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The '''pelogic family''' tempers out [[135/128]], the pelogic comma, also known as the major chroma or major limma. The [[5-limit]] temperament is (5-limit) '''mavila''' ~~(/ˈmɑːvɪlə/ or /ˈmævɪlə/ ''MA(H)-vil-ə'')~~, so named after the Chopi village where it was discovered. The generator for all of these is a very flat fifth, lying on the spectrum between 7-equal and 9-equal.

The '''pelogic family''' tempers out [[135/128]], the pelogic comma, also known as the major chroma or major limma. The [[5-limit]] temperament is (5-limit) '''mavila''', so named after the Chopi village where it was discovered. The generator for all of these is a very flat fifth, lying on the spectrum between 7-equal and 9-equal.

One of the most salient and characteristic features of pelogic temperament is that when you stack 4 of the tempered fifths you get to a minor third instead of the usual major third that you would get if the fifths were pure. This also means that the arrangement of small and large steps in a 7-note mavila scale is the inverse of a diatonic scale of 2 small steps and 5 large steps; Mavila has 2 large steps and 5 small steps (see [[2L 5s]]).

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-The '''pelogic family''' tempers out [[135/128]], the pelogic comma, also known as the major chroma or major limma. The [[5-limit]] temperament is (5-limit) '''mavila''' (/ˈmɑːvɪlə/ or /ˈmævɪlə/ ''MA(H)-vil-ə''), so named after the Chopi village where it was discovered. The generator for all of these is a very flat fifth, lying on the spectrum between 7-equal and 9-equal.
+The '''pelogic family''' tempers out [[135/128]], the pelogic comma, also known as the major chroma or major limma. The [[5-limit]] temperament is (5-limit) '''mavila''', so named after the Chopi village where it was discovered. The generator for all of these is a very flat fifth, lying on the spectrum between 7-equal and 9-equal.
 One of the most salient and characteristic features of pelogic temperament is that when you stack 4 of the tempered fifths you get to a minor third instead of the usual major third that you would get if the fifths were pure. This also means that the arrangement of small and large steps in a 7-note mavila scale is the inverse of a diatonic scale of 2 small steps and 5 large steps; Mavila has 2 large steps and 5 small steps (see [[2L 5s]]).