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A '''trivial temperament''' is something that fits the mathematical definition of [[regular temperament]], but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a "[[temperament]]". There are two types of trivial temperaments: [[just intonation]], which leaves all intervals [[tempering|untempered]], and [[single-pitch tuning]], which [[tempering out|tempers out]] all intervals.
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">A trivial temperament is something that fits the mathematical definition of "regular temperament", but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a "temperament". There are two kinds of trivial temperaments - JI, in which nothing is tempered, and **OM** temperament, in which everything is tempered.


Just intonation is a codimension-0 "temperament", which means nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is the set {1/1}, but that's still a set, so JI is still a regular temperament. There is an infinite family of these "temperaments", one for each subgroup of JI. The 2-limit version is the equal temperament [[1edo]]. The 3-limit version is the rank-2 temperament [[pythagorean]], which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers no commas. The 5-limit version is rank-3, and so on. The mapping for this temperament is an nxn identity matrix.
== Just intonation ==
{{Main| Just intonation }}


**OM** temperament is the rank-0 temperament, in which every interval is a comma. Thus all notes are represented by the same note. This is different from 1edo because not even octaves exist. The mapping for this is an nxn zero matrix.</pre></div>
The [[mapping]] for a [[just intonation subgroup]] of rank ''n'' is an ''n''×''n'' {{w|identity matrix}}, and transforms said subgroup to itself. In musical terms, this means that nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is {1/1}, but that is still a valid set, so just intonation still counts as valid regular temperaments.  
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Trivial temperaments&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;A trivial temperament is something that fits the mathematical definition of &amp;quot;regular temperament&amp;quot;, but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a &amp;quot;temperament&amp;quot;. There are two kinds of trivial temperaments - JI, in which nothing is tempered, and &lt;strong&gt;OM&lt;/strong&gt; temperament, in which everything is tempered.&lt;br /&gt;
There is an infinite family of these temperaments, one for each subgroup of JI. The 2-limit version is equivalent to [[1edo|1et]]. The [[3-limit]] version, or [[pythagorean tuning]], is a rank-2 temperament, which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers out no commas. 5-limit JI is rank-3, 7-limit JI is rank-4, etc.
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Just intonation is a codimension-0 &amp;quot;temperament&amp;quot;, which means nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is the set {1/1}, but that's still a set, so JI is still a regular temperament. There is an infinite family of these &amp;quot;temperaments&amp;quot;, one for each subgroup of JI. The 2-limit version is the equal temperament &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/1edo"&gt;1edo&lt;/a&gt;. The 3-limit version is the rank-2 temperament &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/pythagorean"&gt;pythagorean&lt;/a&gt;, which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers no commas. The 5-limit version is rank-3, and so on. The mapping for this temperament is an nxn identity matrix.&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:VectorGraphics|Vector]] proposes the name ''identity temperament''{{idio}} for this family of temperaments.  
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&lt;strong&gt;OM&lt;/strong&gt; temperament is the rank-0 temperament, in which every interval is a comma. Thus all notes are represented by the same note. This is different from 1edo because not even octaves exist. The mapping for this is an nxn zero matrix.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
== Single-pitch tuning ==
{{Main| Single-pitch tuning }}
 
The single-pitch tuning is the rank-0 temperament, in which every interval is a comma. Thus all notes are represented by the same note. This is different from 1edo because not even octaves exist. The mapping for this is the 0-val, {{val| 0 0 … 0 }}, and its [[wedgie]] is a single entry.
 
As with JI, there is technically a temperament of a single pitch for every subgroup.
 
[[Gene Ward Smith]] proposes the name ''unison temperament'' for this family of temperaments<ref>http://www.robertinventor.com/tuning-math/s__12/msg_11050-11074.html</ref>, as all intervals are equated to the unison. [[Keenan Pepper]] proposes the name ''Om temperament''{{idio}}. [[Wikipedia:Om|''Om'']] is a reference to that syllable's use in Hindu meditation practices, for there is only one temperament-distinct pitch in the whole system, in the same way that ''Om'' in the meditation sense is the only word you need to create the whole universe.
 
== Notes and references ==
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[[Category:Regular temperament theory]]