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The '''woodpecker octad''', an [[dyadic chord|essentially tempered chord]], is the 1–11/10–6/5–13/10–10/7–11/7–12/7–13/7 chord, tempered in the [[Biyatismic clan #Woodpecker|woodpecker]] ({[[66/65]], [[121/120]], [[126/125]]}) temperament, which makes the steps of the scale 11/10, 11/10, 11/10, 11/10, 11/10, 11/10, 11/10, 14/13. Another way of viewing the woodpecker octad is that it is the woodpecker tempering of two [[starling chords|starling tetrads]] separated by a neutral second which represents [[11/10]], [[12/11]] and [[13/12]] simultaneously.

Linear temperaments with woodpecker octad include [[lupercalia]], [[migration]], [[nusecond]] and [[opossum]].

[[Category:13-odd-limit chords]]
[[Category:Essentially tempered chords]]
[[Category:Starling]]
[[Category:Octads]]