Unnoticeable comma

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Summary

These commas are called "unnoticeable" because, being equal to or less than 3.5 cents, they are smaller than the average peak JND (just-noticeable difference) of human pitch perception, as illustrated by the research of Aaron Andrew Hunt. It is improbable that even a trained listener would be able to notice these intervals, and as such they a prime target for psychoacoustically informed microtempering.

Due to the wide range of sizes, cents values here and on the other commas pages are listed to 5 significant digits, instead of to a fixed number of decimal places as is the convention elsewhere on the wiki.

List of commas, by prime limit

3-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
Sasktel comma, 51-Pythagorean comma ~ 9.9896×10145 / 9.9794×10145 | 485 -306 > 1.7697
Satanic comma | -1054 665 > 0.075575

5-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
dodifo | -67 -9 35> 3.3850
vishnuzma, semisuper 6115295232 / 6103515625 | 23 6 -14 > 3.3380
enneadeca, 19-tone-comma 19073486328125 / 19042491875328 | -14 -19 19 > 2.8155
vavoom | -68 18 17 > 2.5232
tricot comma 68719476736000 / 68630377364883 | 39 -29 3 > 2.2461
schisma 32805 / 32768 | -15 8 1 > 1.9537
counterschisma | -69 45 -1 > 1.6613
septendecima | -52 -17 34 > 1.4313
hemithirds comma, lunama 274877906944 / 274658203125 | 38 -2 -15 > 1.3843
minortone comma 50031545098999700 / 50000000000000000 | -16 35 -17 > 1.0919
ennealimma 7629394531250 / 7625597484987 | 1 -27 18 > 0.86183
astro | 91 -12 -31 > 0.81486
kwazy 9010162353515620 / 9007199254740990 | -53 10 16 > 0.56943
whoosh | 37 25 -33 > 0.52246
egads | -36 -52 51 > 0.33936
monzisma 450359962737050000 / 450283905890997000 | 54 -37 2 > 0.29240
fortune | -107 47 14 > 0.27703
gross | 144 -22 -47 > 0.24543
senior | -17 62 -35 > 0.23007
raider | 71 -99 37 > 0.062327
pirate | -90 -15 49 > 0.046966
viking | -251 69 61 > 0.031605
atom | 161 -84 -12 > 0.015361
selenia | -433 -137 280 > 0.0047636
titania | 2746 -521 -827 > 0.0031829
quark | -573 237 85 > 8.8361 × 10-4
scamp | -5836 4293 -417 > 3.3472 × 10-5
rover | 1634 1502 -1729 > 2.7513 × 10-5
rascal | -7470 2791 1312 > 5.9596 × 10-6

7-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
44-septimal comma | -263 88 0 44 > 0.37996
horwell 65625 / 65536 | -16 1 5 1 > 2.3495
meter 703125 / 702464 | -11 2 7 -3 > 1.6283
wizma 420175 / 419904 | -6 -8 2 5 > 1.1170
breedsma 2401 / 2400 | -5 -1 -2 4 > 0.72120
ragisma 4375 / 4374 | -1 -7 4 1 > 0.39576
akjaysma, 5\7 octave comma 140737488355328 / 140710042265625 | 47 -7 -7 -7 > 0.33765
landscape 250047 / 250000 | -4 6 -6 3 > 0.32544
starscape 645700815 / 645657712 | -4 17 1 -9 > 0.11557
euzenius 78125000 / 78121827 | 3 -13 10 -2 > 0.070314
termite | 9 -28 37 -18 > 0.0010723
neutrino | 1889 -2145 138 424 > 1.6361 × 10-10

11-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
11-cycle schisma, 37-11-comma | 128 0 0 0 -37 > 1.2361
swetisma 540 / 539 | 2 3 1 -2 -1 > 3.2090
wizardharry 4000 / 3993 | 5 -1 3 0 -3 > 3.0323
vishdel 5632 / 5625 | 9 -2 -4 0 1 > 2.1531
sesdecal 234375 / 234256 | -4 1 7 0 -4 > 0.87923
hemigail 43923 / 43904 | -7 1 0 -3 4 > 0.74905
lehmerisma 3025 / 3024 | -4 -3 2 -1 2 > 0.57240
kalisma, Gauss' comma 9801 / 9800 | -3 4 -2 -2 2 > 0.17665
odiheim 151263 / 151250 | -1 2 -4 5 -2 > 0.14879
parimo 1771561 / 1771470 | -1 -11 -1 0 6 > 0.088931
ultimo 3294225 / 3294172 | -2 2 2 -7 4 > 0.027854

13-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
tunbarsma 625 / 624 | -4 -1 4 0 0 -1 > 2.7722
island comma 676 / 675 | 2 -3 -2 0 0 2 > 2.5629
squbema 729 / 728 | -3 6 0 -1 0 -1 > 2.3764
petrma 2200 / 2197 | 3 0 2 0 1 -3 > 2.3624
nicola 1575 / 1573 | 0 2 2 1 -2 -1 > 2.1998
sinbadma 1001 / 1000 | -3 0 -3 1 1 1 > 1.7303
cantonisma 10985 / 10976 | -5 0 1 -3 0 3 > 1.4190
lummic 1716 / 1715 | 2 1 -1 -3 1 1 > 1.0092
ibnsinma 2080 / 2079 | 5 -3 1 -1 -1 1 > 0.83252
schismina 4096 / 4095 | 12 -2 -1 -1 0 -1 > 0.42272
leprechaun comma 4225 / 4224 | -7 -1 2 0 -1 2 > 0.40981
jacobin 6656 / 6655 | 9 0 -1 0 -3 1 > 0.26012
harmonisma 10648 / 10647 | 3 -2 0 -1 3 -2 > 0.16260
chalmersima 123201 / 123200 | -6 6 -2 -1 -1 2 > 0.014052

17-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
xenisma 2058 / 2057 | 1 1 0 3 -2 0 -1 > 0.84143
flashma 12376 / 12375 | 3 -2 -3 1 -1 1 1 > 0.13989
sparkisma 14400 / 14399 | 6 2 2 -1 -2 0 -1 > 0.12023
scintillisma 194481 / 194480 | -4 4 -1 4 -1 -1 -1 > 0.0089018

19-limit commas

name(s) ratio monzo cents
Hunt 19-minor mediant comma 513 / 512 | -9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 > 3.3781
password 1216 / 1215 | 6 -5 -1 0 0 0 0 1> 1.4243
Blumeyer comma 2432 / 2431 | 7 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 1 > 0.71200
19-limit decimill 165376 / 165375 | 9 -3 -3 -2 0 0 1 1> 0.010469