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

Full list of formal commas