Vulture comma
| Interval information |
The vulture comma (monzo: [24 -21 4⟩, ratio: 10485760000/10460353203) of 4.200 cents, is the amount by which four grave fourth intervals of 320/243 exceed 3/1, in other words (320/243)4/3. It is also the amount by which a stack of four syntonic commas falls short of the 256/243 Pythagorean Limma, as well as the amount by which a stack of three 729/640 Retroptolemaic whole tones fall short of a 40/27 Ptolemaic Wolf Fifth.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma leads to the vulture family of temperaments.
Etymology
The vulture comma was named by Paul Erlich in 2002[1].