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Holdrian comma


In music theory and musical tuning the Holdrian comma, also called Holder's comma, and sometimes the Arabian comma, is a small musical interval of approximately 22.6415 cents, equal to one step of 53 equal temperament, or (About this sound play ). The name comma is misleading, since this interval is an irrational number and does not describe the compromise between intervals of any tuning system; it assumes this name because it is an approximation of the syntonic comma (21.51 cents)(About this sound play ), which was widely used as a measurement of tuning in William Holder's time.


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