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== Theory == | == Theory == | ||
55edo can be used for a [[meantone]] tuning, and is close to [[1/6-comma meantone]] (and is almost exactly 10/57-comma meantone). {{w|Georg Philipp Telemann|Telemann}} suggested it as a theoretical basis for analyzing the [[meantone intervals|intervals of meantone]]. {{w|Leopold Mozart|Leopold}} and {{w|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Mozart}} recommended 55edo or something close to it, with a subset and further approximation used for keyboard instruments which (apart from an experimental instrument) did not have enough notes per octave to accommodate it in full.<ref>Chesnut, John (1977) ''Mozart's Teaching of Intonation'', '''Journal of the American Musicological Society''' Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer, 1977), pp. 254-271 (Published By: University of California Press) [https://doi.org/10.2307/831219 doi.org/10.2307/831219], [http://www.jstor.org/stable/831219 https://www.jstor.org/stable/831219]</ref> It can also be used for [[ | 55edo can be used for a [[meantone]] tuning, and is close to [[1/6-comma meantone]] (and is almost exactly 10/57-comma meantone). {{w|Georg Philipp Telemann|Telemann}} suggested it as a theoretical basis for analyzing the [[meantone intervals|intervals of meantone]]. {{w|Leopold Mozart|Leopold}} and {{w|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Wolfgang Mozart}} recommended 55edo or something close to it, with a subset and further approximation used for keyboard instruments which (apart from an experimental instrument) did not have enough notes per octave to accommodate it in full.<ref>Chesnut, John (1977) ''Mozart's Teaching of Intonation'', '''Journal of the American Musicological Society''' Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer, 1977), pp. 254-271 (Published By: University of California Press) [https://doi.org/10.2307/831219 doi.org/10.2307/831219], [http://www.jstor.org/stable/831219 https://www.jstor.org/stable/831219]</ref> It can also be used for [[Meantone_family#Mohajira|Mohajira]] and [[Meantone_family#Liese|Liese]] temperaments. It also supports an extremely sharp tuning of [[huygens|Huygens/undecimal meantone]] using the 55de [[val]], meaning that primes 7 and 11 are mapped very sharply to their second-best mapping. | ||
=== Odd harmonics === | === Odd harmonics === | ||
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| 26 | | 26 | ||
| 567.3 | | 567.3 | ||
| 18/13 | | [[7/5]], [[18/13]] | ||
| vA4 | | vA4 | ||
| downaug 4th | | downaug 4th | ||
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| 27 | | 27 | ||
| 589.1 | | 589.1 | ||
| | | 24/17 | ||
| A4, vd5 | | A4, vd5 | ||
| aug 4th, downdim 5th | | aug 4th, downdim 5th | ||
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| 28 | | 28 | ||
| 610.9 | | 610.9 | ||
| | | 17/12 | ||
| ^A4, d5 | | ^A4, d5 | ||
| upaug 4th, dim 5th | | upaug 4th, dim 5th | ||
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| 29 | | 29 | ||
| 632.7 | | 632.7 | ||
| 13/9 | | [[10/7]], [[13/9]] | ||
| ^d5 | | ^d5 | ||
| updim 5th | | updim 5th | ||
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<nowiki />* 55f val (tending flat), inconsistent intervals labeled in ''italic'' | <nowiki />* 55f val (tending flat), inconsistent intervals labeled in ''italic'' | ||
== Notation == | |||
=== Ups and downs notation === | |||
55edo can be notated with [[ups and downs]], spoken as up, dup, downsharp, sharp, upsharp etc. and down, dud, upflat etc. Note that dup is equivalent to dudsharp and dud is equivalent to dupflat. | |||
{{Sharpness-sharp4a}} | |||
[[Alternative symbols for ups and downs notation]] uses sharps and flats with arrows, borrowed from extended [[Helmholtz–Ellis notation]]: | |||
{{Sharpness-sharp4}} | |||
=== Sagittal notation === | |||
==== Evo flavor ==== | |||
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rect 160 80 280 106 [[33/32]] | |||
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==== Revo flavor ==== | |||
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==== Evo-SZ flavor ==== | |||
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=== 31-tone subset === | |||
The 31-out-of-55edo subset can be notated entirely with the standard notation of 7 each of naturals/sharps/flats, and 5 each of doublesharps/doubleflats, as a 31-tone chain-of-5ths from Gbb to Ax. | |||
[[File:Monzo55Notation.jpeg|400px|frameless|alt=Diagram of 31-tone subset of 55edo using plain Western notation, by Joe Monzo.|Diagram of 31-tone subset of 55edo using plain Western notation, by [[Joe Monzo]].]] | |||
== Approximation to JI == | == Approximation to JI == | ||
[[File:55ed2.svg|250px|thumb|right|alt=alt : Your browser has no SVG support.|Selected 19-limit intervals approximated in 55edo]] | [[File:55ed2.svg|250px|thumb|right|alt=alt : Your browser has no SVG support.|Selected 19-limit intervals approximated in 55edo]] | ||
=== Selected just intervals by error === | === Selected just intervals by error === | ||
{{Q-odd-limit intervals|55}} | {{Q-odd-limit intervals|55}} | ||
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| 81/80, {{monzo| 31 1 -14 }} | | 81/80, {{monzo| 31 1 -14 }} | ||
| {{mapping| 55 87 128 }} | | {{mapping| 55 87 128 }} | ||
| | | −0.13 | ||
| 2.10 | | 2.10 | ||
| 9.63 | | 9.63 | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Uniform maps === | |||
{{Uniform map|edo=55}} | |||
=== Commas === | === Commas === | ||
{{Todo|cleanup|inline=true}} | |||
'''5-limit commas''': [[81/80]], [[Quintosec_family|{{monzo| 47 -15 -10 }}]], {{monzo| 31 1 -14 }}, {{monzo| 27 5 -15 }} | '''5-limit commas''': [[81/80]], [[Quintosec_family|{{monzo| 47 -15 -10 }}]], {{monzo| 31 1 -14 }}, {{monzo| 27 5 -15 }} | ||
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| 14/13 | | 14/13 | ||
| [[Twothirdtonic]] (55f) | | [[Twothirdtonic]] (55f) | ||
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|1 | |||
|8\55 | |||
|174.5 | |||
|[[10/9]]~[[11/10]] | |||
|[[Tetracot]] (55c) | |||
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| 1 | | 1 | ||
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<nowiki/>* [[Normal lists|Octave-reduced form]], reduced to the first half-octave, and [[Normal lists|minimal form]] in parentheses if distinct | <nowiki/>* [[Normal lists|Octave-reduced form]], reduced to the first half-octave, and [[Normal lists|minimal form]] in parentheses if distinct | ||
== Scales == | |||
; Subsets of twothirdtonic[37] | |||
* Undecimal otonal-like pentatonic: 17 8 7 12 11 | |||
; Subsets of hendecatonic[33] | |||
* Septimal pentatonic-like: 10 13 9 13 10 | |||
* Septimal minor blues-like: 13 10 4 5 13 10 | |||
* Septimal heptatonic blues-like: 13 10 4 5 8 5 10 | |||
; Others | |||
* Sakura-like scale containing [[phi]]: 9 6 18 5 17 | |||
* Quasi-[[equiheptatonic]] scale: 8 8 7 9 7 9 7 | |||
== Instruments == | == Instruments == | ||
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=== Modern renderings === | === Modern renderings === | ||
; {{W|Johann Sebastian Bach}} | ; {{W|Johann Sebastian Bach}} | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oymJKnYzzOw "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'', BWV 147] (1723) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oymJKnYzzOw "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'', BWV 147] (1723) – arranged for two organs, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sIjh_Te40 "Contrapunctus 4" from ''The Art of Fugue'', BWV 1080] ( | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCNOIsjfeU "Ricercar a 3" from ''The Musical Offering'', BWV 1079] (1747) – rendered by [[Claudi Meneghin]] (2024) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOPxqNgkVWM "Contrapunctus 11" from ''The Art of Fugue'', BWV 1080] ( | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkRVNo19guo "Ricercar a 6" from ''The Musical Offering'', BWV 1079] (1747) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sIjh_Te40 "Contrapunctus 4" from ''The Art of Fugue'', BWV 1080] (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024) | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOPxqNgkVWM "Contrapunctus 11" from ''The Art of Fugue'', BWV 1080] (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024) | |||
; {{W|Nicolaus Bruhns}} | ; {{W|Nicolaus Bruhns}} | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfOt3nOp-f8 ''Prelude in E Minor "The Great"''] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfOt3nOp-f8 ''Prelude in E Minor "The Great"''] – rendered by [[Claudi Meneghin]] (2023) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuIPIhSxUPs ''Prelude in E Minor "The Little"''] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuIPIhSxUPs ''Prelude in E Minor "The Little"''] – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024) | ||
; {{W|Georg Frideric Handel}} | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvKPuzsno8 ''Fugue'' from "Suite in E minor", HWV 429] (1720) – arranged for Baroque ensemble and drums, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025) | |||
; {{W|Scott Joplin}} | ; {{W|Scott Joplin}} | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbhpuoIJgxk ''Maple Leaf Rag''] (1899) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbhpuoIJgxk ''Maple Leaf Rag''] (1899) – arranged for harpsichord and rendered by [[Claudi Meneghin]] (2024) | ||
; {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} | ; {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_AML6XW-2g ''Rondo alla Turca'' from the Piano Sonata No. 11, KV 331] (1778) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_AML6XW-2g ''Rondo alla Turca'' from the Piano Sonata No. 11, KV 331] (1778) – rendered by Francium (2023) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRksdk6zyQ ''Fugue in G minor'', KV 401] (1782) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRksdk6zyQ ''Fugue in G minor'', KV 401] (1782) – rendered by Francium (2023) | ||
* [http://www.seraph.it/dep/int/AdagioKV540.mp3 ''Adagio in B minor'', KV 540] (1788) | * [http://www.seraph.it/dep/int/AdagioKV540.mp3 ''Adagio in B minor'', KV 540] (1788) – rendered by Carlo Serafini (2011) ([http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/706c4662272db7703def4d57edfcb955-119.html blog entry]) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjJCj2MBTM ''Allegro'' from the Piano Sonata No. 16, KV 545] (1788) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjJCj2MBTM ''Allegro'' from the Piano Sonata No. 16, KV 545] (1788) – rendered by Francium (2023) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p88MWgdio14&list=PLC6ZSKWKnVz0mOTLQkCUi9ydWGLpBP8gZ&index=2 ''Mozart's Gigue KV 574, Arranged for Fortepiano (55-edo)''] – rendered by [[Claudi Meneghin]] (2025) | |||
; {{W|Keiichi Okabe}} | ; {{W|Keiichi Okabe}} | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L24G4Y7tZgI ''Yuutsu no Yuutsu''] (2006) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L24G4Y7tZgI ''Yuutsu no Yuutsu''] (2006) – rendered by MortisTheneRd (2024) | ||
=== 21st century === | === 21st century === | ||
; [[Bryan Deister]] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l62rb8ULCXs ''55edo improv''] (2025) | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVmToKkZU88 ''Waltz in 55edo''] (2025) | |||
; [[James Kukula]] | |||
* ''[https://app.box.com/s/8hq89cb3rqqkrhvkxgvqtppa255kcqrq?fbclid=IwY2xjawISjSlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcl5t8n_C7QUJqdEnwSaWBc5u3BpldmcAjhQQljsQIPl1qJ-zdCr9T8NMw_aem_Ez0m-Ls_ZqI0-c0Ld-28Yg 55edo Melted Syntonic]'' (2025) | |||
; [[Budjarn Lambeth]] | |||
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c5MtrZFNhA Improvisation One in 55edo]'' (2025) | |||
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggFGUn1Ya2A Improvisation Two in 55edo]'' (2025) | |||
; [[Claudi Meneghin]] | ; [[Claudi Meneghin]] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgsJCTyxqiM ''Double Fugue on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" for String Quartet''] (2020) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgsJCTyxqiM ''Double Fugue on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" for String Quartet''] (2020) | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCUIx1RzvEk ''Chacony "Lament & Deception"'' for Two Violins and Cello] (2021), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abJP4euMlsg for Baroque Wind Ensemble] (2023) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCUIx1RzvEk ''Chacony "Lament & Deception"'' for Two Violins and Cello] (2021), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abJP4euMlsg for Baroque Wind Ensemble] (2023) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfWeO0eJdA Fantasy "Almost a Fugue" on a Theme by Giuliani, for String Quartet] (2021) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zfWeO0eJdA Fantasy "Almost a Fugue" on a Theme by Giuliani, for String Quartet] (2021) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOiub14Cskw ''Double Fugue on "Old McDonald" + "Shave & a Haircut"''] (2024) | |||
; [[Herman Miller]] | ; [[Herman Miller]] | ||
* ''[https://soundcloud.com/morphosyntax-1/road-trip-to-nowhere Road Trip to Nowhere]'' (2021) | * ''[https://soundcloud.com/morphosyntax-1/road-trip-to-nowhere Road Trip to Nowhere]'' (2021) | ||
* ''[https://soundcloud.com/morphosyntax-1/migration Migration]'' (2025) | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://tonalsoft.com/monzo/55edo/55edo.aspx Mozart's tuning: 55-edo | * ''[http://tonalsoft.com/monzo/55edo/55edo.aspx Mozart's tuning: 55-edo and its close relative, 1/6-comma meantone]'' (containing another listening example) on [[Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]] | ||
and its close relative, 1/6-comma meantone] (containing another listening example) on [[Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]] | |||
== References == | == References == |
Latest revision as of 10:46, 19 August 2025
← 54edo | 55edo | 56edo → |
55 equal divisions of the octave (abbreviated 55edo or 55ed2), also called 55-tone equal temperament (55tet) or 55 equal temperament (55et) when viewed under a regular temperament perspective, is the tuning system that divides the octave into 55 equal parts of about 21.8 ¢ each. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 21/55, or the 55th root of 2.
Theory
55edo can be used for a meantone tuning, and is close to 1/6-comma meantone (and is almost exactly 10/57-comma meantone). Telemann suggested it as a theoretical basis for analyzing the intervals of meantone. Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart recommended 55edo or something close to it, with a subset and further approximation used for keyboard instruments which (apart from an experimental instrument) did not have enough notes per octave to accommodate it in full.[1] It can also be used for Mohajira and Liese temperaments. It also supports an extremely sharp tuning of Huygens/undecimal meantone using the 55de val, meaning that primes 7 and 11 are mapped very sharply to their second-best mapping.
Odd harmonics
Harmonic | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | |
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Error | Absolute (¢) | -3.77 | +6.41 | -8.83 | -7.55 | -5.86 | +10.38 | +2.64 | +4.14 | +7.94 | +9.22 | +4.45 |
Relative (%) | -17.3 | +29.4 | -40.5 | -34.6 | -26.9 | +47.6 | +12.1 | +19.0 | +36.4 | +42.3 | +20.4 | |
Steps (reduced) |
87 (32) |
128 (18) |
154 (44) |
174 (9) |
190 (25) |
204 (39) |
215 (50) |
225 (5) |
234 (14) |
242 (22) |
249 (29) |
Subsets and supersets
Since 55 factors into 5 × 11, 55edo contains 5edo and 11edo as its subsets.
Intervals
# | Cents | Approximate ratios | Ups and downs notation | ||
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0 | 0.0 | 1/1 | P1 | perfect 1sn | D |
1 | 21.8 | 65/64, 78/77, 99/98, 128/125 | ^1 | up 1sn | ^D |
2 | 43.6 | 36/35, 64/63 | ^^1 | dup 1sn | ^^D |
3 | 65.5 | 28/27 | vvm2 | dudminor 2nd | vvEb |
4 | 87.3 | 21/20, 18/17, 25/24 | vm2 | downminor 2nd | vEb |
5 | 109.1 | 16/15, 17/16 | m2 | minor 2nd | Eb |
6 | 130.9 | 13/12, 14/13 | ^m2 | upminor 2nd | ^Eb |
7 | 152.7 | 12/11, 11/10 | ~2 | mid 2nd | vvE |
8 | 174.5 | vM2 | downmajor 2nd | vE | |
9 | 196.4 | 9/8, 10/9 | M2 | major 2nd | E |
10 | 218.2 | 17/15 | ^M2 | upmajor 2nd | ^E |
11 | 240.0 | 8/7 | ^^M2 | dupmajor 2nd | ^^E |
12 | 261.8 | 7/6 | vvm3 | dudminor 3rd | vvF |
13 | 283.6 | 13/11 | vm3 | downminor 3rd | vF |
14 | 305.5 | 6/5 | m3 | minor 3rd | F |
15 | 327.3 | ^m3 | upminor 3rd | ^F | |
16 | 349.1 | 11/9, 27/22 | ~3 | mid 3rd | ^^F |
17 | 370.9 | 26/21, 16/13 | vM3 | downmajor 3rd | vF# |
18 | 392.7 | 5/4 | M3 | major 3rd | F# |
19 | 414.5 | 14/11 | ^M3 | upmajor 3rd | ^F# |
20 | 436.4 | 9/7 | ^^M3 | dupmajor 3rd | ^^F# |
21 | 458.2 | 21/16 | vv4 | dud 4th | vvG |
22 | 480.0 | v4 | down 4th | vG | |
23 | 501.8 | 4/3, 27/20 | P4 | perfect 4th | G |
24 | 523.6 | ^4 | up 4th | ^G | |
25 | 545.5 | 11/8, 15/11 | ~4 | mid 4th | ^^G |
26 | 567.3 | 7/5, 18/13 | vA4 | downaug 4th | vG# |
27 | 589.1 | 24/17 | A4, vd5 | aug 4th, downdim 5th | G#, vAb |
28 | 610.9 | 17/12 | ^A4, d5 | upaug 4th, dim 5th | ^G#, Ab |
29 | 632.7 | 10/7, 13/9 | ^d5 | updim 5th | ^Ab |
30 | 654.5 | 16/11, 22/15 | ~5 | mid 5th | vvA |
31 | 676.4 | v5 | down 5th | vA | |
32 | 698.2 | 3/2, 40/27 | P5 | perfect 5th | A |
33 | 720.0 | ^5 | up 5th | ^A | |
34 | 741.8 | 32/21 | ^^5 | dup 5th | ^^A |
35 | 763.6 | 14/9 | vvm6 | dudminor 6th | vvBb |
36 | 785.5 | 11/7 | vm6 | downminor 6th | vBb |
37 | 807.3 | 8/5 | m6 | minor 6th | Bb |
38 | 829.1 | 21/13, 13/8 | ^m6 | upminor 6th | ^Bb |
39 | 850.9 | 18/11, 44/27 | ~6 | mid 6th | vvB |
40 | 872.7 | vM6 | downmajor 6th | vB | |
41 | 894.5 | 5/3 | M6 | major 6th | B |
42 | 916.4 | 22/13 | ^M6 | upmajor 6th | ^B |
43 | 938.2 | 12/7 | ^^M6 | dupmajor 6th | ^^B |
44 | 960.0 | 7/4 | vvm7 | dudminor 7th | vvC |
45 | 981.8 | 30/17 | vm7 | downminor 7th | vC |
46 | 1003.6 | 16/9, 9/5 | m7 | minor 7th | C |
47 | 1025.5 | ^m7 | upminor 7th | ^C | |
48 | 1047.3 | 11/6, 20/11 | ~7 | mid 7th | ^^C |
49 | 1069.1 | 13/7, 24/13 | vM7 | downmajor 7th | vC# |
50 | 1090.9 | 15/8, 32/17 | M7 | major 7th | C# |
51 | 1112.7 | 40/21, 17/9, 48/25 | ^M7 | upmajor 7th | ^C# |
52 | 1134.5 | 56/27 | ^^M7 | dupmajor 7th | ^^C# |
53 | 1156.4 | 35/18, 63/32 | vv8 | dud 8ve | vvD |
54 | 1178.2 | 128/65, 77/39, 196/99, 125/64 | v8 | down 8ve | vD |
55 | 1200.0 | 2/1 | P8 | perfect 8ve | D |
* 55f val (tending flat), inconsistent intervals labeled in italic
Notation
Ups and downs notation
55edo can be notated with ups and downs, spoken as up, dup, downsharp, sharp, upsharp etc. and down, dud, upflat etc. Note that dup is equivalent to dudsharp and dud is equivalent to dupflat.
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Sagittal notation
Evo flavor

Revo flavor

Evo-SZ flavor

31-tone subset
The 31-out-of-55edo subset can be notated entirely with the standard notation of 7 each of naturals/sharps/flats, and 5 each of doublesharps/doubleflats, as a 31-tone chain-of-5ths from Gbb to Ax.
Approximation to JI

Selected just intervals by error
The following tables show how 15-odd-limit intervals are represented in 55edo. Prime harmonics are in bold; inconsistent intervals are in italics.
Interval and complement | Error (abs, ¢) | Error (rel, %) |
---|---|---|
1/1, 2/1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
9/7, 14/9 | 1.280 | 5.9 |
11/9, 18/11 | 1.683 | 7.7 |
11/6, 12/11 | 2.090 | 9.6 |
13/7, 14/13 | 2.611 | 12.0 |
15/8, 16/15 | 2.640 | 12.1 |
11/7, 14/11 | 2.963 | 13.6 |
3/2, 4/3 | 3.773 | 17.3 |
13/9, 18/13 | 3.890 | 17.8 |
13/10, 20/13 | 3.968 | 18.2 |
7/6, 12/7 | 5.053 | 23.2 |
13/11, 22/13 | 5.573 | 25.5 |
11/8, 16/11 | 5.863 | 26.9 |
5/4, 8/5 | 6.414 | 29.4 |
7/5, 10/7 | 6.579 | 30.2 |
9/8, 16/9 | 7.546 | 34.6 |
13/12, 24/13 | 7.664 | 35.1 |
15/13, 26/15 | 7.741 | 35.5 |
9/5, 10/9 | 7.858 | 36.0 |
15/11, 22/15 | 8.504 | 39.0 |
7/4, 8/7 | 8.826 | 40.5 |
11/10, 20/11 | 9.541 | 43.7 |
5/3, 6/5 | 10.187 | 46.7 |
15/14, 28/15 | 10.352 | 47.4 |
13/8, 16/13 | 10.381 | 47.6 |
Interval and complement | Error (abs, ¢) | Error (rel, %) |
---|---|---|
1/1, 2/1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
9/7, 14/9 | 1.280 | 5.9 |
11/9, 18/11 | 1.683 | 7.7 |
11/6, 12/11 | 2.090 | 9.6 |
15/8, 16/15 | 2.640 | 12.1 |
11/7, 14/11 | 2.963 | 13.6 |
3/2, 4/3 | 3.773 | 17.3 |
13/10, 20/13 | 3.968 | 18.2 |
7/6, 12/7 | 5.053 | 23.2 |
11/8, 16/11 | 5.863 | 26.9 |
5/4, 8/5 | 6.414 | 29.4 |
9/8, 16/9 | 7.546 | 34.6 |
15/13, 26/15 | 7.741 | 35.5 |
15/11, 22/15 | 8.504 | 39.0 |
7/4, 8/7 | 8.826 | 40.5 |
5/3, 6/5 | 10.187 | 46.7 |
13/8, 16/13 | 10.381 | 47.6 |
15/14, 28/15 | 11.466 | 52.6 |
11/10, 20/11 | 12.277 | 56.3 |
9/5, 10/9 | 13.960 | 64.0 |
13/12, 24/13 | 14.155 | 64.9 |
7/5, 10/7 | 15.239 | 69.8 |
13/11, 22/13 | 16.245 | 74.5 |
13/9, 18/13 | 17.928 | 82.2 |
13/7, 14/13 | 19.207 | 88.0 |
Interval and complement | Error (abs, ¢) | Error (rel, %) |
---|---|---|
1/1, 2/1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
11/9, 18/11 | 1.683 | 7.7 |
11/6, 12/11 | 2.090 | 9.6 |
13/7, 14/13 | 2.611 | 12.0 |
15/8, 16/15 | 2.640 | 12.1 |
3/2, 4/3 | 3.773 | 17.3 |
13/10, 20/13 | 3.968 | 18.2 |
11/8, 16/11 | 5.863 | 26.9 |
5/4, 8/5 | 6.414 | 29.4 |
7/5, 10/7 | 6.579 | 30.2 |
9/8, 16/9 | 7.546 | 34.6 |
15/13, 26/15 | 7.741 | 35.5 |
15/11, 22/15 | 8.504 | 39.0 |
5/3, 6/5 | 10.187 | 46.7 |
15/14, 28/15 | 10.352 | 47.4 |
13/8, 16/13 | 10.381 | 47.6 |
11/10, 20/11 | 12.277 | 56.3 |
7/4, 8/7 | 12.992 | 59.5 |
9/5, 10/9 | 13.960 | 64.0 |
13/12, 24/13 | 14.155 | 64.9 |
13/11, 22/13 | 16.245 | 74.5 |
7/6, 12/7 | 16.765 | 76.8 |
13/9, 18/13 | 17.928 | 82.2 |
11/7, 14/11 | 18.856 | 86.4 |
9/7, 14/9 | 20.539 | 94.1 |
Regular temperament properties
Subgroup | Comma list | Mapping | Optimal 8ve stretch (¢) |
Tuning error | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute (¢) | Relative (%) | ||||
2.3 | [-87 55⟩ | [⟨55 87]] | +1.31 | 1.19 | 7.21 |
2.3.5 | 81/80, [31 1 -14⟩ | [⟨55 87 128]] | −0.13 | 2.10 | 9.63 |
Uniform maps
Min. size | Max. size | Wart notation | Map |
---|---|---|---|
54.7778 | 54.9113 | 55cf | ⟨55 87 127 154 190 203] |
54.9113 | 54.9935 | 55f | ⟨55 87 128 154 190 203] |
54.9935 | 55.0340 | 55 | ⟨55 87 128 154 190 204] |
55.0340 | 55.0668 | 55d | ⟨55 87 128 155 190 204] |
55.0668 | 55.2064 | 55de | ⟨55 87 128 155 191 204] |
Commas
5-limit commas: 81/80, [47 -15 -10⟩, [31 1 -14⟩, [27 5 -15⟩
7-limit commas: 31104/30625, 6144/6125, 81648/78125, 16128/15625, 28672/28125, 33075/32768, 83349/80000, 1029/1000, 686/675, 10976/10935, 16807/16384, 84035/82944
11-limit commas: 59049/58564, 74088/73205, 46656/46585, 21609/21296, 12005/11979, 19683/19360, 243/242, 3087/3025, 5488/5445, 19683/19250, 1944/1925, 45927/45056, 2835/2816, 35721/34375, 7056/6875, 12544/12375, 7203/7040, 2401/2376, 24057/24010, 72171/70000, 891/875, 176/175, 2079/2048, 385/384, 3234/3125, 17248/16875, 26411/25600, 26411/2592, 26411/262404, 88209/87808, 30976/30625, 3267/3200, 121/120, 81312/78125, 41503/40000, 41503/40500, 35937/35000, 2662/2625, 42592/42525, 83853/81920, 9317/9216, 65219/62500, 43923/43904, 14641/14400, 14641/14580
13-limit commas: 59535/57122, 29400/28561, 29568/28561, 29645/28561, 24576/24167, 99225/96668, 24500/24167, 50421/48334, 45927/43940, 2268/2197, 2240/2197, 57624/54925, 61875/61516, 57024/54925, 11264/10985, 72765/70304, 13475/13182, 22869/21970, 6776/6591, 20736/20449, 20480/20449, 84035/81796, 91125/91091, 65536/65065, 15309/14872, 1890/1859, 5600/5577, 9604/9295, 59049/57967, 58320/57967, 4374/4225, 864/845, 512/507, 11025/10816, 6125/6084, 21952/21125, 16807/16224, 84035/82134, 66825/66248, 90112/88725, 56133/54080, 693/676, 1540/1521, 26411/25350, 58806/57967, 58080/57967, 88209/84500, 4356/4225, 7744/7605, 88935/86528, 33275/33124, 27951/27040, 9317/9126, 58564/57967, 43923/42250, 17496/17303, 87808/86515, 55296/55055, 25515/25168, 1575/1573, 64827/62920, 4802/4719, 98415/98098, 59049/57200, 729/715, 144/143, 18375/18304, 18522/17875, 10976/10725, 84035/82368, 59049/56875, 11664/11375, 2304/2275, 4096/4095, 1701/1664, 105/104, 42336/40625, 25088/24375, 21609/20800, 2401/2340, 9604/9477, 72171/71344, 2673/2600, 66/65, 352/351, 13475/13312, 33957/32500, 15092/14625, 81675/81536, 58806/56875, 11616/11375, 61952/61425, 68607/66560, 847/832, 4235/4212, 35937/35672, 1331/1300, 5324/5265, 58564/56875, 85293/85184, 13377/13310, 85293/84700, 15288/15125, 31213/30976, 67392/67375, 28431/28160, 34944/34375, 4459/4400, 4459/4455, 28431/28000, 351/350, 79872/78125, 66339/65536, 51597/50000, 637/625, 10192/10125, 31213/30720, 31213/31104, 30888/30625, 1287/1280, 81081/78125, 16016/15625, 49049/48000, 49049/48600, 14157/14000, 33033/32768, 77077/75000, 51909/51200, 17303/17280, 75712/75625, 8281/8250, 41067/40960, 31941/31250, 9464/9375, 57967/57600, 91091/90000, 61347/61250, 79092/78125
Rank-2 temperaments
Periods per 8ve |
Generator* | Cents* | Associated ratio* |
Temperament |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6\55 | 130.9 | 14/13 | Twothirdtonic (55f) |
1 | 8\55 | 174.5 | 10/9~11/10 | Tetracot (55c) |
1 | 16\55 | 349.1 | 11/9 | Mohaha |
1 | 23\55 | 501.8 | 4/3 | Meantone (55d) |
1 | 26\55 | 567.3 | 7/5 | Liese (55) |
1 | 27\55 | 589.1 | 45/32 | Untriton (55d) / aufo (55) |
5 | 17\55 (5\55) |
370.9 (109.1) |
99/80 (16/15) |
Quintosec |
11 | 23\55 (3\55) |
501.8 (65.5) |
4/3 (36/35) |
Hendecatonic (55) |
* Octave-reduced form, reduced to the first half-octave, and minimal form in parentheses if distinct
Scales
- Subsets of twothirdtonic[37]
- Undecimal otonal-like pentatonic: 17 8 7 12 11
- Subsets of hendecatonic[33]
- Septimal pentatonic-like: 10 13 9 13 10
- Septimal minor blues-like: 13 10 4 5 13 10
- Septimal heptatonic blues-like: 13 10 4 5 8 5 10
- Others
- Sakura-like scale containing phi: 9 6 18 5 17
- Quasi-equiheptatonic scale: 8 8 7 9 7 9 7
Instruments
Music
Modern renderings
- "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (1723) – arranged for two organs, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
- "Ricercar a 3" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
- "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025)
- "Contrapunctus 4" from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
- "Contrapunctus 11" from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
- Prelude in E Minor "The Great" – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2023)
- Prelude in E Minor "The Little" – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
- Fugue from "Suite in E minor", HWV 429 (1720) – arranged for Baroque ensemble and drums, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025)
- Maple Leaf Rag (1899) – arranged for harpsichord and rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
- Rondo alla Turca from the Piano Sonata No. 11, KV 331 (1778) – rendered by Francium (2023)
- Fugue in G minor, KV 401 (1782) – rendered by Francium (2023)
- Adagio in B minor, KV 540 (1788) – rendered by Carlo Serafini (2011) (blog entry)
- Allegro from the Piano Sonata No. 16, KV 545 (1788) – rendered by Francium (2023)
- Mozart's Gigue KV 574, Arranged for Fortepiano (55-edo) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025)
- Yuutsu no Yuutsu (2006) – rendered by MortisTheneRd (2024)
21st century
- 55edo improv (2025)
- Waltz in 55edo (2025)
- 55edo Melted Syntonic (2025)
- Improvisation One in 55edo (2025)
- Improvisation Two in 55edo (2025)
- Double Fugue on "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" for String Quartet (2020)
- Canon at the Diatonic Semitone on an Ancient Lombard Theme (2021)
- Chacony "Lament & Deception" for Two Violins and Cello (2021), for Baroque Wind Ensemble (2023)
- Fantasy "Almost a Fugue" on a Theme by Giuliani, for String Quartet (2021)
- Double Fugue on "Old McDonald" + "Shave & a Haircut" (2024)
- Road Trip to Nowhere (2021)
- Migration (2025)
External links
- Mozart's tuning: 55-edo and its close relative, 1/6-comma meantone (containing another listening example) on Tonalsoft Encyclopedia
References
- ↑ Chesnut, John (1977) Mozart's Teaching of Intonation, Journal of the American Musicological Society Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer, 1977), pp. 254-271 (Published By: University of California Press) doi.org/10.2307/831219, https://www.jstor.org/stable/831219