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'''441/440''', also known as '''Werckmeister's undecimal septenarian schisma''', or more simply, the '''werckisma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[superparticular]] [[11-limit]] comma with a size of roughly 3.93 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between [[21/20]] and [[22/21]]. | '''441/440''', also known as '''Werckmeister's undecimal septenarian schisma''', or more simply, the '''werckisma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[superparticular]] [[11-limit]] comma with a size of roughly 3.93 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between [[21/20]] and [[22/21]], as well as the difference between a stack of two [[21/16]] septimal subfourths and a single [[55/32]] supermajor sixth. Among other things, tempering it out splits [[11/10]] into two even halves and makes [[werckismic chords]] possible. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||