comma of Didymus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

So called because it is the amount by which Didymus corrected the Pythagorean major third to a just major third.

Noun[edit]

comma of Didymus (plural commas of Didymus)

  1. (music) Synonym of syntonic comma
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