Diminished (temperament)
Diminished is a rank-2 temperament that tempers out the diminished comma, 648/625, in the 5-limit, and 36/35 and 50/49 in the 7-limit. It has a 1/4-octave period and is generated by a ~3/2 perfect fifth. The main interest in this temperament is in its mos scales, featuring tetrawood (4L 4s) when properly tuned.
See Dimipent family #Diminished for technical data.
Interval chain
In the following table, odd harmonics 1–9 are in bold.
| # | Period 0 | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cents* | Approx. Ratios | Cents* | Approx. Ratios | Cents* | Approx. Ratios | Cents* | Approx. Ratios | |
| 0 | 0.0 | 1/1 | 300.0 | 6/5, 7/6 | 600.0 | 7/5, 10/7 | 900.0 | 5/3, 12/7 |
| 1 | 92.0 | 15/14, 21/20, 25/24, 49/48 | 392.0 | 5/4, 9/7 | 692.0 | 3/2 | 992.0 | 7/4, 9/5 |
| 2 | 183.9 | 9/8 | 483.9 | 21/16 | 783.9 | 45/28, 63/40 | 1083.9 | 15/8 |
* in 7-limit CTE tuning
Scales
- Diminished12 – in 44edo tuning
See also
- Diminished, the disambiguation page