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'''Unnoticeable commas''' are very small intervals. These [[comma]]s are called "unnoticeable" because, being equal to or less than 3.5 cents, they are smaller than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] ([[just-noticeable difference]]) of human pitch perception, as illustrated by the research of [[Aaron Andrew Hunt]]. It is improbable that even a trained listener would be able to notice these intervals, and as such they a prime target for psychoacoustically informed [[Microtempering|microtempering]]. (However, a considerably larger comma can be unnoticeable in an [[adaptive just intonation|adaptive]] tuning context. Instead of one large pitch shift of the entire comma, there can be many small pitch shifts of a fraction of a comma, one per chord change.)

'''Unnoticeable commas''' are very small intervals. These [[comma]]s are called "unnoticeable" because, being equal to or less than 3.5 cents, they are smaller than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] ([[just-noticeable difference]]) of human pitch perception, as illustrated by the research of [[Aaron Andrew Hunt]]. It is improbable that even a trained listener would be able to notice these intervals, and as such they a prime target for psychoacoustically informed [[Microtempering|microtempering]]. (However, a considerably larger comma can be unnoticeable in an [[adaptive just intonation|adaptive]] tuning context. Instead of one large pitch shift of the entire comma, there can be many small pitch shifts of a fraction of a comma, one per chord change. Given this, a noticeable 3-limit comma that arguably deserves inclusion is the [[mercator comma]], corresponding to using [[53edo]] for the circle of fifths.)

For commas over 100 cents in size, see [[Large comma]]; for commas in between 30 and 100 cents in size, see [[Medium comma]]; and for commas over 3.5 cents in size, see [[Small comma]].

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	'''Unnoticeable commas''' are very small intervals. These [[comma]]s are called "unnoticeable" because, being equal to or less than 3.5 cents, they are smaller than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] ([[just-noticeable difference]]) of human pitch perception, as illustrated by the research of [[Aaron Andrew Hunt]]. It is improbable that even a trained listener would be able to notice these intervals, and as such they a prime target for psychoacoustically informed [[Microtempering\|microtempering]]. (However, a considerably larger comma can be unnoticeable in an [[adaptive just intonation\|adaptive]] tuning context. Instead of one large pitch shift of the entire comma, there can be many small pitch shifts of a fraction of a comma, one per chord change.)		'''Unnoticeable commas''' are very small intervals. These [[comma]]s are called "unnoticeable" because, being equal to or less than 3.5 cents, they are smaller than the average peak [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem2.html#2 JND] ([[just-noticeable difference]]) of human pitch perception, as illustrated by the research of [[Aaron Andrew Hunt]]. It is improbable that even a trained listener would be able to notice these intervals, and as such they a prime target for psychoacoustically informed [[Microtempering\|microtempering]]. (However, a considerably larger comma can be unnoticeable in an [[adaptive just intonation\|adaptive]] tuning context. Instead of one large pitch shift of the entire comma, there can be many small pitch shifts of a fraction of a comma, one per chord change. Given this, a noticeable 3-limit comma that arguably deserves inclusion is the [[mercator comma]], corresponding to using [[53edo]] for the circle of fifths.)

	For commas over 100 cents in size, see [[Large comma]]; for commas in between 30 and 100 cents in size, see [[Medium comma]]; and for commas over 3.5 cents in size, see [[Small comma]].		For commas over 100 cents in size, see [[Large comma]]; for commas in between 30 and 100 cents in size, see [[Medium comma]]; and for commas over 3.5 cents in size, see [[Small comma]].