Vorwell comma
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| Interval information |
reduced subharmonic
The vorwell comma is an unnoticeable 7-limit comma, with a ratio of 134217728/133984375, and a size of 3.013 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of five octaves exceeds a stack of eight 5/4s and three 7/4s.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma leads to the rank-3 vorwell temperament. It is also tempered out in the rank-2 temperaments orwell, vulture, and quasiorwell, to name a few.