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Generally, "comma" refers to an interval flatter than about 30 cents, and "diesis" refers to an interval between about 30 and 60 cents.
Generally, "comma" refers to an interval flatter than about 30 cents, and "diesis" refers to an interval between about 30 and 60 cents.
This includes the range of [[Quarter tone|quarter tones]], which, according to systems that determine consonance in terms of proximity to simple just ratios, is one of the most dissonant interval regions.


== In just intonation ==
== In just intonation ==