736/729

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Interval information
Ratio 736/729
Subgroup monzo 2.3.23 [5 -6 1
Size in cents 16.54434¢
Name 23-limit Tenney/Cage comma (HEJI)
Color name s23o2, satwetho 2nd
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P1}^{23} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 19.0333
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 19.0471
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 51
Comma size small
Open this interval in xen-calc

736/729, the 23-limit Tenney/Cage comma, is a 2.3.23 subgroup comma. It is the amount by which 23/16 (the 23rd harmonic) exceeds the Pythagorean augemented fourth (729/512). It is significant in Helmholtz-Ellis notation as the formal comma to translate a Pythagorean interval to a nearby 23-limit (vicesimotertial) interval.

Sagittal notation

In the Sagittal system, this comma (possibly tempered) is represented by the sagittal ⁠ ⁠ and is called the 23 comma, or 23C for short, because the simplest interval it notates is 23/1 (equiv. 23/16), as for example in F-B⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠. The downward version is called 1/23C or 23C down and is represented by ⁠ ⁠.