Ploidacot/Omega-hexacot

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Omega-hexacot is a temperament archetype where the generator is a small semitone of about 82–84 ¢, six of which make a perfect fourth of 4/3, and the period is a 2/1 octave. Omega-hexacot temperaments also include all alpha-dicot and omega-tricot intervals. Omega-hexacot temperaments typically generate the 14L 1s and 14L 15s MOS scales.

Omega-hexacot
Pergen [P8, P4/6]
Numeral form 5-sheared 6-cot
Pure generator size 83.01 ¢
Pure period size 1200 ¢
Forms 14, 15, 29
Characteristic multival entry 6

Intervals and notation

Due to dividing the fourth into so many steps, standard notation becomes almost useless for omega-hexacot. Regardless, notation has been provided for where omega-hexacot intervals align with standard monocot intervals (which use chain-of-fifths notation).

Omega-hexacot intervals (assuming pure fifth and octave)
# Cents Notation Name
−24 407.820 E major third
−23 490.828
−22 573.835
−21 656.843
−20 739.850
−19 822.858
−18 905.865 A major sixth
−17 988.873
−16 1071.880
−15 1154.888
−14 37.895
−13 120.903
−12 203.910 D major second
−11 286.918
−10 369.925
−9 452.933
−8 535.940
−7 618.948
−6 701.955 G perfect fifth
−5 784.963
−4 867.970
−3 950.978
−2 1033.985
−1 1116.993
0 0.000 C perfect unison
1 83.007
2 166.015
3 249.022
4 332.030
5 415.037
6 498.045 F perfect fourth
7 581.052
8 664.060
9 747.067
10 830.075
11 913.082
12 996.090 Bb minor seventh
13 1079.097
14 1162.105
15 45.112
16 128.120
17 211.127
18 294.135 Eb minor third
19 377.142
20 460.150
21 543.157
22 626.165
23 709.172
24 792.180 Ab minor sixth

Temperament interpretations

An obvious interpretation for omega-hexacot is sextilifourths, where the generator is 21/20~22/21, two of which make 11/10, three make 15/13, five make 14/11, six make 4/3, seven make 7/5, nine make 20/13, eleven make 22/13, sixteen make 14/13 above an octave, 48 make tenth harmonic, 50 make eleventh harmonic, and 55 make fourteenth harmonic.