Comma-prefix names' are a systematic naming system for just intervals developed by CompactStar. Unmodified interval names correspond to Pythagorean intervals while prefixes can be added to indicate raising/lowering by a comma. The prefixes for lower primes are added first, for example 36/35 is an "oversuperunison" rather than a "superoverunison". In 2.3.p subgroups, most names in this system correspond to existing terms, such as 7/4 being a "subminor seventh", and 11/8 being an "ultrafourth", although when more than one non-Pythagorean prime is introduced, the names can sometimes become counter-intuitive.
List of prefixes
| Prime limit
|
Comma
|
Positive prefix
|
Negative prefix
|
| 5
|
81/80
|
over
|
under
|
| 7
|
64/63
|
super
|
sub
|
| 11
|
33/32
|
ultra
|
infra
|
| 13
|
1053/1024
|
hyper
|
hypo
|
15-odd-limit interval names
| Interval
|
Name
|
| 1/1
|
perfect unison
|
| 16/15
|
overminor second
|
| 15/14
|
undersuperaugmented unison
|
| 14/13
|
subhypomajor second
|
| 13/12
|
hyperminor second
|
| 12/11
|
inframajor second
|
| 11/10
|
overultraminor second
|
| 10/9
|
undermajor second
|
| 9/8
|
major second
|
| 8/7
|
supermajor second
|
| 15/13
|
underhypoaugmented second
|
| 7/6
|
subminor second
|
| 13/11
|
infrahyperminor third
|
| 6/5
|
overminor third
|
| 11/9
|
ultraminor third
|
| 16/13
|
hypomajor third
|
| 5/4
|
major third
|
| 14/11
|
subinfrafourth
|
| 9/7
|
supermajor third
|
| 13/10
|
overhyperdiminished fourth
|
| 4/3
|
perfect fourth
|
| 15/11
|
underinfraaugmented fourth
|
| 11/8
|
ultrafourth
|
| 18/13
|
hypoaugmented fourth
|
| 7/5
|
oversubdiminished fifth
|
| 10/7
|
undersuperaugmented fourth
|
| 13/9
|
hyperdiminished fifth
|
| 16/11
|
infrafifth
|
| 22/15
|
overultradiminished fifth
|
| 3/2
|
perfect fifth
|
| 20/13
|
underhypoaugmented fifth
|
| 14/9
|
subminor sixth
|
| 11/7
|
superultrafifth
|
| 8/5
|
overminor sixth
|
| 13/8
|
hyperminor sixth
|
| 18/11
|
inframajor sixth
|
| 5/3
|
undermajor sixth
|
| 22/13
|
infrahypermajor sixth
|
| 12/7
|
supermajor sixth
|
| 26/15
|
underultradiminished seventh
|
| 7/4
|
subminor seventh
|
| 16/9
|
minor seventh
|
| 9/5
|
overminor seventh
|
| 20/11
|
undersubmajor seventh
|
| 11/6
|
ultraminor seventh
|
| 24/13
|
hypomajor seventh
|
| 13/7
|
superultraminor seventh
|
| 28/15
|
oversubdiminished octave
|
| 15/8
|
undermajor seventh
|
| 2/1
|
perfect octave
|
See also