Polaris
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Polaris is a tritave-repeating rank-2 temperament that tempers out the comma 177147/171875 in the 3.5.11 subgroup, the amount by which 7 5/3's fall short of 15/11. It contains MOS scales of the families 2L 5s<3/1>, 2L 7s<3/1>, and 2L 9s<3/1>. The hendecatonic scale is generally the most usable of these, with the heptatonic and nonatonic scales usually being lopsided. Good tunings for Polaris are 15edt and 32edt.
Technical data: No-twos subgroup temperaments#Polaris
Interval chain (CTE tuning)
| Generators up | Cents |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | 892.6 |
| 2 | 1785.2 |
| 3 | 775.8 |
| 4 | 1668.4 |
| 5 | 659.0 |
| 6 | 1551.6 |
| 7 | 542.2 |
| 8 | 1434.8 |
| 9 | 425.4 |
| 10 | 1318.0 |
Chords
Due to equating 7 5/3's with 15/11, Polaris contains an accurate tuning of the chord 33:45:55.