Mutt comma

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Interval information
Ratio 476837158203125/474989023199232
Factorization 2-44 × 3-3 × 521
Monzo [-44 -3 21
Size in cents 6.722989¢
Name mutt comma
Color name L3y21-6, trila-septriyo negative 6th
FJS name [math]\text{11d}{-6}^{5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5}[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 97.5154
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 97.521
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 202
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~1.61117 bits
Comma size small
open this interval in xen-calc

The mutt comma (monzo[-44 -3 21, ratio: 476837158203125/474989023199232) is a small 5-limit comma of about 6.7 cents. It is the amount by which three classical chromas exceed five dieses; in other words (25/24)3/(128/125)5.

Temperaments

Tempering out this comma leads to the 5-limit version of the mutt temperament.

Etymology

This comma was named by Gene Ward Smith in 2004 in terms of the corresponding temperament, mutt, for "MIDI unit tempered tuning".