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The '''Pythagorean''' or '''ditonic comma''' is the interval with the ratio '''531441/524288''' ([[monzo]]: {{monzo| -19 12 }}). It could also be called the 12-comma as it is the amount by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves, or in other words (3/2)<sup>12</sup>/2<sup>7</sup> and it also can be written as the ratio between the apotome and the Pythagorean minor second, ([[2187/2048]])/([[256/243]]). In addition, it also equates six [[9/8]] major seconds with an octave. | The '''Pythagorean''' or '''ditonic comma''' is the interval with the ratio '''531441/524288''' ([[monzo]]: {{monzo| -19 12 }}). It could also be called the 12-comma as it is the amount by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves, or in other words (3/2)<sup>12</sup>/2<sup>7</sup> and it also can be written as the ratio between the apotome and the Pythagorean minor second, ([[2187/2048]])/([[256/243]]), and as the ratio between the Pythagorean augmented fourth and the Pythagorean diminished fifth, ([[729/512]])/([[1024/729]]). In addition, it also equates six [[9/8]] major seconds with an octave. | ||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
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ditonic comma
reduced harmonic
The Pythagorean or ditonic comma is the interval with the ratio 531441/524288 (monzo: [-19 12⟩). It could also be called the 12-comma as it is the amount by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves, or in other words (3/2)12/27 and it also can be written as the ratio between the apotome and the Pythagorean minor second, (2187/2048)/(256/243), and as the ratio between the Pythagorean augmented fourth and the Pythagorean diminished fifth, (729/512)/(1024/729). In addition, it also equates six 9/8 major seconds with an octave.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma in the 5-limit leads to the compton temperament. For edos up to 300, it is tempered out if and only if the edo is a multiple of 12, and hence for instance by 12edo, 24edo, 72edo and 84edo. See compton family for a number of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.