Vulture comma
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Ratio | 10485760000/10460353203 |
Factorization | 224 × 3-21 × 54 |
Monzo | [24 -21 4⟩ |
Size in cents | 4.1998373¢ |
Name | vulture comma |
Color name | ssy42, Sasaquadyo comma |
FJS name | [math]\text{m2}^{5,5,5,5}[/math] |
Special properties | reduced |
Tenney height (log2 nd) | 66.5719 |
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) | 66.5754 |
Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) | 131 |
Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math]) |
~2.47519 bits |
Comma size | small |
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The vulture comma (monzo: [24 -21 4⟩, ratio: 10485760000/10460353203) of 4.200 cents, is the amount by which four grave fourth intervals of 320/243 exceed 3/1, in other words (320/243)4/3. It is also the amount by which a stack of four syntonic commas falls short of the 256/243 Pythagorean Limma.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma leads to the vulture family of temperaments.
Etymology
The vulture comma was named by Paul Erlich in 2002[1].