6144/6125

Revision as of 18:18, 13 January 2023 by FloraC (talk | contribs) (+etymology)
Interval information
Ratio 6144/6125
Factorization 211 × 3 × 5-3 × 7-2
Monzo [11 1 -3 -2
Size in cents 5.362046¢
Name porwell comma
Color name srrg31,
sarurutrigu unison
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d1}_{5,5,5,7,7} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 25.1655
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 25.1699
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 54
Comma size small
Open this interval in xen-calc

6144/6125, the porwell comma, is a 7-limit small comma measuring about 5.4 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of two 35/32's falls short of 6/5, and the amount by which a stack of two 48/35's exceeds 15/8.

Temperaments

Tempering out this comma leads to the porwell family of temperaments.

Etymology

The porwell comma was named by Gene Ward Smith in 2010. It is the concatenation of porcupine and orwell[1].

See also

Notes