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The '''26-comma''' is a semifourth that acts as a comma in certain temperaments. It is the difference between 26 perfect fifths and 15 octaves.
The '''26-comma''' is a [[3-limit]] [[semifourth]] that acts as a comma in certain temperaments. It is the difference between 26 perfect fifths and 15 octaves, as well as being two [[Pythagorean commas]] sharp of [[9/8]].


While it is exceptionally large for a comma (two of them make a near-perfect fourth, off by the small [[53-comma]]), it is tempered out in [[26edo]], because of that temperament's narrow fifths.
While it is exceptionally large for a comma (two of them make a near-perfect fourth, off by the small [[53-comma]]), it is tempered out in [[26edo]], because of that temperament's narrow fifths.


As an untempered interval, it approximates intervals like [[15/13]], and is the simplest Pythagorean interval of this size. As such, it could also be known as the Pythagorean semifourth, or possibly the flatma, given 26edo's connection to flattone.
As an untempered interval, it approximates intervals like [[15/13]], and is the simplest Pythagorean interval of this size. As such, it could also be known as '''the''' Pythagorean semifourth.