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The '''sycamore comma''', {{monzo| -16 -6 11 }} = '''48828125/47775744''', measuring 37.72085 cents, is the difference between the [[5/4|classic major third (5/4)]] and a stack of six [[25/24|classic chromatic semitones (25/24)]], that is, (25/24)<sup>6</sup>/(5/4).  
The '''sycamore comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -16 -6 11 }}, [[ratio]]: 48828125/47775744), measuring 37.72085{{cent}}, is the difference between the [[5/4|classic major third (5/4)]] and a stack of six [[25/24|classic chromatic semitones (25/24)]], that is, (25/24)<sup>6</sup>/(5/4).  


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==
It is tempered out by the [[sycamore family]].  
This comma is tempered out by temperaments in the [[sycamore family]].
 
== Etymology ==
This comma seems to have been named by [[Paul Erlich]] in 2002<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5041.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Paul's new names'']</ref>.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Medium comma]]
* [[Medium comma]]
== Notes ==


[[Category:Sycamore]]
[[Category:Sycamore]]