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{{ | {{Infobox interval region | ||
|Name=Kleisma | |||
|Cents lower=6 | |||
|Cents upper=9 | |||
|JI intervals=15625/15552, 225/224 | |||
|Lower region=[[Unnoticeable comma]] | |||
|Superregions=[[Comma (interval region)|Comma]] <br> [[Comma and diesis]] | |||
|Higher region=[[Small comma]]}}{{Wikipedia}} | |||
A '''kleisma''' is an interval of about 8.1 cents, roughly the size of the interval [[15625/15552]], which is called a kleisma in just intonation.\ | |||
{{Disambiguation}} | As an interval region, the kleisma is significant as it is a limit of intonational fidelity when playing on some physical instruments. That is, on free-pitch instruments, there is a level of precision to which one can be expected to play a note or interval "correctly": that level of precision is the kleisma. | ||
Kleismas belong to the larger interval region of [[Comma (interval region)|commas]], which are part of the [[Comma and diesis|"comma and diesis"]] category. | |||
== Other definitions == | |||
* In [[sagittal notation]], it is defined specifically as between half of the 200-comma ({{monzo| 317 -200 }}) and half of the [[Pythagorean comma]] ({{monzo| -19 12 }}); | |||
* In scale theory, the difference between a [[chroma]] and a [[Diesis (scale theory)|diesis]] is called a kleisma, or more precisely a '''moskleisma''', as used in [[extended meantone notation]]. | |||
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