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''This article is about "comma" and "diesis" as interval regions. For other senses of these two words, see [[comma]] and [[diesis]].''
"Comma" and "diesis" are two terms used to refer to intervals that are less than about 60{{cent}} in size.
"Comma" and "diesis" are two terms used to refer to intervals that are less than about 60{{cent}} in size.


"Comma" also refers to an interval that is tempered out by any given [[temperament]], but that is not the sense of "comma" that this article covers.
"[[Comma]]" also refers to an interval that is tempered out by any given [[temperament]].  


Generally, "comma" refers to an interval flatter than about 30{{c}}, and "diesis" refers to an interval between about 30 and 60{{c}}.
In terms of [[Interval region|interval regions]], "comma" refers to an interval flatter than about 30{{c}}, and "diesis" refers to an interval between about 30 and 60{{c}}.


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.
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.