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81edo is notable as a tuning for [[meantone family|meantone]] and related temperaments and is the [[optimal patent val]] for a number of them. In particular it is the optimal patent val for 5-limit meantone, 7-limit meantone, 11-limit meanpop, 13-limit meanpop, and the rank-3 temperament [[erato]]. The electronic music pioneer {{w|Daphne Oram}} was interested in 81edo<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211182601/http://daphneoram.org/2012/01/13/letter-from-yehudi-menuhin/ Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Daphne Oram]</ref>. As a step in the [[Golden meantone]] series of edos, 81edo marks the point at which the series ceases to display audible changes to meantone temperament, and is also the edo with the lowest average and most evenly spread Just-error across the scale (though 31edo does have the best [[7/4|harmonic 7th]]). However, it is no longer [[consistent]] in the [[9-odd-limit]], as the best direct approximations of [[9/8]] and [[10/9]] are one step above and below the patent val mapping.

Besides meantone, 81edo is a tuning for the [[cobalt]] temperament, since 81 contains 27 as a divisor. It also tunes the unnamed 15 & 51 temperament which divides the octave into 3 equal parts, and is a member of the [[augmented-cloudy equivalence continuum]]. The 81bd val is a tuning for the [[Porcupine family#Septimal porcupine|septimal porcupine]] temperament. ~~(''See [[regular temperament]] for more about what all this means and how to use it.'')~~

Besides meantone, 81edo is a tuning for the [[cobalt]] temperament, since 81 contains 27 as a divisor. It also tunes the unnamed 15 & 51 temperament which divides the octave into 3 equal parts, and is a member of the [[augmented-cloudy equivalence continuum]]. The 81bd val is a tuning for the [[Porcupine family#Septimal porcupine|septimal porcupine]] temperament.

In the higher limits, it is a strong tuning for the 2.5.17.19 subgroup, and also can be used to map [[19/17]] to the meantone major second resulting from stacking of two patent val fifths (13\81).

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 edo is notable as a tuning for [[meantone family|meantone]] and related temperaments and is the [[optimal patent val]] for a number of them. In particular it is the optimal patent val for 5-limit meantone, 7-limit meantone, 11-limit meanpop, 13-limit meanpop, and the rank-3 temperament [[erato]]. The electronic music pioneer {{w|Daphne Oram}} was interested in 81edo<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120211182601/http://daphneoram.org/2012/01/13/letter-from-yehudi-menuhin/ Letter from Yehudi Menuhin to Daphne Oram]</ref>. As a step in the [[Golden meantone]] series of edos, 81edo marks the point at which the series ceases to display audible changes to meantone temperament, and is also the edo with the lowest average and most evenly spread Just-error across the scale (though 31edo does have the best [[7/4|harmonic 7th]]). However, it is no longer [[consistent]] in the [[9-odd-limit]], as the best direct approximations of [[9/8]] and [[10/9]] are one step above and below the patent val mapping.
-Besides meantone, 81edo is a tuning for the [[cobalt]] temperament, since 81 contains 27 as a divisor. It also tunes the unnamed 15 & 51 temperament which divides the octave into 3 equal parts, and is a member of the [[augmented-cloudy equivalence continuum]]. The 81bd val is a tuning for the [[Porcupine family#Septimal porcupine|septimal porcupine]] temperament. (''See [[regular temperament]] for more about what all this means and how to use it.'')
+Besides meantone, 81edo is a tuning for the [[cobalt]] temperament, since 81 contains 27 as a divisor. It also tunes the unnamed 15 & 51 temperament which divides the octave into 3 equal parts, and is a member of the [[augmented-cloudy equivalence continuum]]. The 81bd val is a tuning for the [[Porcupine family#Septimal porcupine|septimal porcupine]] temperament.
 In the higher limits, it is a strong tuning for the 2.5.17.19 subgroup, and also can be used to map [[19/17]] to the meantone major second resulting from stacking of two patent val fifths (13\81).