Hemimage temperaments

This is a list showing technical temperament data. For an explanation of what information is shown here, you may look at the technical data guide for regular temperaments.

This is a collection of rank-2 temperaments tempering out the hemimage comma (monzo: [5 -7 -1 3⟩, ratio: 10976/10935).

Temperaments discussed elsewhere are:

• Quasisuper (+64/63) → Archytas clan
• Cotoneum (+33554432/33480783) → Garischismic clan
• Hemififths (+2401/2400 or 5120/5103) → Breedsmic temperaments
• Liese (+81/80) → Meantone family
• Guiron (+1029/1024) → Gamelismic clan
• Subfourth (+65536/64827) → Buzzardsmic clan
• Magic (+225/224 or 245/243) → Magic family
• Echidna (+1728/1715 or 2048/2025) → Stearnsmic clan
• Pluto (+4000/3969) → Octagar temperaments
• Unicorn (+126/125) → Unicorn family
• Hendecatonic (+6144/6125) → Porwell temperaments
• Dodecacot (+3125/3087) → Tetracot family
• Parakleismic (+3136/3125 or 4375/4374) → Parakleismic family
• Chromat (+235298/234375) → Amity family
• Marfifths (+15625/15552) → Kleismic family
• Yarman I (+244140625/243045684) → Quartonic family

Considered below are bisupermajor, bicommatic, degrees, squarschmidt, and leapmonth, in the order of increasing badness.

Bisupermajor

For the 5-limit version, see Very high accuracy temperaments #Kwazy.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 10976/10935, 65625/65536

Mapping: [⟨2 1 6 1], ⟨0 8 -5 17]]

mapping generators: ~1225/864, ~192/175

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~1225/864 = 600.0294 ¢, ~192/175 = 162.8141 ¢

error map: ⟨+0.059 +0.587 -0.208 -0.957]

• CWE: ~1225/864 = 600.0000 ¢, ~192/175 = 162.8082 ¢

error map: ⟨0.000 +0.510 -0.355 -1.087]

Optimal ET sequence: 22, 74d, 96d, 118, 140, 258, 398, 656d

Badness (Sintel): 1.66

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 385/384, 3388/3375, 9801/9800

Mapping: [⟨2 1 6 1 8], ⟨0 8 -5 17 -4]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~99/70 = 600.1224 ¢, ~11/10 = 162.8065 ¢
• CWE: ~99/70 = 600.0000 ¢, ~11/10 = 162.7788 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 22, 74d, 96d, 118, 258e, 376de, 634dee

Badness (Sintel): 1.06

Bicommatic

Used to be known simply as the commatic temperament, the bicommatic temperament has a period of half octave and a generator of 20.4 cents, a small interval ("commatic") which represents 81/80, 99/98, and 100/99 all tempered together.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 10976/10935, 50421/50000

Mapping: [⟨2 3 4 5], ⟨0 5 19 18]]

mapping generators: ~567/400, ~81/80

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~567/400 = 600.0497 ¢, ~81/80 = 20.3790 ¢

error map: ⟨+0.099 +0.089 +1.085 -1.756]

• CWE: ~567/400 = 600.0000 ¢, ~81/80 = 20.3837 ¢

error map: ⟨0.000 -0.037 +0.976 -1.920]

Optimal ET sequence: 58, 118, 294, 412d

Badness (Sintel): 2.13

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 441/440, 3388/3375, 8019/8000

Mapping: [⟨2 3 4 5 6], ⟨0 5 19 18 27]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~99/70 = 600.0401 ¢, ~81/80 = 20.3913 ¢
• CWE: ~99/70 = 600.0000 ¢, ~81/80 = 20.3948 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 58, 118, 294, 412d

Badness (Sintel): 1.01

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 196/195, 352/351, 729/728, 1001/1000

Mapping: [⟨2 3 4 5 6 7], ⟨0 5 19 18 27 12]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~99/70 = 599.8514 ¢, ~66/65 = 20.4215 ¢
• CWE: ~99/70 = 600.0000 ¢, ~66/65 = 20.4093 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 58, 118, 176f

Badness (Sintel): 1.09

17-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17

Comma list: 170/169, 196/195, 289/288, 352/351, 561/560

Mapping: [⟨2 3 4 5 6 7 8], ⟨0 5 19 18 27 12 5]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~17/12 = 600.0257 ¢, ~66/65 = 20.3789 ¢
• CWE: ~17/12 = 600.0000 ¢, ~66/65 = 20.3804 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 58, 118

Badness (Sintel): 1.14

Degrees

This page is about the regular temperament. For scale degrees, see degree.

See also: 20th-octave temperaments

Degrees temperament has a period of 1/20 octave and tempers out the hemimage (10976/10935) and the dimcomp (390625/388962). In this temperament, one period equals ~28/27, two equals ~15/14, three equals ~10/9, five equals ~25/21, six equals ~16/13, seven equals ~14/11, nine equals ~15/11, and ten equals ~99/70.

An obvious extension to the 23-limit exists by mapping 23/20 to 4\20 (1\5), 69/56 to 6\20 (3\10), and 23/18 to 7\20. By observing that 1\20 works as 30/29~29/28~28/27, with 29/28 being especially accurate, and by mapping 29/22 to 2\5, we get a uniquely elegant extension to the 29-limit which tempers out 726/725, which is the difference between 33/25 and 29/22, as well as 784/783 (S28) and 841/840 (S29). An edo as large as 220 supports it by patent val, though it does not appear in the optimal ET sequence, and 80edo and 140edo are both much more recommendable tunings.

By equating 37/28 with 2\5 and more accurately 85/74 with 1\5 and 44/37 with 1\4 (among many other equivalences), we get an extension for prime 37 agreeing with many semiconvergents, tempering out 481/480. By mapping 60/41 and 41/28 to 11\20 or equivalently 56/41 and 41/30 to 9\20 and by mapping 44/41 to 1\10 (among many other equivalences), there is a very efficient extension for prime 41 tempering out 451/450.

The 80-note generator chain is ideal, so 80edo is in some sense both a trivial and maximally efficient tuning of this temperament. We also observe an abundance of JI interpretations of 20edo by combining primes so that all things require 3 generators, yielding: 37:44:54:56:58:60:69:74:82:85. Alternatively, combining primes so that all things require 2 generators yields 36:40:46:51 which except for intervals of 51 is contained implicitly in the above. The ratios therein should thus be instructive for how the structure of 20edo relates to its representation of JI in this temperament. Note that prime 47 can be added but only really makes sense in rooted form in 140edo.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 10976/10935, 390625/388962

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39], ⟨0 1 2 3]]

mapping generators: ~28/27, ~3

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 59.9922 ¢, ~3/2 = 702.9233 ¢ (~126/125 = 16.9828 ¢)

error map: ⟨-0.157 +0.812 -0.647 -0.220]

• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 702.9324 ¢ (~126/125 = 17.0676 ¢)

error map: ⟨0.000 +0.977 -0.449 -0.029]

Optimal ET sequence: 60, 80, 140, 640b, 780b

Badness (Sintel): 2.69

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 1331/1323, 1375/1372, 2200/2187

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26], ⟨0 1 2 3 3]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 59.9929 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1478 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.7666 ¢)
• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1556 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8444 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140, 360

Badness (Sintel): 1.55

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 325/324, 352/351, 1001/1000, 1331/1323

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26 74], ⟨0 1 2 3 3 0]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 59.9996 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.0749 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.9197 ¢)
• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.0770 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.9230 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140

Badness (Sintel): 1.35

17-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17

Comma list: 289/288, 325/324, 352/351, 561/560, 1001/1000

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26 74 50], ⟨0 1 2 3 3 0 1]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 60.0058 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.0364 ¢ (~100/99 = 17.0335 ¢)
• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.0061 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.9939 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140

Badness (Sintel): 1.17

19-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17.19

Comma list: 286/285, 289/288, 325/324, 352/351, 400/399, 476/475

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26 74 50 85], ⟨0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 59.9961 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1523 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8015 ¢)
• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1777 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8223 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140

Badness (Sintel): 1.27

23-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17.19.23

Comma list: 253/252, 286/285, 289/288, 325/324, 352/351, 391/390, 400/399

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26 74 50 85 27], ⟨0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 2]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~28/27 = 59.9990 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1804 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8074 ¢)
• CWE: ~28/27 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1870 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8130 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140

Badness (Sintel): 1.21

29-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13.17.19.23.29

Comma list: 253/252, 286/285, 289/288, 325/324, 352/351, 391/390, 400/399, 406/405

Mapping: [⟨20 0 -17 -39 -26 74 50 85 27 2], ⟨0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 3]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~29/28 = 59.9990 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1829 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8055 ¢)
• CWE: ~29/28 = 60.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 703.1891 ¢ (~100/99 = 16.8109 ¢)

Optimal ET sequence: 60e, 80, 140

Badness (Sintel): 1.13

Squarschmidt

For the 5-limit version, see Father–3 equivalence continuum #Squarschmidt (5-limit).

Squarschimidt may be described as 118 & 121 temperament. The extension here is a less accurate 7-limit interpretation, tempering out the hemimage comma and quasiorwellisma, 29360128/29296875. In the 11-limit, it tempers out 3025/3024, 5632/5625, and 12005/11979, and the generator represents ~44/35.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 10976/10935, 29360128/29296875

Mapping: [⟨1 -8 1 -20], ⟨0 29 4 69]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~2 = 1199.9006 ¢, ~1125/896 = 396.6104 ¢

error map: ⟨-0.099 +0.543 +0.029 -0.719]

• CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~1125/896 = 396.6417 ¢

error map: ⟨0.000 +0.653 +0.253 -0.552]

Optimal ET sequence: 118, 239, 357, 596

Badness (Sintel): 3.36

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 3025/3024, 5632/5625, 10976/10935

Mapping: [⟨1 -8 1 -20 -21], ⟨0 29 4 69 74]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~2 = 1199.9005 ¢, ~44/35 = 396.6107 ¢
• CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~44/35 = 396.6419 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 118, 239, 357, 596

Badness (Sintel): 1.26

Leapmonth

Leapmonth may be described as the 63 & 80 temperament, generated by a perfect fifth and being a strong extension of leapfrog. It was named by Flora Canou in 2025 following the pattern demonstrated by leapday and leapweek, the two simpler extensions of leapfrog.

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7

Comma list: 10976/10935, 51200/50421

Mapping: [⟨1 0 -58 -21], ⟨0 1 38 15]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~2 = 1198.8005 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.2543 ¢

error map: ⟨-1.200 +1.100 -0.659 +2.186]

• CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.9318 ¢

error map: ⟨0.000 +2.977 +1.093 +5.150]

Optimal ET sequence: 17c, 46c, 63, 80, 223bd, 303bdd, 383bcddd

Badness (Sintel): 4.79

11-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11

Comma list: 540/539, 896/891, 1331/1323

Mapping: [⟨1 0 -58 -21 -14], ⟨0 1 38 15 11]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~2 = 1198.8679 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.2911 ¢
• CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.9318 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 17c, 46c, 63, 80, 223bde, 303bdde

Badness (Sintel): 1.88

13-limit

Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13

Comma list: 169/168, 352/351, 364/363, 540/539

Mapping: [⟨1 0 -58 -21 -14 -1], ⟨0 1 38 15 11 8]]

Optimal tunings:

• WE: ~2 = 1199.1781 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.4551 ¢
• CWE: ~2 = 1200.0000 ¢, ~3/2 = 704.9218 ¢

Optimal ET sequence: 17c, 46c, 63, 80, 143d

Badness (Sintel): 1.53