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'''59049/57344''', or Harrison's [[Comma|comma]], is the amount by which ten [[3/2]]s exceed [[7/4]] (all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)<sup>10</sup> = 7 ⋅ 59049/57344. It is tempered out in [[Meantone family|septimal meantone]], where ten generators is mapped to 7/4. | '''59049/57344''', or Harrison's [[Comma|comma]], is the amount by which ten [[3/2]]s exceed [[7/4]] (all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)<sup>10</sup> = 7 ⋅ 59049/57344. It is tempered out in [[Meantone family|septimal meantone]], where ten generators is mapped to 7/4. | ||
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59049/57344, or Harrison's comma, is the amount by which ten 3/2s exceed 7/4 (all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)10 = 7 ⋅ 59049/57344. It is tempered out in septimal meantone, where ten generators is mapped to 7/4.