Deneb

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Deneb is a tritave-repeating rank-2 temperament that tempers out the comma 6655/6561 in the 3.5.11 subgroup, the amount by which 4 11/9's exceed 11/5. Having a generator of ~11/9, it possesses MOS scales of the families 1L 4s3/1, 5L 1s3/1, 6L 5s3/1, and 11L 6s3/1. Good tunings for this temperament are 11edt, 17edt, 28edt, 39edt, and 45edt.

Interval chain (POTE tuning)

Generators up Cents Generators down Cents
0 0.00 0 0.00
1 340.24 1 1561.72
2 680.48 2 1221.48
3 1020.72 3 881.24
4 1360.96 4 541.00
5 1701.20 5 200.76
6 139.48 6 1762.48
7 479.72 7 1422.24
8 819.96 8 1082.00
9 1160.20 9 741.76

Harmony

Deneb does not have sevens and as such the most simple approach to no-twos harmony (using the chord 3:5:7) does not work. Due to its approximation of 11/9 and 11/5, the otonal chord 5:9:11 and its utonal inversion 45:55:99 is well-represented. The utonal chord in particular sounds surprisingly consonant for a no-twos chord, while the otonal chord sounds more strained but still somewhat consonant.

Temperament data

For formal temperament data, see No-twos subgroup temperaments#Deneb.