Dicot
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- "Dicot" redirects here. For the ploidacot signature, see Ploidacot/Dicot.
Dicot is an exotemperament that tempers out 25/24. It is also the first fully prototypical dicot temperament. It tempers 6/5 and 5/4 into the same neutral third interval, which, when the fifth is tuned pure, is sqrt(3/2). It is useful to represent the structure of 5-limit harmonies without fully representing them in its greater accuracy.
It can be extended by tempering out 15/14 and 36/35 in the 7-limit, though this could turn the 3L 4s mos into a 4L 3s mos. This makes 7/6 and 9/7 equated to the neutral third, viewing 6:7:9 as a tertian chord.
Another notable extension of dicot is decimal, which splits the octave in two for 7/5~10/7 by tempering out 50/49, and equates 7/6 and 8/7 to the tritone complement of 5/4~6/5, neutralizing the 6:7:8 chord as well. This represents the structure of 7-limit harmonies in a way that is not based on tertian harmony and a heptatonic system, but rather a decatonic one. A more accurate system based on 10 interval classes that does not neutralize these chords is pajara. An even more accurate one is miracle, though its structure is more complex than that of pajara.
For technical data, see Dicot family #Dicot.
Interval chain
In the following table, odd harmonics 1–9 are labeled in bold.
| # | Cents* | Approximate ratios |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.0 | 1/1 |
| 1 | 351.1 | 5/4, 6/5 |
| 2 | 702.2 | 3/2 |
| 3 | 1053.3 | 9/5, 15/8 |
| 4 | 204.3 | 9/8 |
* In 5-limit CWE tuning