Argyria

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Interval information
Ratio 41503/41472
Factorization 2-9 × 3-4 × 73 × 112
Monzo [-9 -4 0 3 2⟩
Size in cents 1.293601 ¢
Names argyria,
(Young's) tinge
Color name 1ooz32, Lolotrizo comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d2}^{7,7,7,11,11} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 30.6808
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 30.6819
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 73
Comma size unnoticeable
Open this interval in xen-calc

In just intonation, 41503/41472, the argyria, is the unnoticeable 11-limit comma between three 8/7's (693.522 cents) and two 11/9's (694.816 cents), measuring 1.294 cents[1] and casually once referred to as "the tinge"[2]. It is the difference of 1029/1024 and 243/242 and therefore is the Don Page comma between the intervals 11/9 and 8/7. Besides, it is also the difference of 385/384 and 540/539. Those two ratios make up 225/224. Therefore, tempering it out guarantees that 225/224 is split into two, each for 385/384~540/539.

It factors into two superparticular commas: (2401/2400)(3025/3024).

Etymology

This comma was named the argyria by Lériendil in 2024, on the pattern of the olympia and alongside the elysia, after Argyre Planitia on Mars.

Notes

  1. ↑ Gayle Young, "The Pitch Organization of Harmonium for James Tenney", Perspectives of New Music, vol. 26, no. 2, summer 1988, pp. 204–12. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/833190
  2. ↑ Gayle Young, private e-mail to Todd Harrop, 24 June 2018.