2058/2057
| Interval information |
reduced
2058/2057, the xenisma, is an unnoticeable 17-limit (also 2.3.7.11.17-subgroup) comma measuring about 0.841 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of two 14/11's exceed 34/21, or equivalently the amount by which a stack consisting of 49/44 and 14/11 exceeds 17/12.
Commatic relations
This comma is the difference between the following superparticular pairs:
- 364/363 and 442/441
- 441/440 and 561/560
- 936/935 and 1716/1715
- 1225/1224 and 3025/3024
- 1701/1700 and 9801/9800
Not to mention some nonsuperparticular but useful relations:
It factors into the following superparticular pairs:
- 2401/2400 and 14400/14399
- 2080/2079 and 194481/194480
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma in the 17-limit results in the rank-6 xenismic temperament, or in the 2.3.7.11.17 subgroup, the rank-4 xenic temperament. In either case it enables xenismic chords.
Xenic
Subgroup: 2.3.7.11.17
Comma list: 2058/2057
Subgroup-val mapping: [⟨1 0 0 0 1], ⟨0 1 0 0 1], ⟨0 0 1 0 3], ⟨0 0 0 1 -2]]
- mapping generators: ~2, ~3, ~7, ~11
- WE: ~2 = 1199.9939 ¢, ~3/2 = 701.9458 ¢, ~7/4 = 968.6949 ¢, ~11/8 = 551.4810 ¢
- CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 701.9446 ¢, ~7/4 = 968.6908 ¢, ~11/8 = 551.4738 ¢
Optimal ET sequence: 31, 41g, 46, 58, 63, 72, 89, 118, 135, 207, 342, 400, 535, 742, 1395, 1930, 2672
Badness (Sintel): 0.0963
Xenismic
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17
Comma list: 2058/2057
| [⟨ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ], |
| ⟨ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ], |
| ⟨ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ], |
| ⟨ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ], |
| ⟨ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | ], |
| ⟨ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ]] |
- mapping generators: ~2, ~3, ~5, ~7, ~11, ~13
- WE: ~2 = 1199.9939 ¢, ~3/2 = 701.9458 ¢, ~5/4 = 386.3258 ¢, ~7/4 = 968.6949 ¢, ~11/8 = 551.4810 ¢, ~13/8 = 840.5458 ¢
- CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 701.9446 ¢, ~5/4 = 386.3208 ¢, ~7/4 = 968.6908 ¢, ~11/8 = 551.4738 ¢, ~13/8 = 840.5389 ¢
Optimal ET sequence: 31, 41g, 43, 46, 58, 72, 103, 121, 149, 161, 190g, 224, 270, 311, 354, 400, 460, 581, 742, 814, 935, 1084, 1323, 1395, 2137, 3072e, 3342eg, 4156eg*
Badness (Sintel): 1.32
Etymology
This comma was named by Margo Schulter in 2000[1]. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek word xénos ("strange"), which may suggest the strange and wonderful qualities in a neogothic setting of supraminor and submajor thirds.