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| Odd limit 2 = 11 | Mistuning 2 = 4.13 | Complexity 2 = 19
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'''Didacus''' is an temperament of the [[2.5.7 subgroup]], tempering out [[3136/3125]], the hemimean comma, such that two intervals of [[7/5]] reach the same point as three intervals of [[5/4]]; the generator is therefore (7/5)/(5/4) = [[28/25]], two of which stack to 5/4 and three of which stack to 7/5, notable for being one of the most efficient traversals of the no-threes subgroup. [[31edo]] is a very good tuning of didacus, with its generator 5\31 (which is the "mean tone" of 31edo); but [[25edo]], [[37edo]], and [[68edo]] among others are good tunings as well. As this generator tends to be slightly less than 1/6 of the octave, [[MOS scale]]s of didacus tend to consist of 6 long intervals interspersed by sequences of diesis-sized steps (representing [[50/49]]~[[128/125]]), therefore bearing similar properties to those of [[slendric]].
'''Didacus''' is a temperament of the [[2.5.7 subgroup]], tempering out [[3136/3125]], the hemimean comma, such that two intervals of [[7/5]] reach the same point as three intervals of [[5/4]]; the generator is therefore (7/5)/(5/4) = [[28/25]], two of which stack to 5/4 and three of which stack to 7/5, notable for being one of the most efficient traversals of the no-threes subgroup. [[31edo]] is a very good tuning of didacus, with its generator 5\31 (which is the "mean tone" of 31edo); but [[25edo]], [[37edo]], and [[68edo]] among others are good tunings as well. As this generator tends to be slightly less than 1/6 of the octave, [[MOS scale]]s of didacus tend to consist of 6 long intervals interspersed by sequences of diesis-sized steps (representing [[50/49]]~[[128/125]]), therefore bearing similar properties to those of [[slendric]].


It also has a simple extension to prime 11 - undecimal didacus, by tempering out [[176/175]], the valinorsma, so that (5/4)<sup>2</sup> is equated to [[11/7]]. Further extensions to primes 13, 17, and 19, known as roulette and mediantone, are also possible.
It also has a simple extension to prime 11 - undecimal didacus, by tempering out [[176/175]], the valinorsma, so that (5/4)<sup>2</sup> is equated to [[11/7]]. Further extensions to primes 13, 17, and 19, known as roulette and mediantone, are also possible.