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45/44, ~38.906 cents, the undecimal 1/5th tone, is the interval between [[11/9|11/9]] and [[5/4|5/4]], and also between [[11/10|11/10]] and [[9/8|9/8]]. It is tempered out by the patent vals for [[12edo|12]], [[19edo|19]], and [[26edo|26]] equal. | 45/44, ~38.906 cents, the undecimal 1/5th tone, is the interval between [[11/9|11/9]] and [[5/4|5/4]], and also between [[11/10|11/10]] and [[9/8|9/8]]. It is tempered out by the patent vals for [[12edo|12]], [[19edo|19]], and [[26edo|26]] equal. | ||
45/44 is also know as the "cake" comma, from when Oceania Stegosaurusia Tardigradia 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 equation of 11/9 and 5/4, leading to the tempering out of 45/44. The cake turned out fine but slightly burnt on the top. | |||
[[File:Oceania's cake.jpg|thumb|Oceania's cake]] | |||