User:BudjarnLambeth/Survey of named and unnamed commas

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Conducted Monday 18 November, 2024.


Graphical summary:

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Totals

Totals # %
Commas with pages 552 ~58
Commas in tables of commas, but w.o. pages ~400 ~42

Comma sizes

Comma sizes (only counts commas w. pages) # %
Large 21 3.8
Medium 91 16.5
Small 221 40.0
Unnoticeable 219 39.7

Year named

Year named Amount % of total commas % of named commas
Not named/systematic name ~225 ~23.5 n/a
Year unknown ~225 ~23.5 ~31
1870s 2 0.2 0.3
1990s 2 0.2 0.3
2000s 57 6.0 7.9
2010s 53 5.6 7.3
2020s 379 39.9 52.3

Named by

Named by Amount % of total commas % of named commas
Not named/systematic name ~225 ~23.5 n/a
Anonymous ~225 ~23.5 ~31
Others 61 6.4 8.4
Stephen Weigel 6 0.6 0.8
Lériendil 7 0.7 1.0
ArrowHead294 8 0.8 1.1
Godtone 9 0.9 1.2
Flirora 9 0.9 1.2
Tristan Bay 9 0.9 1.2
Margo Schulter 10 1.1 1.4
CompactStar 11 1.2 1.5
Jerdle 12 1.3 1.7
Kaiveran 14 1.5 1.9
Francium 16 1.7 2.2
B Lambeth 20 2.1 2.8
Petr Pařízek 23 2.4 3.2
Paul Erlich 23 2.4 3.2
Flora Canou 26 2.7 3.6
Aura 26 2.7 3.6
Eliora 30 3.2 4.1
Gene W Smith 38 4.0 5.2
Xenllium 143 15.1 19.7

Named after

Named after Amount % of total commas % of named commas
Not named/systematic name ~225 ~23.5 n/a
Unknown namesake ~300 ~31.5 ~41.5
Something else 141 14.8 19.4
A famous occurrence of a number 20 2.1 2.8
A place name 21 2.2 2.8
A polymath 22 2.3 3.0
Two temperament names fused 27 2.8 3.7
An asteroid 32 3.4 4.4
A composer or theorist 40 4.2 5.5
Its interval size 43 4.5 5.9
The intervals it equates 73 7.7 10.1

Named after (detailed)

Named after (detailed) Amount
Not named/systematic name ~225
Unknown namesake ~300
Something else 17
How it divides the fourth 3
Mythology or folk characters 4
Musical compositions 5
How it divides the fifth 5
Controversial people or groups 6
Personal happenstance 6
Non-musical creatives 7
Generator of its temperament 7
Play on its color name 7
Mathematicians 8
Fictional characters 16
Musical traditions 16
Individuals (other) 17
Non-English words 17
A famous occurrence of a number 20
A place name 21
A polymath 22
Two temperament names fused 27
An asteroid 32
The intervals it equates (w. equave) 33
The intervals it equates (w. other) 40
A composer or theorist 40
Its interval size 43

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