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'''262144/177147''', the '''Pythagorean diminished sixth''', is a [[3-limit]] interval. It is called a wolf fifth due to appearing in the circle of fifths in Pythagorean 12-note tuning. It is separated from the classical wolf fifth [[40/27]] by a [[schisma]]. | '''262144/177147''', the '''Pythagorean diminished sixth''', is a [[3-limit]] interval. It is called a wolf fifth due to appearing in the circle of fifths in Pythagorean 12-note tuning. It is separated from the classical wolf fifth [[40/27]] by a [[schisma]]. | ||
== Temperaments == | |||
In [[compton]] temperament, this interval and [[3/2]] are tempered together, because the pythagorean comma [[531441/524288]] is tempered out. | |||
If this interval itself is taken as a comma to be tempered out, it leads to the [[malicious]] temperament, and the interval can be called the '''malicious comma''' (the origin of the ''''malicious com'''pliance' pun from that page). | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||