Gothic comma: Difference between revisions

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The '''17-comma''', otherwise known as the '''gothic comma''' or '''Pythagorean gothma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 27 -17 }}, [[ratio]]: 134217728/129140163), is an interval of 66.765{{cent}}. It is the amount by which seventeen [[fifth]]s fall short of ten [[octave]]s, or 210/(3/2)17.

The '''17-comma''', otherwise known as the '''gothic comma''' or '''Pythagorean gothma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 27 -17 }}, [[ratio]]: 134217728/129140163), is an interval of 66.765{{cent}}. It is the amount by which seventeen [[perfect fifth]]s fall short of ten [[octave]]s, or 210/(3/2)17.

== Temperaments ==

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# the link of [[TAMNAMS Extension]] name and comma names by the analogy pair gothic : pythagotonic :: mystery : pythamystonic.

The second term ''Pythagorean gothma'', is part of a series of step names in the [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] [[diatonic scale]], where ''gothma'' refers to the double diminished 2-step.

The second term ''Pythagorean gothma'' is part of a series of step names in the [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] [[diatonic scale]], where ''gothma'' refers to the double diminished 2-step, i.e. |3s - L|.

== See also ==

* [[Gallery of just intervals]]

* [[Medium commas]]

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-The '''17-comma''', otherwise known as the '''gothic comma''' or '''Pythagorean gothma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 27 -17 }}, [[ratio]]: 134217728/129140163), is an interval of 66.765{{cent}}. It is the amount by which seventeen [[fifth]]s fall short of ten [[octave]]s, or 2<sup>10</sup>/(3/2)<sup>17</sup>.
+The '''17-comma''', otherwise known as the '''gothic comma''' or '''Pythagorean gothma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 27 -17 }}, [[ratio]]: 134217728/129140163), is an interval of 66.765{{cent}}. It is the amount by which seventeen [[perfect fifth]]s fall short of ten [[octave]]s, or 2<sup>10</sup>/(3/2)<sup>17</sup>.
 == Temperaments ==
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 # the link of [[TAMNAMS Extension]] name and comma names by the analogy pair gothic : pytha<u>go</u>tonic :: mystery : pytha<u>mys</u>tonic.
-The second term ''Pythagorean gothma'', is part of a series of step names in the [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] [[diatonic scale]], where ''gothma'' refers to the double diminished 2-step.
+The second term ''Pythagorean gothma'' is part of a series of step names in the [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] [[diatonic scale]], where ''gothma'' refers to the double diminished 2-step, i.e. |3s - L|.
 == See also ==
 * [[Gallery of just intervals]]
 * [[Medium commas]]