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'''Blackwood''' may refer to:
: ''This article is about the regular temperament. For the musician, see [[Easley Blackwood Jr.]]. For the scale structure sometimes associated with it, see [[5L 5s]].''
* [[Easley Blackwood Jr.]], an American composer
* [[5L 5s]], a MOS pattern
* [[Limmic temperaments#5-limit (blackwood)|Blackwood]], a 5-limit temperament tempering out [[256/243]]


{{Disambiguation}}
'''Blackwood''' is a [[regular temperament|temperament]] that takes [[5edo]]'s [[circle of fifths]] for the [[3-limit]], but adds multiple copies to improve the tuning of the [[5-limit]]. In the fundamental sense, it is the 5-limit temperament that [[tempering out|tempers out]] the [[Pythagorean limma]], and it extends to the [[7-limit]] by recognizing that 4\5 is a good [[7/4|harmonic seventh]], thus tempering out [[28/27]], [[49/48]], and [[64/63]], making it a member of [[trienstonic clan]], [[semaphoresmic clan]], and [[archytas clan]].


[[Category:Blackwood]]
The main interest in this temperament is in its [[mos scale]]s, featuring [[5L 5s|pentawood (5L 5s)]]. 15edo provides an excellent tuning for this temperament as well as for pentawood.
 
Blackwood was named in honor of [[Easley Blackwood Jr.]]
 
See [[Limmic temperaments #Blackwood]] for technical data.
 
== Interval chain ==
In the following table, odd harmonics 1–9 are in '''bold'''.
 
{| class="wikitable center-1 right-2 right-4"
! rowspan="2" | Period
! colspan="2" | Generator 0
! colspan="2" | Generator 1
|-
! Cents*
! Approx. ratios
! Cents*
! Approx. ratios
|-
| 0
| 0.0
| '''1/1'''
|
|
|-
| 1
| 240.0
| 7/6, 8/7, '''9/8'''
| 151.1
| 10/9, 15/14
|-
| 2
| 480.0
| 4/3
| 391.1
| '''5/4'''
|-
| 3
| 720.0
| '''3/2'''
| 631.1
| 10/7
|-
| 4
| 960.0
| '''7/4''', 12/7, 16/9
| 871.1
| 5/3
|-
| 5
| 1200.0
| '''2/1'''
| 1111.1
| 15/8, 40/21
|}
<nowiki/>* In 7-limit CWE tuning, octave reduced
 
== Scales ==
[[File:BlackwoodMajor 15edo.mp3]] [[:File:BlackwoodMajor 15edo.mp3|Blackwood major scale in 15edo]]
 
== Tunings ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="font-size: 105%; white-space: nowrap;" | 5-limit prime-optimized tunings
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" | Euclidean
|-
! Constrained
! Constrained & skewed
! Destretched
|-
! Equilateral
| CEE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CSEE: ~5/4 = 392.3287{{c}}
| POEE: ~5/4 = 405.2729{{c}}
|-
! Tenney
| CTE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CWE: ~5/4 = 395.1256{{c}}
| POTE: ~5/4 = 399.5938{{c}}
|-
! Benedetti, <br>Wilson
| CBE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CSBE: ~5/4 = 396.3386{{c}}
| POBE: ~5/4 = 400.3211{{c}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ style="font-size: 105%; white-space: nowrap;" | 7-limit prime-optimized tunings
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="3" | Euclidean
|-
! Constrained
! Constrained & skewed
! Destretched
|-
! Equilateral
| CEE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CSEE: ~5/4 = 388.6185{{c}}
| POEE: ~5/4 = 387.1612{{c}}
|-
! Tenney
| CTE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CWE: ~5/4 = 391.0976{{c}}
| POTE: ~5/4 = 392.7675{{c}}
|-
! Benedetti, <br>Wilson
| CBE: ~5/4 = 386.3137{{c}}
| CSBE: ~5/4 = 392.2565{{c}}
| POBE: ~5/4 = 395.3830{{c}}
|}
 
== See also ==
* [[Blackwood temperament modal harmony (in 15edo)]]
 
[[Category:Blackwood| ]] <!-- main article -->
[[Category:Rank-2 temperaments]]
[[Category:Trienstonic clan]]
[[Category:Semaphoresmic clan]]
[[Category:Archytas clan]]