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The '''landscape comma''' is | The '''landscape comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -4 6 -6 3 }}, [[ratio]]: 250047/250000) is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] with a size of 0.33 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which three [[63/50]]'s exceed an [[octave]], the amount by which three [[225/224|septimal kleismas]] fall short of the [[Pythagorean comma]], and also the difference of [[2401/2400]] and [[4375/4374]], the two smallest 7-limit [[superparticular interval|superparticular commas]]. | ||
== | == Temperaments == | ||
[[Tempering out]] this comma results in the [[landscape]] temperament. An octave widened by this comma is {{monzo| -3 6 -6 3 }}, a monzo with four [[threeven]] numbers. Thus landscape temperaments split the octave into three equal parts. It follows that any edo that is not threeven (41, for example) cannot temper out the landscape comma. | |||
See [[Landscape family]] for the rank-3 family of temperaments where it is tempered out. See [[Landscape microtemperaments]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out. | |||
[[Category:Landscape]] | [[Category:Landscape]] | ||
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] | [[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] |