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== Theory ==

34edo contains two [[17edo]]'s and the half-octave tritone of 600 cents. It excels in approximating harmonics 3, 5, 13, 17, and 23 (2.3.5.13.17.23 [[subgroup]] a.k.a. the no-7's no-11's no-19's 23-limit), with tuning even more accurate than [[31edo]] in the 5-limit, but with a sharp tendency and fifth rather than a flat one, and ''not'' tempering out [[81/80]] unlike 31edo.

34edo's significance in regards to JI approximation comes from making many simple and natural equivalences between JI intervals. For example, a key characteristic of 34edo is that it splits the standard whole tone of [[9/8]] into six parts, such that three chromatic semitones of [[25/24]] or two diatonic semitones of [[16/15]] result in 9/8. Additionally, if you stack a five-step [[10/9]] interval four times, you reach the perfect fifth [[3/2]], supporting [[tetracot]]. This also means that the perfect fifth is mapped to 20 steps. Given that and the fact that the major third [[5/4]] is mapped to 11 steps, one can see that 34edo takes advantage of a natural logarithmic approximation of 5/4 as a portion of 3/2, or equivalently [[6/5]] as a portion of 5/4, resulting in [[gammic temperament]]. It also has the thirds from 17edo: "neogothic" minor and major thirds of about 282 and 424 cents, and a neutral third of 353 cents. For [[extraclassical tonality]], a tendo third of 459 cents and an arto third of 247 cents are also available, approximating 13/10 and 15/13 respectively.

34edo supports the [[diatonic scale]], both the simpler 5L 2s [[Moment-of-symmetry scale|moment-of-symmetry]] form and a more complex [[nicetone]] scale representing the [[zarlino]] diatonic. This can be extended into a 12-note chromatic scale of [[10L 2s]] by stacking the two different varieties of semitones, with an intuitive non-MOS form appearing at LLsLLLLLLsLL (created by first subdividing 34edo into the standard [[pentic]] scale and then splitting that into further smaller steps).

=== Odd harmonics ===

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 == Theory ==
 edo contains two [[17edo]]'s and the half-octave tritone of 600 cents. It excels in approximating harmonics 3, 5, 13, 17, and 23 (2.3.5.13.17.23 [[subgroup]] a.k.a. the no-7's no-11's no-19's 23-limit), with tuning even more accurate than [[31edo]] in the 5-limit, but with a sharp tendency and fifth rather than a flat one, and ''not'' tempering out [[81/80]] unlike 31edo.
+edo's significance in regards to JI approximation comes from making many simple and natural equivalences between JI intervals. For example, a key characteristic of 34edo is that it splits the standard whole tone of [[9/8]] into six parts, such that three chromatic semitones of [[25/24]] or two diatonic semitones of [[16/15]] result in 9/8. Additionally, if you stack a five-step [[10/9]] interval four times, you reach the perfect fifth [[3/2]], supporting [[tetracot]]. This also means that the perfect fifth is mapped to 20 steps. Given that and the fact that the major third [[5/4]] is mapped to 11 steps, one can see that 34edo takes advantage of a natural logarithmic approximation of 5/4 as a portion of 3/2, or equivalently [[6/5]] as a portion of 5/4, resulting in [[gammic temperament]]. It also has the thirds from 17edo: "neogothic" minor and major thirds of about 282 and 424 cents, and a neutral third of 353 cents. For [[extraclassical tonality]], a tendo third of 459 cents and an arto third of 247 cents are also available, approximating 13/10 and 15/13 respectively.
+edo supports the [[diatonic scale]], both the simpler 5L 2s [[Moment-of-symmetry scale|moment-of-symmetry]] form and a more complex [[nicetone]] scale representing the [[zarlino]] diatonic. This can be extended into a 12-note chromatic scale of [[10L 2s]] by stacking the two different varieties of semitones, with an intuitive non-MOS form appearing at LLsLLLLLLsLL (created by first subdividing 34edo into the standard [[pentic]] scale and then splitting that into further smaller steps).
 === Odd harmonics ===