3125/2916

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Interval information
Ratio 3125/2916
Factorization 2-2 × 3-6 × 55
Monzo [-2 -6 5
Size in cents 119.83856¢
Name sixix comma
Color name y51, quinyo unison
FJS name [math]\text{AA1}^{5,5,5,5,5}[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 23.1194
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 23.2193
Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) 47
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~4.26323 bits
Comma size large
open this interval in xen-calc

3125/2916, or the sixix comma (119.839 cents in size) is the comma which defines the sixix temperament, a temperament available in 25edo, 32edo and 43edo.

If treated as a melodic interval rather than a comma, then it is very well approximated by one step of 10edo. This is realized in the neon temperament, with the [21 60 -50, the neon comma being the difference between a stack of 10 3125/2916's and the octave.

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