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'''Pseudo-semaphore''' is a weird temperament in which the third harmonic does not have a single consistent mapping. If you want to force it into the regular mapping paradigm you have to think of it as a 2.3.3'.7 temperament.
'''Pseudo-semaphore''' is a [[dual-fifths]] temperament related to semaphore. The third harmonic has two mappings, a [[flattone]] to [[flattertone]]-sized one and a [[superpyth]] to [[ultrapyth]]-sized one.


It's called "pseudo-semaphore" because it has the same MOS structure as [[semaphore]], but [[49/48]] is not tempered out. Perhaps it's better to think of it as [[superpyth]] in which the 4/3 generator has been split in half forming a weird interval that's neither [[8/7]] nor [[7/6]].
It's called "pseudo-semaphore" because it has the same MOS structure as [[semaphore]], but [[49/48]] is not tempered out. Perhaps it's better to think of it as [[superpyth]] in which the 4/3 generator has been split in half forming a weird interval that's neither [[8/7]] nor [[7/6]].