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The '''amity comma''' ({{monzo| 9 -13 5 }} = '''1600000/1594323''') is an interval of 6.154 cents, the amount by which five [[10/9|minor whole tones (10/9)]] exceed the [[27/16|Pythagorean major sixth (27/16)]]. It belongs to the [[syntonic–chromatic equivalence continuum]] and is equal to the difference between an [[apotome]] and a stack of five [[syntonic comma]]s ((2187/2048)/(81/80)<sup>5</sup>), or in terms of classic chromatic semitone, between a classic chromatic semitone and a stack of three syntonic commas ((25/24)/(81/80)<sup>3</sup>). | The '''amity comma''' or '''amiton''' ({{monzo| 9 -13 5 }} = '''1600000/1594323''') is an interval of 6.154 cents, the amount by which five [[10/9|minor whole tones (10/9)]] exceed the [[27/16|Pythagorean major sixth (27/16)]]. It belongs to the [[syntonic–chromatic equivalence continuum]] and is equal to the difference between an [[apotome]] and a stack of five [[syntonic comma]]s ((2187/2048)/(81/80)<sup>5</sup>), or in terms of classic chromatic semitone, between a classic chromatic semitone and a stack of three syntonic commas ((25/24)/(81/80)<sup>3</sup>). | ||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The corresponding temperament was discovered first and named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] as ''acute minor third'' or ''amt'' in 2001–2002<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_2064.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Kleismic & co'']</ref><ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_3481.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''32 best 5-limit linear temperaments redux'']</ref>. The temperament was renamed to ''amity'', and the comma was at one point dubbed ''amitisma'', both by Gene Ward Smith in late 2002, though it was ''amity comma'' that stuck<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref><ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5080.html#5114 Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Ultimate 5-limit comma list'']</ref>. | The corresponding temperament was discovered first and named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] as ''acute minor third'' or ''amt'' in 2001–2002<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_2064.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Kleismic & co'']</ref><ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_3481.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''32 best 5-limit linear temperaments redux'']</ref>. The temperament was renamed to ''amity'', and the comma was at one point dubbed ''amitisma'', both by Gene Ward Smith in late 2002, though it was ''amity comma'' that stuck<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref><ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5080.html#5114 Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Ultimate 5-limit comma list'']</ref>. The name ''amiton'' was suggested by Vector/Leriendil by analogy with [[graviton]] (as both amity and gravity are on the syntonic-chromatic equivalence continuum). | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 21 August 2025
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The amity comma or amiton ([9 -13 5⟩ = 1600000/1594323) is an interval of 6.154 cents, the amount by which five minor whole tones (10/9) exceed the Pythagorean major sixth (27/16). It belongs to the syntonic–chromatic equivalence continuum and is equal to the difference between an apotome and a stack of five syntonic commas ((2187/2048)/(81/80)5), or in terms of classic chromatic semitone, between a classic chromatic semitone and a stack of three syntonic commas ((25/24)/(81/80)3).
Temperaments
Tempering it out leads to the amity family of temperaments.
Etymology
The corresponding temperament was discovered first and named by Gene Ward Smith as acute minor third or amt in 2001–2002[1][2]. The temperament was renamed to amity, and the comma was at one point dubbed amitisma, both by Gene Ward Smith in late 2002, though it was amity comma that stuck[3][4]. The name amiton was suggested by Vector/Leriendil by analogy with graviton (as both amity and gravity are on the syntonic-chromatic equivalence continuum).