Small comma
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- This revision was by author xenwolf and made on 2010-05-31 03:57:09 UTC.
- The original revision id was 145978647.
- The revision comment was: maybe the fractions go better to the right?
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A **comma** is a small just interval, greater than 1 and not a power such as a square or cube of any other interval, generally in a [[Harmonic Limit|low prime limit]]. The word is often used in reference to [[Regular Temperaments|regular tempering]] when the comma is //tempered out//, which is to say reduced to a unison, by the temperament. For example the Didymos comma of 81/80 is tempered out by [[Meantone|meantone temperament]]. ==3-limit commas== 256 / 243 = |8 -5>: limma or Pythagorean minor second (90.225 cents) 2187 / 2048 = |-11 7>: apotome (113.685 cents) 531441 / 524288 = |-19 12>: Pythagorean comma (23.460 cents) 134217728 / 129140163 = |27 -17>: 17-comma (66.765 cents) 70368744177664 / 68630377364883 = |46, -29>: 29-comma (43,305 cents) 36893488147419103232 / 36472996377170786403 = |65 -41>: 41-comma (19.845 cents) 19342813113834066795298816 / 19383245667680019896796723 = |-84 53>: Mercator's comma, 53-comma (-3.615 cents)
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<html><head><title>Comma</title></head><body>A <strong>comma</strong> is a small just interval, greater than 1 and not a power such as a square or cube of any other interval, generally in a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Harmonic%20Limit">low prime limit</a>. The word is often used in reference to <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">regular tempering</a> when the comma is <em>tempered out</em>, which is to say reduced to a unison, by the temperament. For example the Didymos comma of 81/80 is tempered out by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Meantone">meantone temperament</a>. <br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h2> --><h2 id="toc0"><a name="x-3-limit commas"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->3-limit commas</h2> <br /> 256 / 243 = |8 -5>: limma or Pythagorean minor second (90.225 cents)<br /> 2187 / 2048 = |-11 7>: apotome (113.685 cents)<br /> 531441 / 524288 = |-19 12>: Pythagorean comma (23.460 cents)<br /> 134217728 / 129140163 = |27 -17>: 17-comma (66.765 cents)<br /> 70368744177664 / 68630377364883 = |46, -29>: 29-comma (43,305 cents)<br /> 36893488147419103232 / 36472996377170786403 = |65 -41>: 41-comma (19.845 cents)<br /> 19342813113834066795298816 / 19383245667680019896796723 = |-84 53>: Mercator's comma, 53-comma (-3.615 cents)</body></html>