Archytas family

The archytas family of temperaments tempers out 64/63, and thereby identifies the otonal tetrad with the dominant seventh chord, which is familiar from 12edo and also a feature of 22edo and 27edo.

Archytas

Comma list: 64/63

Mapping: [⟨1 0 0 6], ⟨0 1 0 -2], ⟨0 0 1 0]]

Mapping generators: 2, 3, 5

Map to lattice: [⟨0 1 0 -2], ⟨0 0 1 0]]

Lattice basis:

3/2 length = 1.0508, 5/4 length = 2.3219

Angle (3/2, 5/4) = 90 degrees

Minimax tuning:

• 7-odd-limit

[[1 0 0 0⟩, [2 1/3 0 -1/3⟩, [2 -2/3 1 -1/3⟩, [2 -2/3 0 2/3⟩]

Eigenmonzos: 2, 6/5, 7/5

• 9-odd-limit

[[1 0 0 0⟩, [3/2 1/2 0 -1/4⟩, [3/2 -1/2 1 -1/4⟩, [3 -1 0 1/2⟩]

Eigenmonzos: 2, 6/5, 9/7

Scales: archytas12, archytas12synch

Music

Chris Vaisvil

• 12 archytas hobbits with ale

Joel Taylor

• Portrait of a Tragedy (Death of a Son) - Archytas12 sync Study 3

Ares

Comma list: 64/63, 100/99

Mapping: [⟨1 0 0 6 2], ⟨0 1 0 -2 -2], ⟨0 0 1 0 2]]

Mapping generators: 2, 3, 5

Map to lattice: [⟨0 1 1 -2 0], ⟨0 0 -1 0 -2]]

Lattice basis:

3/2 0.9878, 6/5 1.4312

Angle (3/2, 6/5) = 75.0475 degrees

Minimax tuning:

• 11-odd-limit

[[1 0 0 0 0⟩, [3/2 1/2 0 -1/4 0⟩, [2 0 0 -1/2 1/2⟩, [3 -1 0 1/2 0⟩, [3 -1 0 -1/2 1⟩]

Eigenmonzos: 2, 11/9, 9/7

Badness: 0.000469

Scales: ares12

Vulcan

Comma list: 56/55, 64/63

Mapping: [⟨1 0 0 6 9], ⟨0 1 0 -2 -2], ⟨0 0 1 0 -1]]

Mapping generators: 2, 3, 5

Badness: 0.000577