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'''4096/4095''', the '''schismina''', is a [[13-limit]] [[superparticular]] [[ratio]] of about 0.42 cents. It is the difference between [[65/64]] and [[64/63]], and between [[1053/1024]] and [[36/35]].  
'''4096/4095''', the '''schismina''', is a [[13-limit]] [[superparticular]] [[ratio]] of about 0.42 cents. It is the difference between [[65/64]] and [[64/63]], and between [[1053/1024]] and [[36/35]].  
By tempering it out is defined the '''schisminic temperament''', which enables the '''schisminic chords''', the essentially tempered chords in the 21-odd-limit.


The name lends itself to the general interval size measure knowns as the [[mina]]. In [[Sagittal notation]], 4096/4095 is the default comma represented by a mina or three [[tina]]s.  
The name lends itself to the general interval size measure knowns as the [[mina]]. In [[Sagittal notation]], 4096/4095 is the default comma represented by a mina or three [[tina]]s.