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==Equal divisions of length==

For an intervallic system with n divisions, [https://sites.google.com/site/240edo/equaldivisionsoflength%28edl%29 EDL] is considered as equal divisions of length by dividing string length to '''n''' equal divisions (so, we have '''n/2''' divisions per octave).  If the first division is '''L1''' and the last, '''Ln''', we have:

:: L1 = L2 = L3 = ... = Ln

So sum of the divisions is '''L''' or the string length.  Note that the number of divisions in octave is half of the string length.  By dividing string length of '''L''' to '''n''' division we have:

:: n : n-1 : n-2 : n-3 : ... : n-m : ... : n-n

where '''n-m''' is '''n/2'''.


For example, by dividing string length to 12 equal divisions we have a series as:

:: 12:11:10:9:8:7:6:5:4:3:2:1:0 or 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

which shows '''12-EDL''':

[[file:edl1.jpg]]

'''12:12''' means 12 from 12 divisions, '''12:11''' means 11 from 12 divisions and so on.  Ratios as 12:11 shows active string length for each degree, which is vibrating.  EDL system shows ascending trend of divisions sizes due to its inner structure and if compared with [[EDO]]:

[[file:Edl2.JPG]]

==Relation between Utonality and EDL system==

We can consider EDL system as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otonal Utonal system]. '''Utonality''' is a term introduced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch Harry Partch] to describe chords whose notes are the "undertones" (divisors) of a given fixed tone.

In the other hand, a utonality is a collection of pitches which can be expressed in ratios that have the same numerators.  For example, 7/4, 7/5, 7/6 form an utonality which 7 as numerator is called "[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/n/nexus.aspx Numerary nexus]".

If a string is divided into equal parts, it will produce an utonality and so we have EDL system.  EDL systems are classified as systems with unequal [http://tonalsoft.com/enc/e/epimorios.aspx epimorios] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superparticular_number Superparticular]) divisions which show descending series with ascending sizes.

==Alternate names==

In 1/1, The Journal of the Just Intonation Network, Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 1988, p.6, Michael Sloper refers to this type of scale as an "aliquot scale".

An EDL is the same as an [[IFDO]]. For example, 42-EDL is the same thing as 42ifdo.

==Further Reading==

* https://sites.google.com/site/240edo/equaldivisionsoflength(edl)
* [[Overtone scales#Introduction - Modes of the Harmonic Series]]
* [[UD|UD, or utonal division]]: An n-EDL is equivalent to a 2n-UDO (therefore EDL cannot be used to represent a UDO with an odd value for n).
* Not to be confused with [[ELD|ELD, equal length division]], another type of [[Arithmetic tunings|arithmetic tuning]].

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