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'''Starling''' is the [[Rank-3 temperament|rank-3]] [[temperament]] [[tempering out]] [[126/125]], the starling comma. Its best 11-limit [[extension]], '''thrush''', adds [[176/175]] and [[441/440]] to the comma list. It also has an obvious 13-limit extension tempering out [[196/195]], [[351/350]], and [[352/351]].  
'''Starling''' is the [[Rank-3 temperament|rank-3]] [[temperament]] [[tempering out]] [[126/125]], the starling comma. Its best 11-limit [[extension]], '''thrush''', adds [[176/175]] and [[441/440]] to the comma list. It also has an obvious 13-limit extension tempering out [[196/195]], [[351/350]], and [[352/351]].  


Starling was named by [[Herman Miller]] in 1999.  
Starling was named by [[Herman Miller]] in 1999<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_6385.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Meantone and "starling" scale with slightly stretched octaves'']</ref><ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_3732.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Starling temperament mapping'']</ref>, and thrush was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2004<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_8625.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''11-limit Starling'']</ref>.  


See [[Starling family #Thrush]] for technical details.  
See [[Starling family #Thrush]] for technical details.  
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== Interval lattice ==
== Interval lattice ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Lattice Thrush.png
File:Lattice Thrush.png|11-limit thrush
File:Lattice Thrush13.png|13-limit thrush
</gallery>
</gallery>


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| Quintuple-down double-augmented third
| Quintuple-down double-augmented third
| C-v<sup>5</sup>Ex
| C-v<sup>5</sup>Ex
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| 13/8
| Quintuple-down double-augmented fifth
| C-v<sup>5</sup>Gx
|}
|}


Alternatively, it can be notated the same as full prime-limit just intonation, with a distinct accidental pair for each prime. That makes some intervals more intuitive, at the cost of hiding the structure of starling/thrush tempering. For example, it is customary of the 5/4 to be a major third, and 7/4 to be a minor seventh. As a result, the fact that the 12/7 is a stack of three 6/5's is not revealed, and the related chords can be less convenient.
Alternatively, it can be notated the same as full prime-limit just intonation, with a distinct accidental pair for each prime. That makes some intervals more intuitive, at the cost of hiding the structure of starling/thrush tempering. For example, it is customary of the 5/4 to be a major third, and 7/4 to be a minor seventh. As a result, the fact that the 12/7 is a stack of three 6/5's is not revealed, and the related chords can be less convenient.  


== Chords ==
== Chords ==
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== Music ==
== Music ==
; [[Jake Freivald]]
; [[Jake Freivald]]
* [https://soundcloud.com/jdfreivald/a-seed-planted-starling-pure ''A Seed Planted''] – the melody depends on tempering out 126/125.
* [https://soundcloud.com/jdfreivald/a-seed-planted-starling-pure ''A Seed Planted''] (2013) – the melody depends on tempering out 126/125.
 
== Notes ==


[[Category:Temperaments]]
[[Category:Temperaments]]