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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread comes #118338 12/26/2003 2:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 For our musicians: Comes (||Co"mes) n. [L., a companion.] (Mus.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: comes #118339 12/26/2003 3:48 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks, Bill. it made me wonder about it's relationship to comma(in musical terms), which I had to look up. I found this at Infoplease(via OneLook, which gave better results than Ultralingua ): 3. Music.the minute, virtually unheard difference in pitch between two enharmonic tones, as Gsharp and Aflat. apparently, no relationship at all... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: commas #118340 12/26/2003 10:21 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 If you tune a piano, say, by starting at, say, C and tuning pure fifths around the circle of fifths, when you get back to C you will find that the distance from the F to the C is a little flat of a pure fifth. This discrepancy is called the Pythagorean comma. More details for the interested student are here: http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/harmony/pyth.html Note especially the section 4.4. The two commas: bugs or features? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: commas #118341 12/26/2003 11:00 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont great site! thanks, Fald. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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