True commas

The clipper scale for a comma might be a way to distinguish what one
might call the real, true or strong commas from the also-rans. If a
comma c is the smallest scale step of genus(odd height(c)), then we
can call it a true comma. I'll code it up and see how it works.

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...>
wrote:

> The clipper scale for a comma might be a way to distinguish what one
> might call the real, true or strong commas from the also-rans. If a
> comma c is the smallest scale step of genus(odd height(c)), then we
> can call it a true comma. I'll code it up and see how it works.

How it works is that this is a pretty stringent condition, too
restrictive to just call these things "true commas". Strong commas,
maybe? Clipper commas? Anyone want to propose a name?

>The clipper scale for a comma might be a way to distinguish what one
>might call the real, true or strong commas from the also-rans. If a
>comma c is the smallest scale step of genus(odd height(c)), then we
>can call it a true comma. I'll code it up and see how it works.

What's an also-rans!?

-Carl