Mutt comma: Difference between revisions

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-The '''mutt comma''' ({{monzo| -44 -3 21 }} = '''476837158203125/474989023199232''') of about 6.7 cents is the amount by which three [[25/24]] (chromatic semitone) exceed five [[128/125]] (diesis); in other words (25/24)<sup>3</sup>/(128/125)<sup>5</sup>. Tempering it out leads to temperaments of the [[mutt family]].
+The '''mutt comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -44 -3 21 }}, [[ratio]]: 476837158203125/474989023199232) is a [[small comma|small]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] of about 6.7 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which three [[25/24|classical chromas]] exceed five [[128/125|dieses]]; in other words (25/24)<sup>3</sup>/(128/125)<sup>5</sup>.
-== See also ==
+== Temperaments ==
-* [[Mutt temperament]]
+[[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the 5-limit version of the [[mutt]] temperament.
-* [[Small comma]]
+== Etymology ==
+This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2004 in terms of the corresponding temperament, mutt, for "<u>M</u>IDI <u>u</u>ni<u>t</u> <u>t</u>emperament".
 [[Category:Mutt]]
-[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]]
+[[Category:Commas named for their regular temperament properties]]