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Pentadacus has both low [[complexity]] (especially by the standards of the 5/1-equivalent world, where scales have lots of notes) and low [[error]] if tuned correctly, providing an [[efficiency|efficient]] traversal of the 5.7.11 subgroup.

[[14ed5]] is an inaccurate but important tuning of Pentadacus, because in 14ed5, the whole tone generator corresponds to a single step of 14ed5, but it is a much larger than usual Pentadacus generator which results in poor approximations. Basically, pentadacus can be thought of as a compressed 14ed5, at least until you hit [[5/1]]. Because of this, many pentadacus tunings are of the form (14n+1)ed5 such as [[15ed5]] (although that one is barely a tuning, being even worse than 14ed5), [[29ed5]], [[43ed5]], and [[57ed5]]. In this respect, it is similar to a [[cluster temperament]], but does not seem to exactly meet the definition of a cluster temperament. 14ed5 is also close to [[6edo]], the familiar whole-tone scale with octaves, and 6 generators in pentadacus can sound like a tempered octave but it’s usually quite inaccurate and dissonant ~~(a fun side-effect of this is that [[12edo]]'s 5.7..11 [[patent val]] is technically a very inaccurate Pentadacus tuning)~~. Properly-tuned Pentadacus generates the [[5/1]]-equivalent [[MOS scales]] [[1L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 1s<5/1>]], [[1L 2s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 2s<5/1>]], etc. until ending the monolarge MOS chain at [[1L 13s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 13s<5/1>]], followed by [[14L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 1s<5/1>]], [[14L 15s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 15s<5/1>]].

[[14ed5]] is an inaccurate but important tuning of Pentadacus, because in 14ed5, the whole tone generator corresponds to a single step of 14ed5, but it is a much larger than usual Pentadacus generator which results in poor approximations. Basically, pentadacus can be thought of as a compressed 14ed5, at least until you hit [[5/1]]. Because of this, many pentadacus tunings are of the form (14n+1)ed5 such as [[15ed5]] (although that one is barely a tuning, being even worse than 14ed5), [[29ed5]], [[43ed5]], and [[57ed5]]. In this respect, it is similar to a [[cluster temperament]], but does not seem to exactly meet the definition of a cluster temperament. 14ed5 is also close to [[6edo]], the familiar whole-tone scale with octaves, and 6 generators in pentadacus can sound like a tempered octave but it’s usually quite inaccurate and dissonant. Properly-tuned Pentadacus generates the [[5/1]]-equivalent [[MOS scales]] [[1L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 1s<5/1>]], [[1L 2s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 2s<5/1>]], etc. until ending the monolarge MOS chain at [[1L 13s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 13s<5/1>]], followed by [[14L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 1s<5/1>]], [[14L 15s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 15s<5/1>]].

Pentadacus is connected to the octave-repeating [[didacus]] temperament as both have a small whole tone generator for which 3 stack to 7/5, and [[undecimal didacus]] can actually be viewed not only as an extension of didacus to include the 11th harmonic, but also an extension of pentadacus to include octaves.

Pentadacus is connected to the octave-repeating [[didacus]] temperament as both have a small whole tone generator for which 3 stack to 7/5, and [[undecimal didacus]] can actually be viewed not only as an extension of didacus to include the 11th harmonic, but also an extension of pentadacus to include octaves. Pentadacus's connection to [[14ed5]] (which is effectively 6edo with a just 5/1) is a lot like didacus's connection to [[6edo]].

[[Category:Rank-2 temperaments]]

[[Category:Didacus]]

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 Pentadacus has both low [[complexity]] (especially by the standards of the 5/1-equivalent world, where scales have lots of notes) and low [[error]] if tuned correctly, providing an [[efficiency|efficient]] traversal of the 5.7.11 subgroup.
-[[14ed5]] is an inaccurate but important tuning of Pentadacus, because in 14ed5, the whole tone generator corresponds to a single step of 14ed5, but it is a much larger than usual Pentadacus generator which results in poor approximations. Basically, pentadacus can be thought of as a compressed 14ed5, at least until you hit [[5/1]]. Because of this, many pentadacus tunings are of the form (14n+1)ed5 such as [[15ed5]] (although that one is barely a tuning, being even worse than 14ed5), [[29ed5]], [[43ed5]], and [[57ed5]]. In this respect, it is similar to a [[cluster temperament]], but does not seem to exactly meet the definition of a cluster temperament. 14ed5 is also close to [[6edo]], the familiar whole-tone scale with octaves, and 6 generators in pentadacus can sound like a tempered octave but it’s usually quite inaccurate and dissonant (a fun side-effect of this is that [[12edo]]'s 5.7..11 [[patent val]] is technically a very inaccurate Pentadacus tuning). Properly-tuned Pentadacus generates the [[5/1]]-equivalent [[MOS scales]] [[1L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 1s<5/1>]], [[1L 2s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 2s<5/1>]], etc. until ending the monolarge MOS chain at [[1L 13s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 13s<5/1>]], followed by [[14L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 1s<5/1>]], [[14L 15s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 15s<5/1>]].
+[[14ed5]] is an inaccurate but important tuning of Pentadacus, because in 14ed5, the whole tone generator corresponds to a single step of 14ed5, but it is a much larger than usual Pentadacus generator which results in poor approximations. Basically, pentadacus can be thought of as a compressed 14ed5, at least until you hit [[5/1]]. Because of this, many pentadacus tunings are of the form (14n+1)ed5 such as [[15ed5]] (although that one is barely a tuning, being even worse than 14ed5), [[29ed5]], [[43ed5]], and [[57ed5]]. In this respect, it is similar to a [[cluster temperament]], but does not seem to exactly meet the definition of a cluster temperament. 14ed5 is also close to [[6edo]], the familiar whole-tone scale with octaves, and 6 generators in pentadacus can sound like a tempered octave but it’s usually quite inaccurate and dissonant. Properly-tuned Pentadacus generates the [[5/1]]-equivalent [[MOS scales]] [[1L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 1s<5/1>]], [[1L 2s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 2s<5/1>]], etc. until ending the monolarge MOS chain at [[1L 13s (5/1-equivalent)|1L 13s<5/1>]], followed by [[14L 1s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 1s<5/1>]], [[14L 15s (5/1-equivalent)|14L 15s<5/1>]].
-Pentadacus is connected to the octave-repeating [[didacus]] temperament as both have a small whole tone generator for which 3 stack to 7/5, and [[undecimal didacus]] can actually be viewed not only as an extension of didacus to include the 11th harmonic, but also an extension of pentadacus to include octaves.
+Pentadacus is connected to the octave-repeating [[didacus]] temperament as both have a small whole tone generator for which 3 stack to 7/5, and [[undecimal didacus]] can actually be viewed not only as an extension of didacus to include the 11th harmonic, but also an extension of pentadacus to include octaves. Pentadacus's connection to [[14ed5]] (which is effectively 6edo with a just 5/1) is a lot like didacus's connection to [[6edo]].
 [[Category:Rank-2 temperaments]]
 [[Category:Didacus]]