Amity: Difference between revisions

'''Amity''' is a [[regular temperament|temperament]] that divides a [[8/3|perfect eleventh]] into 5 [[generator]]s of acute minor thirds. A stack of 13 generators [[octave reduction|octave reduced]] represents [[8/5]], [[tempering out]] the [[amity comma]], 1600000/1594323. This article also assumes the canonical [[extension]] to the [[7-limit]], where a stack of 17 generators octave reduced represents [[7/4]], tempering out [[4375/4374]] and [[5120/5103]]. [[Equal temperaments]] that [[support]] amity include {{EDOs| 46, 53, 99, 152, and 205 }}.

Extending amity from the 7-limit to the 11-limit is not so simple. There are three mappings that are comparable in complexity and error: undecimal amity ({{nowrap| 53 & 152 }}), catamite ({{nowrap| 46 & 145 }}), and hitchcock ({{nowrap| 46 & 53 }}). Undecimal amity tempers out 540/539 and has the harmonic 11 mapped to −62 generator steps. Catamite tempers out 441/440 and has the harmonic 11 mapped to +37 generators steps. Hitchcock tempers out 121/120 and has the harmonic 11 mapped to −9 steps. They can be extended to the 13-limit through [[352/351]], and results in [[625/624]] and [[729/728]] being tempered out in 13-limit amity, [[196/195]] and [[364/363]] being tempered out in catamite, and [[169/168]] and [[325/324]] being tempered out in hitchcock. Hitchcock has an extra extension to the 17-limit where it tempers out [[154/153]], [[256/255]], and [[273/272]].

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! 13-limit extensions, <br>amity mapping ({{nowrap| 53 & 152 }})

! 13-limit extensions, <br>hitchcock mapping ({{nowrap| 46 & 53 }})