89/88

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Interval information

Ratio

89/88

Subgroup monzo

2.11.89 [-3 -1 1⟩

Size in cents

19.56217¢

Name

sky comma

Color name

89o1u1

FJS name

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{A1}^{89}_{11} }[/math]

Special properties

superparticular,
reduced

Tenney height (log₂ nd)

12.9352

Weil height (log₂ max(n, d))

12.9515

Wilson height (sopfr(nd))

106

Comma size

small

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89/88, a.k.a. the sky comma, is an 89-limit superparticular comma tempered out by two of the Batch 89 temperaments. Tempering out this comma equates the harmonics 11/8 and 89/64.

Tempering this comma on its own gives the sky temperament, a 2.11.89 subgroup temperament.

It is very well approximated by 1 step of 36edf.