Keemun extensions

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Keemun has various competing extensions to the 11- and 13-limit. The following temperaments are discussed in this article:

  • Tridecimal keemun (15 & 19) – tempering out 49/48, 56/55, 91/90, 100/99;
  • Kimah (15f & 19) – tempering out 49/48, 56/55, 65/64, 100/99;
  • Kumbaya (15 & 19f) – tempering out 40/39, 49/48, 56/55, 66/65;
  • Qeema (15e & 19) – tempering out 45/44, 49/48, 78/77, 126/125;
  • Darjeeling (15 & 19e) – tempering out 49/48, 55/54, 66/65, 77/75.

See Kleismic family #Keemun, #Kimah, #Kumbaya, #Qeema, and #Darjeeling for technical data.

Interval chain

# Approximate ratios
Cents* 7-limit 13-limit extensions
Keemun
(15 & 19)
Kimah
(4 & 19)
Kumbaya
(4 & 15)
0 0.0 1/1
1 316.8 6/5 13/11, 16/13
2 633.7 10/7 13/9, 16/11 16/11 16/11
3 950.5 7/4, 12/7 26/15 22/13
4 67.3 21/20, 25/24, 36/35 33/32, 33/32, 14/13, 33/32
5 384.1 5/4 14/11 14/11, 16/13 14/11
6 701.0 3/2 20/13
7 1017.8 9/5 20/11 20/11 20/11, 24/13
8 134.6 15/14 12/11, 13/12 12/11, 14/13 12/11
9 451.5 9/7, 21/16 13/10
10 768.3 25/16 20/13
11 1085.1 15/8 13/7 24/13
12 202.0 9/8 15/13
13 518.8 15/11 15/11 15/11, 18/13
14 835.6 13/8, 18/11 18/11, 21/13 18/11
15 1152.4 27/14 25/13
16 269.3 13/11 15/13
17 586.1 45/32 18/13
18 902.9 27/16
19 19.8 81/80

* In 7-limit CWE tuning, octave reduced