Jove

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Jove is a rank-3 temperament that tempers out the breedsma, 2401/2400, in the 7-limit, the rastma, 243/242, the werckisma, 441/440, and the swetisma, 540/539, in the 11-limit.

Jove
Subgroups 2.3.5.7.11
Comma basis 243/242, 441/440 (11-limit)
Reduced mapping ⟨1; 2 1 1 5; 0 2 1 0]
ET join 31 & 41 & 58
Generators (CWE) ~11/9 = 350.5 ¢, ~10/7 = 617.9 ¢
MOS scales n/a
Ploidacot n/a
Pergen (P8, P5/2, c^^M7/4)
Color name Bizozoguti
Minimax error 9-odd-limit: 0.18 ¢;
11-limit 21-odd-limit: 2.86 ¢
Target scale size 9-odd-limit: ? notes;
11-limit 21-odd-limit: ? notes

See Breed family #Jove for more technical data.

Interval lattice

Chords and harmony

Jove enables essentially tempered chords of rastmic, werckismic, swetismic, and jove.

Scales

See Jove scales.

Tunings

Tuning spectrum

This table assumes the jovis mapping with pure 2 and 11.

Eigenmonzo
(Unchanged-interval)
Major third (¢) Comments
9/7 381.677
10/9 383.458 11-odd-limit minimax
7/6 384.533
6/5 384.886
7/5 385.239
18/13 385.649 13- and 15-odd-limit jovis minimax
15/13 386.157
13/12 386.220
5/4 386.314
14/13 386.642
16/13 386.791
13/10 387.109
8/7 387.388
16/15 387.742
15/14 388.095

Music

Chris Vaisvil