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'''Nonprime prime power''': {{AFDOs|4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 49, 64, 81, 121, 125, 128, 169, 243, 256, 289, 343, 361, 512, 529, 625, 729, 841, 961, 1024, 1331, 1369, 1681, 1849, 2048}}
'''Nonprime prime power''': {{AFDOs|4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 49, 64, 81, 121, 125, 128, 169, 243, 256, 289, 343, 361, 512, 529, 625, 729, 841, 961, 1024, 1331, 1369, 1681, 1849, 2048}}
== Using AFDOs to make EDO interval tables ==
To make a quick and dirty table of intervals in an edo, you can go to [[Scale Workshop]] and do the following:
# Create a new Excel spreadsheet
# Make cell A1 = 1, A2 = 2 and so on. Flood-fill down to the size of your EDO
# Make cell B1 = (1200/EDO size)*A1 and flood-fill this formula all the way down column B
# Copy-paste column B into Scale Workshop
# Modify > approximate by harmonics > an afdo selected according to the table below (or choose your own)
# Modify > reduce
# Paste the result into the third (C) column in Excel
# Insert a row at the top of the spreadsheet to use as a header row
# Title the first column "Edo step", the second column “cents” and the third column "JI ratios"
Your table is now complete!
Do note that this is not a replacement for a manually curated table of intervals, nor is it even a replacement for a more cleverly computed table of intervals such as those generated by [[Template:Interval table]] or [[Template:Huge table]]. This method is very crude compared to those.
But it is very computationally light, so it can be helpful for really, really big edos that are difficult to document any other way.
Here is the table recommending what afdo to choose (i.e. what number to put for "approximate by harmonics"). The afdos recommended are the superior highly composite numbers (OEIS A002201):
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!EDO size
!Ideal AFDO to map to
!Included denominators
!Excluded denominators
|-
| 1edo to 20edo
| [[60afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30
| 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 21edo to 40edo
| [[120afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30
| 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 41edo to 120edo
| [[360afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 30
| 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 121edo to 840edo
| [[2520afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30
| 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 841edo to 1680edo
| [[5040afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30
| 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 1681edo to 18480edo
| [[55440afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 30
| 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 18481edo to 240240edo
| [[720720afdo]]
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30
| 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32
|-
| 240241edo to 480480edo
| 1441440afdo
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32
| 17, 19, 23, 29, 31
|-
| 480480edo to 1,441,440edo
| 4324320afdo
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32
| 17, 19, 23, 29, 31
|-
| 1,441,441edo to 7,207,200edo
| 21621600afdo
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32
| 17, 19, 23, 29, 31
|-
| 7,207,201edo to 122,522,400edo
| 367567200afdo
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32
| 19, 23, 29, 31
|-
| 122,522,401edo to 2,327,925,600edo
| 6983776800afdo
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32
| 23, 29, 31
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==