Intergan

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Intergan is a set of temperaments related to 24edo semiquartal. The term is short for "interseptimal Ganassi, after 12edo's 2.3.17.19 Ganassi temperament. It seeks to cover all of the notable concordances generated by a meantone-range semifourth.

  • The most basic version is 2.3.11.13/5.17.19 5&24. 22/17 is equated to 13/10 and 22/19 is equated to 15/13. It contains the 16:19:22 sub-diminished triad.
  • Tempering out 81/80 is somewhat obvious, resulting in 2.3.5.11.13.17.19 5&24.
  • Primes 31 and 37 are also obvious to add, equating 37/32 to 22/19 and 37/31 to 19/16, resulting in 2.3.5.11.13.17.19.31.37 5&24. The 2.31.37 restriction is highly accurate in 43edo.
  • Primes 7, 23, and 29 are all more difficult to map due to their complexity.

Like other important temperaments by User:Ground, it may be understood as a relatively low-complexity rank-3 for greater flexibility. 81/80 is an obvious comma to temper out as seen in the standard rank-2 version, but leaving it in creates a significant amount of generator complexity. With this in mind, rank-3 Intergan is constructed as 2.3.5.11.13.17.19.31.37 5&9&24 with the following comma list:

  • 4/3/(15/13)^2 = 676/675
  • 22/19/(15/13) = 286/285
  • 13/10/(22/17) = 221/220
  • 16/15/(17/16) = 256/255
  • 37/32/(15/13) = 481/480
  • 37/31/(19/16) = 592/589

It seems obvious to add (22/17)^2/(5/3) = 1452/1445, but that's equivalent to adding 81/80, as is 5/4/(19/17)^2 = 1445/1444.

Rank-3 Intergan, 2.3.5.11.13.17.19.31.37 5&9&24 CE tuning; defining primes highlighted, along with the two most likely mappings of 7, 23, and 29
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-5 482 877 71 466 860 55 449 844 38 433 827
-4 231 626 1020 215 609 1004 198 593 987 182 576
-3 1180 375 769 1164 358 753 1147 342 736 1131 325
-2 929 124 518 913 107 502 896 91 485 880 75
-1 678 1073 267 662 1056 251 645 1040 235 629 1024
0 427 822 16 411 805 0 395 789 1184 378 773
1 176 571 965 160 555 949 144 538 933 127 522
2 1125 320 715 1109 304 698 1093 287 682 1076 271
3 875 69 464 858 53 447 842 36 431 825 20
4 624 1018 213 607 1002 196 591 985 180 574 969
5 373 767 1162 356 751 1145 340 734 1129 323 718

Being so close to 24edo means that 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, and 1/8-octave temperaments are all available. 12edo's accuracy provides many ways to temper 2.3.17.19, but this requires more effort to produce a temperament that isn't virtually 12edo. Intergan's interseptimals are one option. The rank-3 temperament should be attached to one of numerous often multi-period temperaments in this subgroup.

  • Third-octave: 121172^-11 = 2057/2048 and (27/17)^3/4 = 19683/19652.
  • Quarter-octave: add (19/16)^4/2=130321/131072

The different versions of Intergan may be defined by the sheer number of intervals it maps to the ~19/16 interval: 19/16, 25/21, 31/26, 32/27, 37/31, 44/37, and the otonal semifourth stack 26:31:37:44.