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A '''trivial temperament''' is something that fits the mathematical definition of "regular temperament", but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a "[[temperament]]". There are two kinds of trivial temperaments - [[JI]], in which nothing is tempered, and ''' | A '''trivial temperament''' is something that fits the mathematical definition of "regular temperament", but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a "[[temperament]]". There are two kinds of trivial temperaments - [[JI]], in which nothing is tempered, and '''Om''' temperament, in which everything is tempered. | ||
Just intonation is a codimension-0 "temperament", which means nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is the set {1/1}, but that's still a set, so JI is still a regular temperament. There is an infinite family of these "temperaments", one for each subgroup of JI. The [[2-limit]] version is the equal temperament [[1edo]]. The [[3-limit]] version is the rank-2 temperament [[pythagorean]], which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers no commas. The [[5-limit]] version is rank-3, and so on. The mapping for this temperament is an nxn identity matrix, with wedgies of <1|, <<1||, <<<1|||... . | Just intonation is a codimension-0 "temperament", which means nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is the set {1/1}, but that's still a set, so JI is still a regular temperament. There is an infinite family of these "temperaments", one for each subgroup of JI. The [[2-limit]] version is the equal temperament [[1edo]]. The [[3-limit]] version is the rank-2 temperament [[pythagorean]], which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers no commas. The [[5-limit]] version is rank-3, and so on. The mapping for this temperament is an nxn identity matrix, with wedgies of <1|, <<1||, <<<1|||... . | ||
''' | '''Om''' temperament is the rank-0 temperament, in which every interval is a comma. Thus all notes are represented by the same note. This is different from 1edo because not even octaves exist; it could be described as [[0edo]]. The mapping for this is the 0-val, <0 0 ... 0|. | ||
[[Category:Temperament]] | [[Category:Temperament]] | ||
[[Category:Theory]] | [[Category:Theory]] |
Revision as of 22:54, 9 January 2022
A trivial temperament is something that fits the mathematical definition of "regular temperament", but is a unique, extreme case that people might be uncomfortable calling a "temperament". There are two kinds of trivial temperaments - JI, in which nothing is tempered, and Om temperament, in which everything is tempered.
Just intonation is a codimension-0 "temperament", which means nothing is tempered. The set of commas that are tempered out is the set {1/1}, but that's still a set, so JI is still a regular temperament. There is an infinite family of these "temperaments", one for each subgroup of JI. The 2-limit version is the equal temperament 1edo. The 3-limit version is the rank-2 temperament pythagorean, which has all the properties of any other rank-2 temperament except that it tempers no commas. The 5-limit version is rank-3, and so on. The mapping for this temperament is an nxn identity matrix, with wedgies of <1|, <<1||, <<<1|||... .
Om temperament is the rank-0 temperament, in which every interval is a comma. Thus all notes are represented by the same note. This is different from 1edo because not even octaves exist; it could be described as 0edo. The mapping for this is the 0-val, <0 0 ... 0|.