2.3.5.7.11.13.19 subgroup

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The 2.3.5.7.11.13.19 subgroup (a.k.a. yazalathana in color notation) consists of just intonation intervals such that the highest prime factor in all ratios is 19, but without 17. It is thus a subset of the 19-limit, or alternatively, it can be seen as the 13-limit with an extra prime 19.

This subgroup is a rank-7 system, and can be modeled in a 6-dimensional lattice, with the primes 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 19 represented by each dimension. The prime 2 does not appear in typical lattices because octave equivalence is presumed. If octave equivalence is not presumed, a seventh dimension is needed.

The subgroup can be conveniently rank-reduced into the 5-limit without much loss in accuracy by tempering out 2080/2079 and 4096/4095 and 1216/1215, resulting in the cassaschismic temperament, which equates 36/35 with 1053/1024 and (64/63)2 with 33/32, and 64/63 with the Pythagorean comma. Other notable rank-reductions include neonewt and garibaldi/cassandra; newt splits the fifth in half (tempering out 2401/2400) and finding the aberschisma at -41 hemififths; and garibaldi combines the pythagorean comma, 64/63 and 81/80 into one general comma, that when doubled acts as ~33/32 and ~1053/1024; this tempers out 225/224 and 352/351.

270edo is arguably the equal best temperament for this subgroup, achieving a record of absolute, relative error, and logflat badness that no other equal temperament of its grain comes close to achieving. The next best ones are in the thousands of divisions; 8539edo and 8269edo, which concidentally differ by 270 and are prime edos.

Edo approximation

Edos which represents the subgroup better (monotonic, and decreasing TE error): 27e, 31, 34dh, 38df, 41f*, 41, 50, 53, 58h, 72, 87, 94, 103h, 111, 121, 130, 152f, 190, 217, 224, 270, 552, 581… and so on. For a more comprehensive list, see Sequence of equal temperaments by error. Bold temperaments are records of relative error.

📝Note: Wart notation is used to specify the val chosen for the edo. In the above list, "27e" means taking the second closest approximation of harmonic 11.

See also