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| rowspan="4" | Mabilic || Mabilic || 2.5.7 || alpha-triseph  
| rowspan="4" | Mabilic || Mabilic || 2.5.7 || alpha-triseph<sup>[a]</sup>
|7, 9|| antidiatonic, armotonic, 9L 7s  
|7, 9|| antidiatonic, armotonic, 9L 7s  
|Basic antidiatonic temperament with no 3.|| mabilisma  
|Basic antidiatonic temperament with no 3.|| mabilisma  
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|15, 26
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| rowspan="3" |Sensamagic
|Sensamagic
|3.5.7
|monogem<sup>[c]</sup>
|b4, b9<sup>[d]</sup>
|lambda
|Basic tritave temperament that stacks 9/7 twice to reach 5/3. Generates the Lambda scale, or can be used with octaves as sensamagic.2.
|245/243
|435-440c
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|Sensi
|2.3.5.7
|beta-heptacot
|19, 27
|3L 2s, checkertonic
|Very sharp extension of sensamagic, which finds the octave at 125/63.
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|440-445c
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|Hedgehog
|2.3.5.7
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|Porcupine extension of sensamagic, which finds the octave at 49/25 (and consequently maps 7/5 to the semioctave).
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[a] seph = divisions of 5/4
[b] mech = divisions of 7/4
[c] gem = divisions of 7/3 in a perfect twelfth (tritave) equivalent context
[d] A "b" prefixed to an equal temperament indicates the equal division of 3/1.
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Revision as of 08:39, 20 December 2025

Main article: Regular temperament

Rank-2

Rank-2 Temperaments
Family Name Subgroup Ploidacot ETs Usual Scale Type Description Commas Generator size
Syntonic Meantone 2.3.5 monocot 7, 12 softer diatonic, m-chromatic Common historical temperament for 5-limit diatonic harmony. 81/80 692-697c
Septimal Meantone 2.3.5.7 monocot 19, 31 softer diatonic, m-chromatic Natural extension of the above to 2...7. 81/80, 225/224 695-697c
Flattone 2.3.5.7 monocot 19, 26 softer diatonic, m-chromatic Less accurate extension, more melodic intuition, easily extends to higher limits. 7-form version of meantone. 525/512, 81/80 692-694c
Archy Archy 2.3.7 monocot 5, 22 soft pentic, harder diatonic, p-chromatic 2.3.7 counterpart of meantone, which sharpens the fifth. 64/63 709-720c
Superpyth 2.3.5.7 monocot 22, 27 soft pentic, harder diatonic, p-chromatic Extension of the above to 2...7, favoring flatter tunings. 64/63, 245/243 709-711c
Mabilic Mabilic 2.5.7 alpha-triseph[a] 7, 9 antidiatonic, armotonic, 9L 7s Basic antidiatonic temperament with no 3. mabilisma 668-680c
Trismegistus 2.3.5.7 alpha-triseph 16, 25 antidiatonic, armotonic, 9L 7s High-accuracy but high complexity extension of prime 3. gamelisma, magisma 672-675c
Semabila 2.3.5.7 alpha-triseph 9, 25 antidiatonic, armotonic, 9L 7s Combination of mabilic and semaphore. 49/48, 28672/28125 668-672c
Mavila 2.3.5.7 monocot 7, 9 antidiatonic, armotonic, 7L 9s Exotemperament serving as an antidiatonic analog of meantone. 36/35, 135/128 675-680c
Porcupine Porcupine 2.3.5.11 omega-tricot 15, 22 onyx, pine Moderate-accuracy 2.3.5.11 temperament with a ~160c generator and a heptatonic MOS. 250/243, 100/99 161-166c
Septimal Porcupine 2.3.5.7.11 omega-tricot 15, 22 onyx, pine Extension of the above to the full 11-limit. 250/243, 100/99, 64/63 161-163c
Gamelic Slendric, Wonder 2.3.7 tricot 5, 31 1L 4s, machinoid, 5L 6s Splits the fifth in 3 parts, each of which is 8/7. Little relation to actual Slendro tuning. Contains a pentatonic similar to porcupine's heptatonic. gamelisma 231-234c
Mothra 2.3.5.7 tricot 26, 31 1L 4s, machinoid, 5L 6s Meantone extension of the above. 81/80, gamelisma 231c
Rodan 2.3.5.7 tricot 41, 46 1L 4s, machinoid, 5L 6s More accurate extension of the above. 245/243, gamelisma 234c
Miracle 2.3.5.7.11 hexacot 31, 41 antisinatonic, 10L 1s Generated by a 15/14~16/15 semitone, two of which reach a slendric 8/7. 225/224, 243/242, gamelisma 117c
Valentine 2.3.5.7 enneacot 15, 16 15L 1s, Carlos Alpha Scale with small steps strongly associated with Carlos Alpha. 126/125, gamelisma 78c
Diaschismic Diaschismic 2.3.5.17 diploid monocot 12, 34 jaric, 10L 2s Temperament characterized by a perfect semioctave and a sharpened fifth or semitone generator. Two generators down reaches 5/4. diaschisma 100-111c
Septimal Diaschismic 2.3.5.7.17 diploid monocot 12, 34 jaric, 10L 2s Rather complex 7-limit extension of the above. diaschisma, 126/125 103-104c
Pajara 2.3.5.7.17 diploid monocot 12, 22 jaric, 10L 2s Jubilic archytas diaschismic temperament. Contains jubilic chord structure and is strongly associated with 22edo. diaschisma, 50/49 109-111c
Orgonismic Orgone, Orgonic 2.7.11 trimech[b] 15, 26 4L7s A high-accuracy rank-2 temperament generated by a tempered 77/64. 65536/65219 320-325c
Schismic Schismic 2.3.5 monocot 41, 53 harder diatonic, p-chromatic 5-limit interpretation of Pythagorean tuning, best tuned when the fifth is flattened by a fraction of a cent. schisma 701-702c
Garibaldi 2.3.5.7 monocot 41, 53 harder diatonic, p-chromatic 7-limit interpretation of Pythagorean tuning. Despite being an extension of the above, it is most accurate when the fifth is tuned slightly sharp. schisma, 225/224 702-703c
Magic Magic 2.3.5 alpha-pentacot 19, 22 mosh, sephiroid Stacks five flattened major thirds to form a perfect twelfth. magisma 378-382c
Rastmic Rastmic 2.3.11 dicot 7, 10 mosh, dicoid Maps 11/9 and its fifth complement to a perfect neutral third. 243/242 345-355c
Mohajira 2.3.5.11 dicot 24, 31 mosh, dicoid Meantone extension of the above. 243/242, 81/80 347-350c
Interclassical Interclassical, Dicot 2.3.5 dicot 7, 10 mosh, dicoid 5-limit exotemperament equating 5/4 and 6/5 to the same interval. 25/24 670-680c, 720-730c
Father Father 2.3 monocot 3, 5 antipentic Extremely inaccurate exotemperament which equates 5/4 with 4/3. 16/15 720-800c
Interseptimal Interseptimal, Semaphore 2.3.7 alpha-dicot 5, 19 4L 1s, semiquartal Equipentatonic, inaccurate 7-limit temperament. 49/48 240-250c
Tetracot [rename] Tetracot [rename] 2.3.5.11 tetracot 175-180c
Hemithirds Didacus 2.5.7.11 diseph 25, 31 archeotonic, 6L7s Has a "meantone" generator (tempered 28/25); essentially a restriction of Septimal Meantone to 2.9.5.7. 3136/3125, 176/175 192c
Sensamagic Sensamagic 3.5.7 monogem[c] b4, b9[d] lambda Basic tritave temperament that stacks 9/7 twice to reach 5/3. Generates the Lambda scale, or can be used with octaves as sensamagic.2. 245/243 435-440c
Sensi 2.3.5.7 beta-heptacot 19, 27 3L 2s, checkertonic Very sharp extension of sensamagic, which finds the octave at 125/63. 440-445c
Hedgehog 2.3.5.7 Porcupine extension of sensamagic, which finds the octave at 49/25 (and consequently maps 7/5 to the semioctave). ~435c

[a] seph = divisions of 5/4

[b] mech = divisions of 7/4

[c] gem = divisions of 7/3 in a perfect twelfth (tritave) equivalent context

[d] A "b" prefixed to an equal temperament indicates the equal division of 3/1.

Rank-3

Name Comma Subgroup ETs Description Generators
Marvel
Hemifamity / Argentismic