User:CompactStar/Letter comma notation
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VERY WIP (I'll move it to the main namespace if it's finished.)
The letter comma notation (LCN) is a notation scheme developed by CompactStar for just intonation up to the 31-limit as well as regular temperaments based on it. As with other JI notations, it is based on 3-limit notation with a set of accidentals corresponding to a formal comma for each prime limit. The letters H-Z are used for these accidentals, and alternate between ascending and descending, so H is 5-limit ascending, I is 5-limit descending, J is 7-limit ascending, K is 7-limit descending and so on. This notation bears similarity to FJS but it aims to be more easily typable.
Full list of formal commas
Prime limit | Letter | Comma | Letter | Comma |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | H | 81/80 | I | 80/81 |
7 | J | 64/63 | K | 63/64 |
11 | L | 33/32 | M | 32/33 |
13 | N | 1053/1024 | O | 1024/1053 |
17 | P | 4131/4096 | Q | 4096/4131 |
19 | R | 513/512 | S | 512/513 |
23 | T | 736/729 | U | 729/736 |
29 | V | 261/256 | W | 256/261 |
31 | X | 32/31 | Y | 31/32 |
For example, 5/4 is IM3 and 7/4 is Km7