Buzzard

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Buzzard is the temperament tempering out 1728/1715 and 5120/5103 in the 7-limit, and extends to the 13-limit by tempering out 176/175, 351/350, 540/539, and 676/675.

Buzzard was named by Herman Miller in 2004[1].

See Vulture family #Buzzard for technical data.

Interval chain

In the following table, odd harmonics and subharmonics 1–21 are in bold.

# Cents* Approximate ratios
13-limit 19-limit extension
0 0.00 1/1
1 475.68 21/16
2 951.35 26/15 19/11
3 227.03 8/7
4 702.70 3/2
5 1178.38 63/32, 160/81
6 454.06 13/10
7 929.73 12/7
8 205.41 9/8
9 681.08 40/27
10 1156.76 35/18, 39/20, 96/49
11 432.44 9/7
12 908.11 22/13, 27/16
13 183.79 10/9
14 659.46 35/24 19/13
15 1135.14 27/14
16 410.82 33/26 19/15
17 886.49 5/3
18 162.17 11/10
19 637.84 13/9
20 1113.52 40/21 19/10
21 389.20 5/4
22 864.87 33/20 28/17
23 140.55 13/12
24 616.22 10/7
25 1091.90 15/8 32/17
26 367.58 26/21 21/17
27 843.25 13/8
28 118.93 15/14

* In 13-limit CWE tuning

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