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'''89/88''', a.k.a. the '''tailwind comma''', is an [[89-limit]] [[superparticular]] [[comma]] tempered out by two of the [[Batch 89 temperaments]].
'''89/88''', a.k.a. the '''tailwind comma''', is an [[89-limit]] [[superparticular]] [[comma]] tempered out by two of the [[Batch 89 temperaments]].


Tempering this comma on its own gives the '''tailwind temperament''', a [[rank-2]] 2.11.89 [[subgroup]] temperament.
Tempering this comma on its own gives the tailwind temperament, a [[rank-2]] 2.11.89 [[subgroup]] temperament.


Tempering out 89/88 equates the harmonics [[11/8]] and [[89/64]].  
Tempering out 89/88 equates the harmonics [[11/8]] and [[89/64]].  


If ''not'' tempered out, then 89/88 is very well approximated by 1 step of [[36edf]].
If ''not'' tempered out, then 89/88 is very well approximated by 1 step of [[36edf]].
== Etymology ==
The name is meant to invoke a vast and beautiful sky, to fit with the theming of the other Batch 89 temperaments.


== Tailwind ==
== Tailwind ==