4225/4224
Interval information |
reduced
4225/4224, the leprechaun comma, is an unnoticeable 13-limit superparticular interval. This comma is the difference between the following pairs:
- 65/64 and 66/65
- 169/168 and 176/175
- 325/324 and 352/351
- 2080/2079 and 4096/4095
- 3025/3024 and 10648/10647
It factors into 4375/4374 and 123201/123200.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma in the full 13-limit leads to the rank-5 leprechaun temperament. It is also tempered out in lower-rank temperaments including abigail, newt, decoid, donar, etc. Tempering it out also splits the 33/32 Alpharabian quarter-tone in two, each part corresponding to 65/64 and 66/65. You may find a list of good equal temperaments that support this temperament below.
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13
Mapping:
[⟨1 0 0 0 1 4]
⟨0 1 0 0 1 1]
⟨0 0 1 0 0 -1]
⟨0 0 0 1 0 0]
⟨0 0 0 0 2 1]]
Mapping generators: ~2, ~3, ~5, ~7, ~65/48
Etymology
The leprechaun comma was named by Margo Schulter in 2012[1].