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| Ratio = \pi/3 | |||
| Cents = 79.84035450139496 | |||
| Name = pi over 3, engineer's comma | |||
| Comma = yes | |||
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'''Pi over 3''', or the '''engineer's comma''', is a transcendental ratio of 79.84 cents. | '''Pi over 3''', or the '''engineer's comma''', is a transcendental ratio of 79.84 cents. | ||
== Temperament == | == Temperament == | ||
π/3 occurs in the [[Pitave]] system, which uses a an increase of frequency by a factor of π = 3.14... as an interval of equivalence. Tempering it out means that the pitave is equated to the tritave, 3/1. | π/3 occurs in the [[Pitave]] system, which uses a an increase of frequency by a factor of π = 3.14... as an interval of equivalence. Tempering it out means that the pitave is equated to the tritave, 3/1. | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 27 October 2022
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engineer's comma
Pi over 3, or the engineer's comma, is a transcendental ratio of 79.84 cents.
Temperament
π/3 occurs in the Pitave system, which uses a an increase of frequency by a factor of π = 3.14... as an interval of equivalence. Tempering it out means that the pitave is equated to the tritave, 3/1.