Fynn's comma

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Fynn's comma (monzo[73 0 0 -26, ratio: 9 444 732 965 739 290 427 392 / 9 387 480 337 647 754 305 649), or systematically, the 26-7-comma, is a small 7-limit comma measuring about 10.5 cents. It is the amount by which twenty-one octaves exceed twenty-six harmonic sevenths, or 221/(7/4)26. It is the comma between the dilemma and the antidilemma, intervals describing the difference between 13 7/4s and 10 or 11 octaves respectively, explaining the high accuracy of 26edo at harmonic 7.

Interval information
Factorization 273 × 7-26
Monzo [73 0 0 -26
Size in cents 10.52643¢
Names Fynn's comma,
26-7-comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{7d}{-10}_{7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced subharmonic
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 145.991
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 146
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 328
Comma size small
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Temperaments

Tempering out Fynn's comma splits the octave into 26 equal parts and maps 7/4 to 18\26, For edos N up to 1456, it is tempered out if and only if 26 divides N.

See also

26th-octave temperaments