Pythagorean comma
small interval in Pythagorean tuning between two enharmonically equivalent notes such as C and B♯
Facts
4 properties- Instance of
- comma
- Defining formula
- \hbox{apotome} - \hbox{limma} \approx 113.69 - 90.23 \approx 23.46 ~\hbox{cents} \!, \frac{\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)^{12}}{2^7} = \frac{3^{12}}{2^{19}} = \frac{531441}{524288} \approx 23{,}46\;\mathrm{Cent}[4][5]
- Described by source
- Riemann's Music Dictionary, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900[2][3]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en ditonic comma
en Pythagorean comma
cs Pythagorejské koma
da Pytagoras komma
de Pythagoreisches Komma
es Coma pitagorica
es Coma pitagórica
fa کمای فیثاغورثی
fr comma pythagoricien
hu püthagoraszi komma
ja ピタゴラスコンマ
ko 피타고라스 콤마
nl Pythagoreïsche komma
pl Komat pitagorejski
ru дитоническая комма
ru пифагорейская комма
ru пифагорова комма
sv Pythagoras komma
zh 畢氏音差
zh 畢達哥拉斯音差
🔖 Identifiers · 5
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/Pythagorean-comma
- Freebase ID
- /m/0183sb
- JSTOR topic ID (archived)
- pythagorean-comma
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- gumanitarnye_nauki/filosofiya/PIFAGORESKAYA_KOMMA.html
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 2776690892
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Summary
Pythagorean comma is a comma[1].