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The '''Pythagorean''' or '''ditonic comma''' | {{Infobox Interval | ||
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| Ratio = 531441/524288 | |||
| Monzo = -19 12 | |||
| Cents = 23.46001 | |||
| Name = Pythagorean comma, <br>ditonic comma | |||
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The '''Pythagorean''' or '''ditonic comma''' is the interval 531441/524288. It could also be called the 12-comma as it is the amount by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves, or in other words (3/2)<sup>12</sup>/2<sup>7</sup> and it also can be written as the ratio between the apotome and the Pythagorean minor second, ([[2187/2048]])/([[256/243]]). For EDOs up to 300, it is tempered out if and only if the EDO is a multiple of 12, and hence for instance by [[12edo]], [[24edo]], [[72edo]] and [[84edo]]. | |||
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Revision as of 01:11, 8 November 2020
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ditonic comma
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The Pythagorean or ditonic comma is the interval 531441/524288. It could also be called the 12-comma as it is the amount by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves, or in other words (3/2)12/27 and it also can be written as the ratio between the apotome and the Pythagorean minor second, (2187/2048)/(256/243). For EDOs up to 300, it is tempered out if and only if the EDO is a multiple of 12, and hence for instance by 12edo, 24edo, 72edo and 84edo.