DITONIC COMMA


Meaning of DITONIC COMMA in English

noun

Etymology: translation of New Latin comma ditonicum

: the difference in pitch between two musical tones respectively twelve perfect fifths and seven octaves from the same tone and represented by the ratio of 531,441:524,288 — called also Pythagorean comma

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