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In [[just intonation]], '''41503/41472''', the '''argyria''', is the comma between three [[8/7]]'s (693.522 cents) and two [[11/9]]'s (694.816 cents), measuring 1.294 cents<ref>Gayle Young, "The Pitch Organization of ''Harmonium for James Tenney''", Perspectives of New Music, vol. 26, no. 2, summer 1988, pp. 204–12. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/833190</ref> and casually once referred to as "the tinge"<ref>Gayle Young, private e-mail to Todd Harrop, 24 June 2018.</ref>. So it is the difference of [[1029/1024]] and [[243/242]]. Besides, it is also the difference of [[385/384]] and [[540/539]]. Those two ratios make up [[225/224]]. Therefore, tempering it out guarantees that 225/224 is split into two, each for 385/384~540/539.

In [[just intonation]], '''41503/41472''', the '''argyria''', is the [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] [[comma]] between three [[8/7]]'s (693.522 cents) and two [[11/9]]'s (694.816 cents), measuring 1.294 cents<ref>Gayle Young, "The Pitch Organization of ''Harmonium for James Tenney''", Perspectives of New Music, vol. 26, no. 2, summer 1988, pp. 204–12. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/833190</ref> and casually once referred to as "the tinge"<ref>Gayle Young, private e-mail to Todd Harrop, 24 June 2018.</ref>. So it is the difference of [[1029/1024]] and [[243/242]]. Besides, it is also the difference of [[385/384]] and [[540/539]]. Those two ratios make up [[225/224]]. Therefore, tempering it out guarantees that 225/224 is split into two, each for 385/384~540/539.

It factors into two superparticular commas: [[2401/2400]] × [[3025/3024]].

It factors into two superparticular commas: ([[2401/2400]])([[3025/3024]]).

== Etymology ==

This comma was named the argyria by Lériendil in 2024, on the pattern of the ~~'''~~olympia~~'''~~, after Argyre Planitia on Mars.

This comma was named the argyria by Lériendil in 2024, on the pattern of the [[olympia]], after Argyre Planitia on Mars.

~~== See also ==~~

* [[Unnoticeable comma]]

== Notes ==

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-In [[just intonation]], '''41503/41472''', the '''argyria''', is the comma between three [[8/7]]'s (693.522 cents) and two [[11/9]]'s (694.816 cents), measuring 1.294 cents<ref>Gayle Young, "The Pitch Organization of ''Harmonium for James Tenney''", Perspectives of New Music, vol. 26, no. 2, summer 1988, pp. 204–12. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/833190</ref> and casually once referred to as "the tinge"<ref>Gayle Young, private e-mail to Todd Harrop, 24 June 2018.</ref>. So it is the difference of [[1029/1024]] and [[243/242]]. Besides, it is also the difference of [[385/384]] and [[540/539]]. Those two ratios make up [[225/224]]. Therefore, tempering it out guarantees that 225/224 is split into two, each for 385/384~540/539.
+In [[just intonation]], '''41503/41472''', the '''argyria''', is the [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] [[comma]] between three [[8/7]]'s (693.522 cents) and two [[11/9]]'s (694.816 cents), measuring 1.294 cents<ref>Gayle Young, "The Pitch Organization of ''Harmonium for James Tenney''", Perspectives of New Music, vol. 26, no. 2, summer 1988, pp. 204–12. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/833190</ref> and casually once referred to as "the tinge"<ref>Gayle Young, private e-mail to Todd Harrop, 24 June 2018.</ref>. So it is the difference of [[1029/1024]] and [[243/242]]. Besides, it is also the difference of [[385/384]] and [[540/539]]. Those two ratios make up [[225/224]]. Therefore, tempering it out guarantees that 225/224 is split into two, each for 385/384~540/539.
-It factors into two superparticular commas: [[2401/2400]] × [[3025/3024]].
+It factors into two superparticular commas: ([[2401/2400]])([[3025/3024]]).
 == Etymology ==
-This comma was named the argyria by Lériendil in 2024, on the pattern of the '''olympia''', after Argyre Planitia on Mars.
+This comma was named the argyria by Lériendil in 2024, on the pattern of the [[olympia]], after Argyre Planitia on Mars.
-== See also ==
-* [[Unnoticeable comma]]
 == Notes ==
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