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The '''26-comma''' is a [[3-limit]] [[semifourth]] that acts as a comma in certain temperaments. It is the difference between 26 perfect fifths and 15 octaves, as well as being two [[Pythagorean commas]] sharp of [[9/8]].
The '''26-comma''' is a [[3-limit]] [[semifourth]] that acts as a comma in certain temperaments. It is the difference between 26 perfect fifths and 15 octaves, as well as being two [[Pythagorean commas|Pythagorean comma]] sharp of [[9/8]].


While it is exceptionally large for a comma (two of them make a near-perfect fourth, off by the small [[53-comma]]), it is tempered out in [[26edo]], because of that temperament's narrow fifths.
While it is exceptionally large for a comma (two of them make a near-perfect fourth, off by the small [[53-comma]]), it is tempered out in [[26edo]], because of that temperament's narrow fifths.


As an untempered interval, it approximates intervals like [[15/13]], and is the simplest Pythagorean interval of this size. As such, it could also be known as '''the''' Pythagorean semifourth.
As an untempered interval, it approximates intervals like [[15/13]], and is the simplest Pythagorean interval of this size. As such, it could also be known as '''the''' Pythagorean semifourth.

Revision as of 21:18, 15 October 2024

Interval information
Ratio 2541865828329/2199023255552
Factorization 2-41 × 326
Monzo [-41 26
Size in cents 250.83¢
Name 26-comma
Color name Wa-26, L4w-2
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{ddd}{-2} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 82.209
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 82.4181
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 160
Comma size large
Open this interval in xen-calc

The 26-comma is a 3-limit semifourth that acts as a comma in certain temperaments. It is the difference between 26 perfect fifths and 15 octaves, as well as being two Pythagorean comma sharp of 9/8.

While it is exceptionally large for a comma (two of them make a near-perfect fourth, off by the small 53-comma), it is tempered out in 26edo, because of that temperament's narrow fifths.

As an untempered interval, it approximates intervals like 15/13, and is the simplest Pythagorean interval of this size. As such, it could also be known as the Pythagorean semifourth.