Arcturus

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Arcturus is a no-twos temperament which tempers out the comma 15625/15309. Having an ~5:3 as a generator, this temperament is the application of the Pythagorean principle of tuning a stack of the next higher prime number and then factoring out powers of the equivalence to tritave composition. However, a heptatonic MOS (2L 5s) will not suffice to produce an understandable rendition of it because a very close ~5:3 generates a L:s ratio between 4:1 and 5:1, which is beginning to get too lopsided to still be a complete presentation of a temperament.

Chords

Arcturus contains the triad 5:7:9 (used in Bohlen-Pierce harmony) and the triad 27:35:45 which divides 5/3 into two nearly-equal parts.

Tuning spectrum

Below is a list of MOS families which present it completely (however smearily) using a generator of 845.3 to 951.0 cents:

Mini chromatic

Anti-chromatic

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Scale tree and tuning spectrum of 11L 2s
Generator(edo) Cents Step ratio Comments
Bright Dark L:s Hardness
7\13 646.154 553.846 1:1 1.000 Equalized 11L 2s
48\89 647.191 552.809 7:6 1.167
41\76 647.368 552.632 6:5 1.200
75\139 647.482 552.518 11:9 1.222
34\63 647.619 552.381 5:4 1.250
95\176 647.727 552.273 14:11 1.273
61\113 647.788 552.212 9:7 1.286
88\163 647.853 552.147 13:10 1.300
27\50 648.000 552.000 4:3 1.333 Supersoft 11L 2s
101\187 648.128 551.872 15:11 1.364
74\137 648.175 551.825 11:8 1.375
121\224 648.214 551.786 18:13 1.385
47\87 648.276 551.724 7:5 1.400
114\211 648.341 551.659 17:12 1.417
67\124 648.387 551.613 10:7 1.429
87\161 648.447 551.553 13:9 1.444
20\37 648.649 551.351 3:2 1.500 Soft 11L 2s
93\172 648.837 551.163 14:9 1.556
73\135 648.889 551.111 11:7 1.571
126\233 648.927 551.073 19:12 1.583
53\98 648.980 551.020 8:5 1.600
139\257 649.027 550.973 21:13 1.615
86\159 649.057 550.943 13:8 1.625
119\220 649.091 550.909 18:11 1.636
33\61 649.180 550.820 5:3 1.667 Semisoft 11L 2s
112\207 649.275 550.725 17:10 1.700
79\146 649.315 550.685 12:7 1.714
125\231 649.351 550.649 19:11 1.727
46\85 649.412 550.588 7:4 1.750
105\194 649.485 550.515 16:9 1.778
59\109 649.541 550.459 9:5 1.800
72\133 649.624 550.376 11:6 1.833
13\24 650.000 550.000 2:1 2.000 Basic 11L 2s
Scales with tunings softer than this are proper
71\131 650.382 549.618 11:5 2.200
58\107 650.467 549.533 9:4 2.250
103\190 650.526 549.474 16:7 2.286
45\83 650.602 549.398 7:3 2.333
122\225 650.667 549.333 19:8 2.375
77\142 650.704 549.296 12:5 2.400
109\201 650.746 549.254 17:7 2.429
32\59 650.847 549.153 5:2 2.500 Semihard 11L 2s
115\212 650.943 549.057 18:7 2.571
83\153 650.980 549.020 13:5 2.600
134\247 651.012 548.988 21:8 2.625
51\94 651.064 548.936 8:3 2.667
121\223 651.121 548.879 19:7 2.714
70\129 651.163 548.837 11:4 2.750
89\164 651.220 548.780 14:5 2.800
19\35 651.429 548.571 3:1 3.000 Hard 11L 2s
82\151 651.656 548.344 13:4 3.250
63\116 651.724 548.276 10:3 3.333
107\197 651.777 548.223 17:5 3.400
44\81 651.852 548.148 7:2 3.500
113\208 651.923 548.077 18:5 3.600
69\127 651.969 548.031 11:3 3.667
94\173 652.023 547.977 15:4 3.750
25\46 652.174 547.826 4:1 4.000 Superhard 11L 2s
81\149 652.349 547.651 13:3 4.333
56\103 652.427 547.573 9:2 4.500
87\160 652.500 547.500 14:3 4.667
31\57 652.632 547.368 5:1 5.000
68\125 652.800 547.200 11:2 5.500
37\68 652.941 547.059 6:1 6.000
43\79 653.165 546.835 7:1 7.000
6\11 654.545 545.455 1:0 → ∞ Collapsed 11L 2s

Mini enharmonic

Enharmonic

Anti-enharmonic