, 1000.  
== Trivia ==
This interval represents the amount by which the binary definition of kilobyte, 1024 bytes, exceeds the nominal definition of "kilo" prefix, 1000.  


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Latest revision as of 07:02, 3 November 2024

Interval information
Ratio 128/125
Factorization 27 × 5-3
Monzo [7 0 -3
Size in cents 41.05886¢
Names diesis,
augmented comma,
enharmonic diesis,
enharmonic comma
Color name g32, trigu 2nd,
Trigu comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d2}_{5,5,5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced subharmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 13.9658
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 14
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 29
Comma size medium
S-expression S4 / S5
Open this interval in xen-calc

The 41.059-cent interval of 128/125 is called the diesis or augmented comma; it represents the gap between a stack of three 5/4 just major thirds and the octave, or in other words 2/(5/4)3.

Approximations

This interval is fairly accurately represented by a single step in 28-, 31- or 34edo, and by two steps of 53-, 59- or 65edo. In any tuning with pure octaves and just major thirds, such as quarter-comma meantone, it will be exact. Furthermore, in meantone it appears as the difference between sharps and flats, e.g. between D# and Eb. It is also called enharmonic diesis or enharmonic comma for this reason.

Temperaments

As a comma

Tempering out this comma leads to augmented temperament. See augmented family for the family where it is tempered out.

As an interval

If the diesis is treated as a musical interval in its own right as opposed to tempering it out, it is approximately a quarter-tone and so can be used to introduce 7-limit and 11-limit harmony into 5-limit scales.

Trivia

This interval represents the amount by which the binary definition of kilobyte, 1024 bytes, exceeds the nominal definition of "kilo" prefix, 1000.

See also