quomma

Graham Breed's name for the small (s) interval in the blackjack scale of the MIRACLE family of temperaments. It is also a basic interval in other MIRACLE scales such as canasta and studloco.

The quomma has a small range of variation in size: its standard size is 2^(2/72) = 33¹/₃ cents, the low end of the range is 2^(1/41) = ~29 ¹¹/₄₁ cents, and the high end is 2^(1/31) = ~38²²/₃₁ cents.

Breed generally abbreviates the quomma as "q" on his webpages.


[from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]

see also

blackjack
comma
anomaly
my blackjack page

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