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{{Infobox interval region
#redirect [[Kleisma #As an interval region]]
| Name = Kleisma
| Cents lower = 6
| Cents upper = 9
| JI intervals = 15625/15552, 243/242, 225/224, 1029/1024, 16875/16807, 65536/65219
| Lower region = [[Unnoticeable comma]]
| Superregions = [[Small&nbsp;comma]] <br> [[Comma (interval region)|Comma]] <br> [[Comma and diesis]]
| Higher region = [[Small&nbsp;comma]]
}}
A '''kleisma''' is an interval of about 8.1 [[cent]]s, roughly the size of the interval [[15625/15552]], which is called the kleisma in [[just intonation]]. In [[Sagittal notation]], a kleisma is specifically defined as between half of the Pythagorean 200-fifths kleisma {{monzo| 317 -200 }} and half of the [[Pythagorean comma]] {{monzo| -19 12 }}, about 4.5{{c}} to 11.7{{c}}.
 
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.{{cn}} Another significance is that a lot of commas are about 3–4 kleismas in size.
 
Kleismas belong to the larger interval region of [[Comma (interval region)|commas]], which are part of the [[Comma and diesis|"comma and diesis"]] category.
 
== See also ==
* [[Kleisma]] (disambiguation page)
 
 
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