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== Comma pumps ==
== Comma pumps ==
The familiar vi-ii-V-I progression requires that 81/80 be tempered out in order for the root in the vi chord to be the same as the root in the final I chord. If 81/80 is not tempered out, the new root will be 81/80 lower than the original root.
The familiar vi–ii–V–I progression requires that 81/80 be tempered out in order for the root in the vi chord to be the same as the root in the final I chord. If 81/80 is not tempered out, the new root will be 81/80 lower than the original root.
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== Use in recorded music ==
A passage ([https://youtu.be/DO7yTiM-YJk?si=e4wVU4IlbITCAaNG&t=325 listen]) from [[Ben Johnston]]'s 9th string quartet, near the end of movement 1, makes a sudden and prominent use of the 81/80 comma, which demonstrates how a simple progression with held common tones can quickly lead to severe interference [[Beat|beating]], rupturing the diatonic collection routinely associated with the [[5-limit]] and exposing "C major" as anything but simple.
[https://youtu.be/DO7yTiM-YJk?si=e4wVU4IlbITCAaNG&t=325 This passage] from [[Ben Johnston]]'s 9th string quartet, near the end of movement 1, makes a sudden and prominent use of the 81/80 comma, which demonstrates how a simple progression with held common tones can quickly lead to severe interference [[Beat|beating]], rupturing the diatonic collection routinely associated with the [[5-limit]] and exposing "C major" as anything but simple.


[[Monroe Golden]]'s ''Incongruity'' uses just-intonation chord progressions that exploit this comma<ref>[http://untwelve.org/interviews/golden UnTwelve's interview to Monroe Golden]</ref>.
[[Monroe Golden]]'s ''Incongruity'' uses just-intonation chord progressions that exploit this comma<ref>[http://untwelve.org/interviews/golden UnTwelve's interview to Monroe Golden]</ref>.