736/729

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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.

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 norm (log2 nd) 19.0333
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 19.0471
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 51
Comma size small
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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 ratio it notates is 16:23, as for example in F:B.