Harrison's comma: Difference between revisions
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">59049/57344, or Harrison's comma, is the amount by which ten 3/2s exceed 7/4 <span style="line-height: 1.5;">(all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)^10 = 7 * 59049/57344. It is tempered out in </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">59049/57344, or Harrison's comma, is the amount by which ten 3/2s exceed 7/4 <span style="line-height: 1.5;">(all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)^10 = 7 * 59049/57344. It is tempered out in [[Meantone family|septimal meantone]]</span>, where ten generators is mapped to 7/4<span style="line-height: 1.5;">.</span> | ||
<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Its value is </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-right;">50.72410 cents.</span> | |||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>59049_57344</title></head><body>59049/57344, or Harrison's comma, is the amount by which ten 3/2s exceed 7/4 <span style="line-height: 1.5;">(all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)^10 = 7 * 59049/57344. It is tempered out in </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">< | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>59049_57344</title></head><body>59049/57344, or Harrison's comma, is the amount by which ten 3/2s exceed 7/4 <span style="line-height: 1.5;">(all octave-reduced). In other words, (3/2)^10 = 7 * 59049/57344. It is tempered out in <a class="wiki_link" href="/Meantone%20family">septimal meantone</a></span>, where ten generators is mapped to 7/4<span style="line-height: 1.5;">.</span><br /> | ||
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Its value is </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-right;">50.72410 cents.</span><br /> | |||
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