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| Ratio = 10976/10935 | | Ratio = 10976/10935 | ||
| Name = hemimage | | Name = hemimage comma | ||
| Color name = sz<sup>3</sup>g3, Satrizo-agu comma | | Color name = sz<sup>3</sup>g3, Satrizo-agu comma | ||
| Comma = yes | | Comma = yes | ||
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The '''hemimage''' | The '''hemimage comma''' ([[ratio]]: 10976/10935), is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 6.48 [[cent]]s. It marks the difference between a [[16/15|classic diatonic semitone (16/15)]] and a stack of three [[9/7|septimal major thirds (9/7)]] octave reduced, or between a [[10/9|classic whole tone (10/9)]] and a stack of three [[28/27|septimal third tones (28/27)]], therefore interesting to those who work extensively with third tones. | ||
In terms of other commas, it is the difference between [[245/243]] and [[225/224]], the two simplest commas to define the 7-limit [[magic]] temperament. It factors into simpler commas as the [[breedsma]] and the [[aberschisma]], (2401/2400)⋅(5120/5103), or the [[hemimean comma]] and the [[ragisma]], (3136/3125)⋅(4375/4374). | In terms of other commas, it is the difference between [[245/243]] and [[225/224]], the two simplest commas to define the 7-limit [[magic]] temperament. It factors into simpler commas as the [[breedsma]] and the [[aberschisma]], (2401/2400)⋅(5120/5103), or the [[hemimean comma]] and the [[ragisma]], (3136/3125)⋅(4375/4374). | ||
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The hemimage comma (ratio: 10976/10935), is a small 7-limit comma measuring about 6.48 cents. It marks the difference between a classic diatonic semitone (16/15) and a stack of three septimal major thirds (9/7) octave reduced, or between a classic whole tone (10/9) and a stack of three septimal third tones (28/27), therefore interesting to those who work extensively with third tones.
In terms of other commas, it is the difference between 245/243 and 225/224, the two simplest commas to define the 7-limit magic temperament. It factors into simpler commas as the breedsma and the aberschisma, (2401/2400)⋅(5120/5103), or the hemimean comma and the ragisma, (3136/3125)⋅(4375/4374).
In the 19-limit it factors into (343/342)⋅(1216/1215), and in the 29-limit, (406/405)⋅(784/783), which equals (784/783)2⋅(841/840) in turn, making it a lopsided comma with S-expression S282⋅S29.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 hemimage temperament.
See Hemimage family for the rank-3 family where it is tempered out. See Hemimage temperaments for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.
Etymology
This comma was first named as parahemfi by Gene Ward Smith in 2005 as a contraction of parakleismic and hemififths[1]. It is not clear how it later became hemimage, but the root of hemimage is obvious, being a contraction of hemififths and magic.