Limmic temperaments
- This is a list showing technical temperament data. For an explanation of what information is shown here, you may look at the technical data guide for regular temperaments.
Limmic temperaments are temperaments that temper out the Pythagorean limma, 256/243. As a consequence, 3/2 is always represented by 3\5, 720 cents assuming pure octaves. While quite sharp, this is close enough to a just fifth to serve as a fifth, and some people are fond of it.
Blackwood
Blackwood is the 5edo circle of fifths with an independent dimension for the harmonic 5. It can be described as the 5 & 10 temperament. 15edo is an obvious tuning.
The only extension to the 7-limit that makes any sense is to map the harmonic seventh to 4\5, tempering out 28/27, 49/48, and 64/63. This is known as blacksmith in earlier materials, including Graham Breed's temperament finder.
5-limit
Subgroup: 2.3.5
Comma list: 256/243
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0], ⟨0 0 1]]
- mapping generators: ~9/8, ~5
- CTE: ~9/8 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 386.314
- error map: ⟨0.000 +18.045 0.000]
- POTE: ~9/8 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 399.594
- error map: ⟨0.000 +18.045 +13.280]
Optimal ET sequence: 5, 10, 15
Badness (Smith): 0.063760
7-limit
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7
Comma list: 28/27, 49/48
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14], ⟨0 0 1 0]]
- CTE: ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 386.313
- error map: ⟨0.000 +18.045 0.000 -8.826]
- POTE: ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 392.767
- error map: ⟨0.000 +18.045 +6.454 -8.826]
Optimal ET sequence: 5, 10, 15, 40b
Badness (Smith): 0.025640
Undecimal blackwood
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11
Comma list: 28/27, 49/48, 55/54
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14 29], ⟨0 0 1 0 -1]]
Optimal tuning (POTE): ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 394.948
Optimal ET sequence: 5, 10, 15, 40be, 55be, 70bde, 85bcde
Badness (Smith): 0.024641
13-limit
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13
Comma list: 28/27, 40/39, 49/48, 55/54
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14 29 7], ⟨0 0 1 0 -1 1]]
Optimal tuning (POTE): ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 391.037
Optimal ET sequence: 5, 10, 15, 25e, 40bef
Badness (Smith): 0.020498
Farrier
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11
Comma list: 28/27, 49/48, 77/75
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14 -6], ⟨0 0 1 0 2]]
Optimal tuning (POTE): ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 398.070
Optimal ET sequence: 5e, 10e, 15
Badness (Smith): 0.029200
13-limit
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11.13
Comma list: 28/27, 40/39, 49/48, 66/65
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14 -6 7], ⟨0 0 1 0 2 1]]
Optimal tuning (POTE): ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 396.812
Optimal ET sequence: 5e, 10e, 15
Badness (Smith): 0.022325
Ferrum
Subgroup: 2.3.5.7.11
Comma list: 28/27, 35/33, 49/48
Mapping: [⟨5 8 0 14 6], ⟨0 0 1 0 1]]
Optimal tuning (POTE): ~8/7 = 240.000, ~5/4 = 374.763
Badness (Smith): 0.030883
Blackweed
Blackweed is a variant of blackwood as it tempers out 256/243 alike but in the 2.3.11/7 subgroup. 20edo is close to the optimum, which has 4\20 as the period and 420 ¢ as the generator.
Subgroup: 2.3.11/7
Comma list: [8 -5⟩ (256/243)
Sval mapping: [⟨5 8 0], ⟨0 0 1]]
- sval mapping generators: ~9/8, ~11/7
Optimal tuning (subgroup POTE): ~9/8 = 240.0000, ~11/7 = 786.2215