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'''RST notation''' is a [[notation]] ~~mainly~~ for [[just intonation]] ~~(although it also can work in JI-based~~ [[regular temperaments]]) that was devised by [[User:CompactStar|CompactStar]]. It is an extension of [[3-limit]] [[chain-of-fifths notation]] where prefixes are added to convey higher-limit commatic alterations. The prefixes ~~used~~ are "ruper-"/"rub-" ~~for~~ the ~~5-limit formal comma [[81/80]],~~ "super-"/"sub-" ~~for the 7-limit formal comma [[64/63]]~~, "tuper-"/"tub-" ~~for the 11-limit formal comma [[33/32]], etc., going through a rotated version of the alphabet (RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ). These may be abbreviated as R/r, S/s, T/t, etc~~. This is a generalization of the usage of super-/sub- for [[64/63]] which has ~~existing precedent like in "subminor 7th" for [[7/4]]. Diphthongs have~~ the ~~second vowel removed for ease~~ of ~~pronunciation (for example "iuper-"/"iub-" becomes "iper-"/"ib-") and "cuper-"/"cub-" is modified to "chuper-"/"chub-" to reduce ambiguity with K~~ and ~~S. This system reaches up to the [[107-limit]] with the final prefix pair of "quper-"/"qub-" modifying by [[108/107]]~~.

'''RST notation''' is a [[notation]] for [[just intonation]] and [[regular temperaments]] that was devised by [[User:CompactStar|CompactStar]]. Iit is an extension of [[3-limit]] [[chain-of-fifths notation]] where prefixes are added to convey higher-limit commatic alterations. The prefixes for formal commas are obtained by going through a shifted version of the alphabet (RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ) and appending "uper"/"ub". if the letter is a vowel we discard the first "u". Thus the formal comma for 5 has the prefix pair "ruper-"/"rub-", 7 has the prefix pair "super-"/"sub-", 11 has prefix pair "tuper-"/"tub-". This system is a generalization of the widespread usage of the Latin prefixes super-/sub- for alteration of Pythagorean intervals by [[64/63]] which, although ad-hoc, has the advantage of being typable and fairly easily memorizable.

== Formal commas ==

{| class="wikitable center-all"

! Prime limit

! Formal comma

! Prefix ~~set~~

! Prefix pair

|-

| 5

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-'''RST notation''' is a [[notation]] mainly for [[just intonation]] (although it also can work in JI-based [[regular temperaments]]) that was devised by [[User:CompactStar|CompactStar]]. It is an extension of [[3-limit]] [[chain-of-fifths notation]] where prefixes are added to convey higher-limit commatic alterations. The prefixes used are "ruper-"/"rub-" for the 5-limit formal comma [[81/80]], "super-"/"sub-" for the 7-limit formal comma [[64/63]],  "tuper-"/"tub-" for the 11-limit formal comma [[33/32]], etc., going through a rotated version of the alphabet (RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ). These may be abbreviated as R/r, S/s, T/t, etc. This is a generalization of the usage of super-/sub- for [[64/63]] which has existing precedent like in "subminor 7th" for [[7/4]]. Diphthongs have the second vowel removed for ease of pronunciation (for example "iuper-"/"iub-" becomes "iper-"/"ib-") and "cuper-"/"cub-" is modified to "chuper-"/"chub-" to reduce ambiguity with K and S. This system reaches up to the [[107-limit]] with the final prefix pair of "quper-"/"qub-" modifying by [[108/107]].
+'''RST notation''' is a [[notation]] for [[just intonation]] and [[regular temperaments]] that was devised by [[User:CompactStar|CompactStar]]. Iit is an extension of [[3-limit]] [[chain-of-fifths notation]] where prefixes are added to convey higher-limit commatic alterations. The prefixes for formal commas are obtained by going through a shifted version of the alphabet (RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ) and appending "uper"/"ub". if the letter is a vowel we discard the first "u". Thus the formal comma for 5 has the prefix pair "ruper-"/"rub-", 7 has the prefix pair "super-"/"sub-", 11 has prefix pair "tuper-"/"tub-". This system is a generalization of the widespread usage of the Latin prefixes super-/sub- for alteration of Pythagorean intervals by [[64/63]] which, although ad-hoc, has the advantage of being typable and fairly easily memorizable.
 == Formal commas ==
 {| class="wikitable center-all"
 ! Prime limit
 ! Formal comma
-! Prefix set
+! Prefix pair
 |-
 | 5