Primate comma
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| Ratio | 16384/15309 |
| Factorization | 214 × 3-7 × 7-1 |
| Monzo | [14 -7 0 -1⟩ |
| Size in cents | 117.48909¢ |
| Name | primate comma |
| Color name | sr2, saru 2nd, Saru comma |
| FJS name | [math]\text{m2}_{7}[/math] |
| Special properties | reduced, reduced subharmonic |
| Tenney height (log2 nd) | 27.9021 |
| Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) | 28 |
| Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) | 56 |
| Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math]) |
~4.26705 bits |
| open this interval in xen-calc | |
The primate comma is a 7-limit interval, 117.5 cents in size, with frequency ratio of 16384/15309. It is the difference between 8/7 (septimal major second) and 2187/2048 (apotome, Pythagorean chroma).
Etymology
The word primate for this interval was introduced by Xenllium in 2023. It was translated from Japanese word 猿 (さる, saru), a play of its color name, saru (as the identical pronunciation).