441/440

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Interval information
Ratio 441/440
Factorization 2-3 × 32 × 5-1 × 72 × 11-1
Monzo [-3 2 -1 2 -1
Size in cents 3.9301584¢
Name werckisma
Color name 1uzzg2, luzozogu 2nd,
Luzozogu comma
FJS name [math]\text{m2}^{7,7}_{5,11}[/math]
Special properties square superparticular,
reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 17.566
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 17.5693
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 42
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~1.34196 bits
Comma size small
S-expression S21
open this interval in xen-calc

441/440, also known as Werckmeister's undecimal septenarian schisma, or more simply, the werckisma, is a small superparticular 11-limit comma with a size of roughly 3.93 cents. It is the difference between 21/20 and 22/21, and between 80/63 ( = (10/9)(8/7)) and 14/11, as well as the amount by which a stack of two 21/16 septimal subfourths exceeds a single 55/32 supermajor sixth. It also arises as the following comma differences: (49/48)/(55/54), (56/55)(64/63), (81/80)/(99/98), (126/125)/(176/175), and (243/242)/(540/539).

Temperaments

Tempering it out splits 11/10 into two even halves, equates 21/16 with 55/42 to create some interesting-sounding triads, and makes werckismic chords possible. See Rank-4 temperament #Werckismic (441/440) for some technical data. See Werckismic temperaments for a collection of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out.

See also