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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[88/45]] – its [[octave complement]] | |||
* [[22/15]] – its [[fifth complement]] | * [[22/15]] – its [[fifth complement]] | ||
* [[Gallery of just intervals]] | * [[Gallery of just intervals]] | ||
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45/44, ~38.906 cents, the undecimal 1/5-tone, is the interval between 11/9 and 5/4, and also between 11/10 and 9/8. It is tempered out by the patent vals for 12, 19, and 26 equal.
45/44 is also known as the "cake" comma, from when Ocean Stegosaurus Tardigrade was baking a cake and misread flour and sugar measurements on his scale, leading to the inclusion of 11/9 times the amount suggested in his recipe. To compensate, he writes "I increased all the other ingredients by a neutral third, except the eggs, which I increased by a major third because I couldn't be bothered to measure out eight ninths of an egg." We see here the equating of 11/9 with 5/4, leading to the tempering out of 45/44. The cake turned out fine but slightly burnt on the top.
