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For example, the '''31-5-comma''' is the difference between a stack of 31 '''5/4'''s (5/4 is the octave reduces harmonic #5), and 10 octaves, which is tempered out in '''31edo'''.
For example, the '''31-5-comma''' is the difference between a stack of 31 '''5/4'''s (5/4 is the octave reduces harmonic #5), and 10 octaves, which is tempered out in '''31edo'''.


If the harmonic in question is the reduce third harmonic ('''3/2'''), then it is left out of the comma name. For example '''31-comma''' is the difference between a stack of 3/2s and a stack of octaves in 31edo.
If the harmonic in question is the reduced third harmonic ('''3/2'''), then it is left out of the comma name. For example '''31-comma''' is the difference between a stack of 3/2s and a stack of octaves in 31edo.


== 11-3/5 comma, 45-7/5 comma, etc. ==
== 11-3/5 comma, 45-7/5 comma, etc. ==