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'''Qian's large comma''', or the '''359-comma''', is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[3-limit]] [[comma]] with a [[monzo]] of {{monzo|-569 359}} and a size of 1.845 cents. It is the amount by which 359 [[perfect fifth]]s exceed 210 [[octave]]s, in other words (3/2)<sup>359</sup>/2<sup>210</sup>. It is also the amount by which a [[Mercator's comma]] exceeds a [[Qian's small comma]]. | |||
== | == Temperaments == | ||
This comma is [[tempering out|tempered out]] in [[359edo]] and any edo that is divisible by 359 and has its best perfect fifth as the same perfect fifth in 359edo ([[718edo]], [[1077edo]], [[1436edo]], etc). | |||
In Qian's 360 | == Etymology == | ||
According to a 2009 paper by Chen Yingshi, this comma as well as the [[306-comma]] was discovered by the ancient Chinese theorist Qian Lezhi (Simplified Chinese: 钱乐之, 390–462, also romanized as Ch'ien Lo-chih), hence the name<ref>Chen Yingshi. "Three Kinds of Tone Difference in 'Qian's 360 temperament'", ''Journal of Nanjing Arts Institute (Music & Performance)'', 2009. [https://kns.cnki.net/kcms2/article/abstract?v=oIAaYX6OCNIVGHOUBDvBdqAJyVAgMN-zl7gj0MMjQ567l1DriSpw6d29XAsML4Khkg1NyaNVX4Aar610z0PLa23h_Od2OPgd2u25apJJzoRVYL5HAXRdq2efCwOmyBy9V84FKOwwUeOgTxcVT5XG3rMmw1gYqIig&uniplatform=NZKPT CNKI (simplified Chinese)] [https://ia904506.us.archive.org/28/items/360-temp/%E2%80%9C%E9%92%B1%E4%B9%90%E4%B9%8B%E4%B8%89%E7%99%BE%E5%85%AD%E5%8D%81%E5%BE%8B%E2%80%9D%E4%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%89%E7%A7%8D%E9%9F%B3%E5%B7%AE.pdf archive]</ref>. In Qian's 360-tone tuning, this comma can be described as the interval between Huangzhong (黄钟) and Anyun (安运). | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
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