Medium comma

A medium comma is a comma whose size is approximately between 30 and 100 cents. These commas are easily perceptible.

For commas over 100 cents, see Large comma; for commas under 30 cents, see Small comma; for such under 3.5 cents see Unnoticeable comma.

Except for the 3-limit commas, the color name refers to both the comma and the temperament created when it is tempered out.

List of commas, by prime limit

3-limit commas

See also: Table of 3-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
Pythagorean limma, blackwood comma	Sawa	sw2	256 / 243	[8 -5⟩	90.225
301-comma	Wa-301	w-301		[-477 301⟩	88.455
248-comma	Wa-248	w-248		[-393 248⟩	84.840
111-comma	Wa-111	w-111		[176 -111⟩	82.995
142-comma	Wa-142	w-142		[-225 142⟩	77.610
217-comma	Wa-217	w-217		[344 -217⟩	75.765
89-comma	Wa-89	w-89		[-141 89⟩	73.995
17-comma, Pythagorean gothma, gothic comma	Wa-17	ssw3	134217728 / 129140163	[27 -17⟩	66.765	Flora Canou (2023)
289-comma	Wa-289	w-289		[-458 289⟩	64.995
70-comma	Wa-70	w-70		[111 -70⟩	63.150
183-comma	Wa-183	w-183		[-290 183⟩	57.765
176-comma	Wa-176	w-176		[279 -176⟩	55.920
229-comma	Wa-229	w-229		[363 -229⟩	52.305
77-comma	Wa-77	w-77		[-122 77⟩	50.535
29-comma, mystery comma	Wa-29	w-29	70368744177664 / 68630377364883	[46 -29⟩	43.305
277-comma	Wa-277	w-277		[-439 277⟩	41.535
224-comma	Wa-224	w-224		[-355 224⟩	37.920
135-comma	Wa-135	w-135		[214 -135⟩	36.075
171-comma	Wa-171	w-171		[-271 171⟩	34.305
118-comma	Wa-118	w-118		[-187 118⟩	30.690

5-limit commas

See also: Table of 5-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
Hogzilla	Lala-yoyo	LLyy-2	4428675 / 4194304	[-22 11 2⟩	94.132
Pelogic comma, major chroma	Layobi	Ly1	135 / 128	[-7 3 1⟩	92.179
sasagu	Sasagu	ssg3	8388608 / 7971615	[23 -13 -1⟩	88.271
Bohpier, 13edt comma	Satheyo	sy13-2	1220703125 / 1162261467	[0 -19 13⟩	84.933
Ripple	Quingu	g52	6561 / 6250	[-1 8 -5⟩	84.071
Doublewide	Quadbiyo	y8-2	390625 / 373248	[-9 -6 8⟩	78.78
Sevond	Sasepyo	sy71	5000000 / 4782969	[6 -14 7⟩	76.826
Nusecond	Legu	g113	51018336 / 48828125	[5 13 -11⟩	75.964
Sentinel	Trila-quadyo	L3y4-3	8968066875 / 8589934592	[-33 15 4⟩	74.580
Stump	Latriyo	Ly3-2	273375 / 262144	[-18 7 3⟩	72.626
Dicot comma, classic(al) chroma	Yoyo	yy1	25 / 24	[-3 -1 2⟩	70.672
Superpyth, grave minor second	Sayo	sy2	20480 / 19683	[12 -9 1⟩	68.719
Diminished comma, major diesis	Quadgu	g42	648 / 625	[3 4 -4⟩	62.565
Passion	Saquingu	sg53	262144 / 253125	[18 -4 -5⟩	60.611
Shibboleth	Tritriyo	y9-2	1953125 / 1889568	[-5 -10 9⟩	57.273	Paul Erlich (2002)
Mynic	Quinbigu	g103	10077696 / 9765625	[9 9 -10⟩	54.458
Tritonic	Lala-quinyo	LLy5-3	553584375 / 536870912	[-29 11 5⟩	53.074
Negri comma, double augmentation diesis	Laquadyo	Ly4-2	16875 / 16384	[-14 3 4⟩	51.120	Paul Erlich (2002)
Porcupine comma, maximal diesis	Triyo	y31	250 / 243	[1 -5 3⟩	49.166	Herman Miller (1999)
Mowgli, 15edt comma	Laquintrigu	Lg153	31381059609 / 30517578125	[0 22 -15⟩	48.304
Immunity comma	Sasa-yoyo	ssyy2	1638400 / 1594323	[16 -13 2⟩	47.212
lalagu comma	Lalagu	LLg-2	43046721 / 41943040	[-23 16 -1⟩	44.966
Augmented comma, diesis	Trigu	g32	128 / 125	[7 0 -3⟩	41.059
Wizard	Lala-quadtriyo	LLy12-4	2197265625 / 2147483648	[-31 2 12⟩	39.675
Sycamore comma	Laleyo	Ly11-3	48828125 / 47775744	[-16 -6 11⟩	37.721	Paul Erlich (2002)
Absurdity	Lala-sepgu	LLg71	10460353203 / 10240000000	[-17 21 -7⟩	36.859
Fifive	Saquinbiyo	sy10-2	9765625 / 9565938	[-1 -14 10⟩	35.767
Unicorn comma	Laquadbigu	Lg82	1594323 / 1562500	[-2 13 -8⟩	34.905	Paul Erlich (2002)
Valentine comma	Satritrigu	sg93	1990656 / 1953125	[13 5 -9⟩	32.952	Paul Erlich (2002)
Aenima comma			209715200000000 / 205891132094649	[29 -30 8⟩	31.860	Douglas Blumeyer (2023)
Ampersand, Ampersand's comma	Lala-tribiyo	LLy6-3	34171875 / 33554432	[-25 7 6⟩	31.567
Mabila comma	Sasa-quinbigu	ssg104	268435456 / 263671875	[28 -3 -10⟩	30.998

7-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
hexadecatone comma, 16-7-comma	Sasa-quadquadrubi	ssr16-6	35184372088832 / 33232930569601	[45 0 0 -16⟩	98.785
29-7/5-comma	Twenezogu			[-14 0 -29 29⟩	92.854
47-35-comma	Thela-fosezoyo			[-241 0 47 47⟩	91.562
septimal minor semitone	Zogu	zg2	21 / 20	[-2 1 -1 1⟩	84.467
39-7/5-comma	Thetriruyo			[19 0 39 -39⟩	82.024
laruru negative 2nd	Laruru	Lrr-2	6561 / 6272	[-7 8 0 -2⟩	77.988
36-7-comma	Quinla-quadtritrizo			[-101 0 0 36⟩	77.733
prograde comma, ed7/4 microdiatonic comma	Zozotrigu	zzg33	392 / 375	[3 -1 -3 2⟩	76.756
bapbo	Rurugu	rrg1	256 / 245	[8 0 -1 -2⟩	76.034
18-21-comma	Quinla-tritribizo			[-79 18 0 18⟩	74.056
15-35-comma	Quadsa-quintrirugu			[77 0 -15 -15⟩	72.906
slendro integer cents comma[clarification needed]				[1123 0 0 -400⟩	69.637
47-7-comma	Sepsa-foseru			[132 0 0 -47⟩	65.182
33-21-comma	Tritrisa-letriru			[145 -33 0 -33⟩	64.23
trienstonic comma, septimal third-tone	Zo	z2	28 / 27	[2 -3 0 1⟩	62.961
31-7/5-comma	Thiwezogu			[-15 0 -31 31⟩	57.878
greenwoodma	Ruruyo	rry-2	405 / 392	[-3 4 1 -2⟩	56.482
21-7-comma	Trisa-septriru		576460752303423488 / 558545864083284007	[59 0 0 -21⟩	54.656
Harrison's comma	Laru	Lr-2	59049 / 57344	[-13 10 0 -1⟩	50.724
39-35-comma	Lela-thetrizoyo			[-200 0 39 39⟩	50.445
keega	Trizogu	z3g33	1029 / 1000	[-3 1 -3 3⟩	49.492
mint comma, septimal 1/4-tone	Rugu	rg1	36 / 35	[2 2 -1 -1⟩	48.77
37-7/5-comma	Thiseruyo			[18 0 37 -37⟩	47.049
5-21-comma	Saquinru	sr5-2	4194304 / 4084101	[22 -5 0 -5⟩	46.095
cloudy comma	Laquinzo	Lz53	16807 / 16384	[-14 0 0 5⟩	44.13
avicennma, Avicenna's enharmonic diesis	Lazoyoyo	Lzyy1	525 / 512	[-9 1 2 1⟩	43.408
8-35-comma	Lala-quadbizoyo	LLz8y82	2251875390625 / 2199023255552	[-41 0 8 8⟩	41.117
mabilisma	Latrizo-aquinyo	Lz3y51	1071875 / 1048576	[-20 0 5 3⟩	38.046
slendro diesis	Zozo	zz2	49 / 48	[-4 -1 0 2⟩	35.697
arcturus comma	Larutribiyo	Lry6-2	15625 / 15309	[0 -7 6 -1⟩	35.371
jubilisma, tritonic diesis	Biruyo	rryy-2	50 / 49	[1 0 2 -2⟩	34.976
eric	Sepru	r7-4	839808 / 823543	[7 8 0 -7⟩	33.859
German sixth comma	Quadla-thiwezo			[-87 0 0 31⟩	33.603
llywelynsma, llywelyn comma	Sasepru-agu	sr7g-3	4194304 / 4117715	[22 0 -1 -7⟩	31.905	+merlan #flirora (2021 )
23-35-comma	Sepsa-twetherugu			[118 0 -23 -23⟩	31.789

11-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
11-cycle major seventh prote, 35-11-comma	Quinla-sepquinlo			[-121 0 0 0 35⟩	96.128
undecimal minor semitone	Loru	1or1	22 / 21	[1 -1 0 -1 1⟩	80.537
11-cycle chroma, 11-11-comma	Lala-lelo	LL1o11-3	285311670611 / 274877906944	[-38 0 0 0 11⟩	64.497
undecimal major diesis	Lalu	L1u1	729 / 704	[-6 6 0 0 -1⟩	60.412
undecimal 1/4-tone, al-Farabi's 1/4-tone	Ilo	1o1	33 / 32	[-5 1 0 0 1⟩	53.273
sterno	Lotriru	1or3-2	352 / 343	[5 0 0 -3 1⟩	44.84
undecimal 1/5-tone	Luyo	1uy1	45 / 44	[-2 2 1 0 -1⟩	38.906
Hunt flat 5 comma	Salu	s1u2	8192 / 8019	[13 -6 0 0 -1⟩	36.952
Igs boson, 13-11-comma	Sasa-thelu	ss1u134	35184372088832 / 34522712143931	[45 0 0 0 -13⟩	32.867
telepathma	Loyo	1oy1	55 / 54	[-1 -3 1 0 1⟩	31.767
Hunt 11-cycle comma	Trila-quadtribilo			[-83 0 0 0 24⟩	31.631
undecimal diesis	Luzogu	1uzg2	56 / 55	[3 0 -1 1 -1⟩	31.194

13-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
large tridecimal 1/3-tone	Thogugu	3ogg2	26 / 25	[1 0 -2 0 0 1⟩	67.9
small tridecimal 1/3-tone	Thu	3u1	27 / 26	[-1 3 0 0 0 -1⟩	65.337
tridecimal 1/4-tone, Hunt minor submediant comma	Latho	L3o1	1053 / 1024	[-10 4 0 0 0 1⟩	48.348
tridecimal minor diesis	Thuyo	3uy1	40 / 39	[3 -1 1 0 0 -1⟩	43.831
astbury	Latribitho	L3o62	4826809 / 4718592	[-19 -2 0 0 0 6⟩	39.256	Peter Kosmorsky (2012)

17-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
small septendeciml semitone, Arabic lute index finger	Su	17u1	18 / 17	[1 2 0 0 0 0 -1⟩	98.955
12 semitone comma	Lala-quadtriso	LL17o126	582622237229761 / 562949953421312	[-49 0 0 0 0 0 12⟩	59.465
large septendecimal 1/4-tone	Solu	17o1u2	34 / 33	[1 -1 0 0 -1 0 1⟩	51.682
small septendecimal 1/4-tone	Suzoyo	17uzy1	35 / 34	[-1 0 1 1 0 0 -1⟩	50.184
11 semitone comma	Sasa-lesu	ss17u11-5	35184372088832 / 34271896307633	[45 0 0 0 0 0 -11⟩	45.49
large septendecimal 1/6-tone, 17th-partial chroma	Sogugu	17ogg2	51 / 50	[-1 1 -2 0 0 0 1⟩	34.283
small septendecimal 1/6-tone	Sutho	17u3o1	52 / 51	[2 -1 0 0 0 1 -1⟩	33.617
Hunt 17-cycle comma				[139 0 0 0 0 0 -34⟩	31.516

19-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
large undevicesimal semitone	Ino	19o2	19 / 18	[-1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1⟩	93.603
small undevicesimal semitone	Nuyo	19uy1	20 / 19	[2 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1⟩	88.801
nutho unison	Nutho	19u3o1	39 / 38	[-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1⟩	44.97
hendrix comma	Noru	19or1	57 / 56	[-3 1 0 -1 0 0 0 1⟩	30.642

23-limit commas

Name(s)	Color Name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
large vicesimotertial semitone			23 / 22	[-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1⟩	76.956
small vicesimotertial semitone			24 / 23	[3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1⟩	73.681
vicesimotertial fifth-tone			46 / 45	[1 -2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1⟩	38.051

Higher-limit commas

Name(s)	Color name		Ratio	Monzo	Cents	Named by
Oxidizer comma			729/712	2.3.89 [-3 6 -1⟩	40.8499	Budjarn Lambeth (2023)
Canine comma			1000/979	2.5.11.89 [3 3 -1 -1⟩	36.7431	Budjarn Lambeth (2023)
Attic comma			7921/7776	2.3.89 [-5 -5 2⟩	31.9852	Budjarn Lambeth (2023)