Blackcomb

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Blackcomb is a 5/3-repeating regular temperament that tempers out 250/243 in the 5-limit, the amount by which three 3/2's exceed 5/4. This implies a generator of a Blackwood-like sharp fifth which is quite "dirty" but still recognizable. It possesses MOS scales of the form 1L 3s<5/3>, 1L 4s<5/3>, making it an antidiatonic tuning, and 6L 5s<5/3>.

Interval chain (CTE tuning)

Generators up Cents
0 0.0
1 728.8
2 573.2
3 417.6
4 262.0
5 106.4
6 835.2
7 679.6
8 524.0
9 368.4
10 212.8

Chords

Blackcomb is structured on 4:5:6 triads like octave-repeating meantone temperament. However, because Blackcomb is a much less accurate temperament, the "5/4" and "3/2" are often tuned very sharp.