Octacot (temperament)

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Octacot, 2.3.5.7{27 & 41}, is a 7-limit rank-2 temperament that splits 3/2 into 8 equal parts, each representing 21/20. It is the most important weak extension of Tetracot.

Interval chain

In the following table, odd harmonics and subharmonics 1–21 are in bold.

# Cents* Approximate ratios
0 0.0 1/1
1 87.7 21/20
2 175.5 10/9
3 263.2 7/6
4 351.0 49/40
5 438.7 9/7
6 526.5 27/20
7 614.2 10/7
8 702.0 3/2
9 789.7 63/40
10 877.4 5/3
11 965.2 7/4
12 1052.9
13 1140.7 27/14
14 28.4 81/80
15 116.2 15/14
16 203.9 9/8
17 291.7
18 379.4 5/4
19 467.1 21/16
20 554.9

* in exact-3/2 tuning


View • Talk • EditEqual temperaments
EDOs
Macrotonal 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11
12-23 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23
24-35 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 29 • 31 • 32 • 34 • 35
36-47 36 • 37 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47
48-59 48 • 50 • 51 • 53 • 54 • 56 • 57 • 58
60-71 60 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 67 • 68 • 70
72-83 72 • 77 • 80 • 81
84-95 84 • 87 • 89 • 90 • 93 • 94
Large EDOs 99 • 104 • 106 • 111 • 118 • 130 • 140 • 152 • 159 • 171 • 217 • 224 • 239 • 270 • 306 • 311 • 612 • 665
Nonoctave equal temperaments
Tritave 4 • 9 • 13 • 17 • 26 • 39
Fifth 8 • 9 • 11 • 20
Other



View • Talk • EditRegular temperaments
Rank-2
Acot Blackwood (1/5-octave) • Whitewood (1/7-octave) • Compton (1/12-octave)
Monocot Meantone • Schismic • Gentle-fifth temperaments • Archy
Complexity 2 Diaschismic (diploid monocot) • Pajara (diploid monocot) • Injera (diploid monocot) • Rastmatic (dicot) • Mohajira (dicot) • Intertridecimal (dicot) • Interseptimal (alpha-dicot)
Complexity 3 Augmented (triploid) • Misty (triploid) • Slendric (tricot) • Porcupine (omega-tricot)
Complexity 4 Diminished (tetraploid) • Tetracot (tetracot) • Buzzard (alpha-tetracot) • Squares (beta-tetracot) • Negri (omega-tetracot)
Complexity 5-6 Magic (alpha-pentacot) • Amity (gamma-pentacot) • Kleismic (alpha-hexacot) • Miracle (hexacot)
Higher complexity Orwell (alpha-heptacot) • Sensi (beta-heptacot) • Octacot (octacot) • Wurschmidt (beta-octacot) • Valentine (enneacot) • Ammonite (delta-enneacot) • Myna (beta-decacot) • Ennealimmal (enneaploid dicot)
Straddle-3 A-Team (alter-tricot) • Machine (alter-monocot)
No-3 Mabilic (alpha-triseph) • Orgone (trimech) • Didacus (diseph) • Sidewalk (epsilon-heptaseph)
No-octaves Sensamagic (monogem)
Exotemperaments Dicot • Mavila • Father
Higher-rank
Rank-3 Aberschismic • Marvel • Parapyth • Pentagoth
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