Canopic comma: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Interval

| Ratio = 16875/16807

| Name = mirkwai comma

| Name = canopus comma, mirkwai comma

| Color name = r<sup>5</sup>y<sup>4</sup>-4, quinru-aquadyo negative 4th

| Comma = yes

}}

The '''~~mirkwai~~ comma''' ([[ratio]]: 16875/16807, {{monzo|legend=1| 0 3 4 -5 }}), also known as ''small BP diesis'', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 6.99 [[cent]]s.

The '''canopus comma''' ([[ratio]]: 16875/16807, {{monzo|legend=1| 0 3 4 -5 }}), also known as the ''mirkwai comma'' or ''small BP diesis'', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 6.99 [[cent]]s.

== Temperaments ==

Tempering this comma out alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 [[~~mirkwai family~~]] ~~of temperaments, in which~~ the ~~main rank-3 temperament [[mirkwai]] is like~~ [[canopus]] ~~but with another dimension for twos~~. It is tempered out in rank-2 temperaments such as [[miracle]], [[octoid]], [[semisept]], [[grendel]], [[kwai]], [[pluto]], and [[mirkat]]~~. See~~ [[~~mirkwai~~ clan]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.

Tempering this comma out alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 [[canopic]] temperament and the [[canopus family]]. It is tempered out in rank-2 temperaments such as [[miracle]], [[octoid]], [[semisept]], [[grendel]], [[kwai]], [[pluto]], and [[mirkat]], which comprise the [[canopus clan]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.

== Etymology ==

''Canopus'' is named after the 3.5.7 temperament [[canopus]], following a convention of naming tritave-based regular temperaments after stars.

The name ''mirkwai'' was given by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[miracle]]'' and ''[[kwai]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>.

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 {{Infobox Interval
 | Ratio = 16875/16807
-| Name = mirkwai comma
+| Name = canopus comma, mirkwai comma
 | Color name = r<sup>5</sup>y<sup>4</sup>-4, quinru-aquadyo negative 4th
 | Comma = yes
 }}
-The '''mirkwai comma''' ([[ratio]]: 16875/16807, {{monzo|legend=1| 0 3 4 -5 }}), also known as ''small BP diesis'', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 6.99 [[cent]]s.
+The '''canopus comma''' ([[ratio]]: 16875/16807, {{monzo|legend=1| 0 3 4 -5 }}), also known as the ''mirkwai comma'' or ''small BP diesis'', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 6.99 [[cent]]s.
 == Temperaments ==
-Tempering this comma out alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 [[mirkwai family]] of temperaments, in which the main rank-3 temperament [[mirkwai]] is like [[canopus]] but with another dimension for twos. It is tempered out in rank-2 temperaments such as [[miracle]], [[octoid]], [[semisept]], [[grendel]], [[kwai]], [[pluto]], and [[mirkat]]. See [[mirkwai clan]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.
+Tempering this comma out alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 [[canopic]] temperament and the [[canopus family]]. It is tempered out in rank-2 temperaments such as [[miracle]], [[octoid]], [[semisept]], [[grendel]], [[kwai]], [[pluto]], and [[mirkat]], which comprise the [[canopus clan]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.
 == Etymology ==
+''Canopus'' is named after the 3.5.7 temperament [[canopus]], following a convention of naming tritave-based regular temperaments after stars.
 The name ''mirkwai'' was given by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[miracle]]'' and ''[[kwai]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>.