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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 [[Meantone family|mohajira and 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.
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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{{Q-odd-limit intervals|55}}
{{Q-odd-limit intervals|55}}
{{Q-odd-limit intervals|55.05|apx=val|header=none|tag=none|title=15-odd-limit intervals by 55d val mapping}}
{{Q-odd-limit intervals|55.05|apx=val|header=none|tag=none|title=15-odd-limit intervals by 55d val mapping}}
=== Zeta peak index ===
{{ZPI
| zpi = 270zpi
| steps = 55.0877256278105
| step size = 21.7834369875345
| tempered height = 3.475625
| pure height = 0.164348
| integral = 0.412837
| gap = 10.910231
| octave = 1198.08903431440
| consistent = 6
| distinct = 6
}}


== Regular temperament properties ==
== Regular temperament properties ==