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**** both display exceptionally low [[complexity]] and [[badness]] in the 2.3.5 subgroup | **** both display exceptionally low [[complexity]] and [[badness]] in the 2.3.5 subgroup | ||
**** both have [[12edo]] as their smallest viable [[equal tuning]] | **** both have [[12edo]] as their smallest viable [[equal tuning]] | ||
* "Zurutal, zurutar & zuruti": | |||
** The letter Z looks like a big barn door with the diagonal beam to stabilise it, representing how simple yet stable srutal is and how much harmonic weight it can bear with very few notes | |||
** The letter Z looks like the long winding road the temperaments took across the world to become what they are here and now | |||
** The letter Z calls to mind the idea of “alpha and omega”, of infinity and timelessness, representing the ancient tradition of shruti, and the cyclic nature of Hindu cosmology and the way that is reflected in the cyclic nature of the [[:Category:22-tone scales|22-tone]] scale of generators and periods | |||
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** The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating 5-limit JI | ** The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating 5-limit JI | ||
** The letter K evokes the word “king”, alluding to srutal’s elevated position at the top of the ranking of low harmonic entropy linear temperaments | ** The letter K evokes the word “king”, alluding to srutal’s elevated position at the top of the ranking of low harmonic entropy linear temperaments | ||