Dyadic chord/Pattern of essentially tempered chords
This page discusses some common patterns of essentially tempered chords for a given comma and an odd limit.
Pattern 1
Pattern 1 turns up for commas of the form (n12n2)/(d12d2) up to octave equivalence. It contains a palindromic triad and an inversely related pair of triads, two palindromic tetrads and two inversely related pairs of tetrads, and an inversely related pair of pentads, for a total of 11 distinct chord structures.
Pattern 1 has two subpatterns, 1a and 1b, both of whose basic palindromic triads are of the same form, but their basic inversely related pair of triads and final pentad extensions differ. Examples of pattern 1a chords are sensamagic chords (9-odd-limit), cuthbert chords (13-odd-limit) and aureusmic chords (19-odd-limit). Examples of pattern 1b chords are marvel chords (9-odd-limit), lambeth chords (13-odd-limit) and sextantonismic chords (17-odd-limit).
The palindromic triad is
- 1-d1/n1-n2/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n1-d2/n2.
Pattern 1a
For pattern 1a, the inversely related pair of triads is
- 1-n1/d2-d1/n1 with steps of n1/d2-n2/d1-n1/d1, and its inverse
- 1-n2/d1-d1/n1 with steps of n2/d1-n1/d2-n1/d1.
The palindromic tetrads are
- 1-n1/d2-d1/n1-d1/d2 with steps of n1/d2-n2/d1-n1/d2-d2/d1;
- 1-n2/d1-d1/n1-n2/n1 with steps of n2/d1-n1/d2-n2/d1-n1/n2.
The inversely related pairs of tetrads are
- 1-d1/n1-d1/d2-n2/d2 with steps of d1/n1-n1/d2-n2/d1-d2/n2, and its inverse
- 1-n2/d1-d1/n1-n2/d2 with steps of n2/d1-n1/d2-d1/n1-d2/n2;
- 1-d1/n1-n2/n1-n2/d2 with steps of d1/n1-n2/d1-n1/d2-d2/n2, and its inverse
- 1-n1/d2-d1/n1-n2/d2 with steps of n1/d2-n2/d1-d1/n1-d2/n2.
The inversely related pair of pentads is
- 1-n1/d2-d1/n1-d1/d2-n2/d2 with steps of n1/d2-n2/d1-n1/d2-n2/d1-d2/n2, and its inverse
- 1-n2/d1-d1/n1-n2/n1-n2/d2 with steps of n2/d1-n1/d2-n2/d1-n1/d2-d2/n2.
Pattern 1b
For pattern 1b, the inversely related pair of triads are
- 1-d1/n1-n1/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n2-d2/n1, and its inverse
- 1-d1/n2-n1/d2 with steps of d1/n2-d1/n1-d2/n1.
The palindromic tetrads are
- 1-d1/n2-d1/n1-n1/d2 with steps of d1/n2-n2/n1-d1/n2-d2/n1 (or 1-d1/n1-d1/n2-n1/d2 with steps of d1/n1-n1/n2-d1/n1-d2/n1);
- 1-d1/n1-n1/d2-d1/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n2-d1/n1-d2/d1 (or 1-d1/d2-d1/n1-n1/d2 with steps of d1/d2-d2/n1-d1/n2-d2/n1).
The inversely related pairs of tetrads are
- 1-d1/n1-n1/d2-n2/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n2-n2/n1-d2/n2 (or 1-d1/n1-n2/d2-n1/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n1-n1/n2-d2/n1), and its inverse
- 1-n2/n1-d1/n1-n2/d2 with steps of n2/n1-d1/n2-d1/n1-d2/n2 (or 1-n1/n2-d1/n2-n1/d2 with steps of n1/n2-d1/n1-d1/n1-d2/n1);
- 1-d1/n1-n2/d2-d1/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n1-d1/n2-d2/d1 (or 1-d1/d2-d1/n1-n2/d2 with steps of d1/d2-d2/n1-d1/n1-d2/n2), and its inverse
- 1-d1/n1-n2/d2-n1/d1 with steps of d1/n1-d1/n1-d2/d1-d1/n2 (or 1-d1/n1-n2/d1-n2/d2 with steps of d1/n1-d2/n1-d1/d2-d2/n2).
The inversely related pair of pentads is either one of the following:
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Pattern 2
Pattern 2 turns up for commas of the form (n1n2n3)/(d12d2), or (n12n2)/(d1d2d3) up to octave equivalence. It contains three inversely related pairs of triads, three palindromic tetrads and six inversely related pairs of tetrads, and three inversely related pairs of pentads, for a total of 27 distinct chord structures.
Notable examples of this pattern are keenanismic chords (11-odd-limit), werckismic chords (11-odd-limit) and swetismic chords (11-odd-limit).
Pattern 3
Pattern 3 turns up for commas of the form (n1n2n3)/(d1d2d3) up to octave equivalence. It contains six inversely related pairs of triads, eighteen inversely related pairs of tetrads, and nine inversely related pairs of pentads, for a total of 66 distinct chord structures.
Notable examples of this pattern are neosatanismic chords (19-odd-limit), ibnsinmic chords (21-odd-limit) and neogrendelismic chords (21-odd-limit).