Fact Check - 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

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The Creation of Order »  Query: 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

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The Pythagorean comma has a ratio of 524,288:531,441, or “about 24 cents,” according to McClain (1976: glossary).

Does “24 cents” make sense here?

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