University

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John Moriarty proposes the name University temperament for the temperament that tempers out 144/125. In this temperament, two 6/5s make a 5/4, and three make a 3/2. Equating 6/5 with 8/7 (which makes sense since it's already very flat in the most accurate tunings of this temperament) leads gidorah, and 6/5 with 7/6 leads penta.

The purely 5-limit University mapping, using the 21cc val, was in mind when writing the song here:

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