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== Theory ==
== Theory ==
78edo is [[consistent]] to the [[7-odd-limit]], but the error of [[harmonic]] [[3/1|3]], inherited from [[39edo]], is quite large for the size of the system.
This tuning [[tempering out|tempers out]] [[2048/2025]] in the [[5-limit]]; [[875/864]] and [[2401/2400]] in the [[7-limit]]; and [[100/99]], [[385/384]] and [[1375/1372]] in the [[11-limit]]. It provides the [[optimal patent val]] for 11-limit [[keen]] temperament.
Much like [[100edo|100bddd]], the 78dd val can be used to construct an alternative to [[22edo]] for [[pajara]]. The large and small step sizes in this case have ratio 4:3. The width of the tempered perfect fifth is 707.7 [[cent]]s. The major third is 384.6 cents; less than two cents flat of just. The harmonic seventh is 984.6 cents, or about 15.8 cents sharp; hence this tuning prioritizes the 3- and 5-limits over the 7-limit, while still ensuring that no basic 7-limit intervals other than the tritones are more than 16 cents off. The 22-note [[2mos]] generated in this way could be used to build straight-fretted guitars that would be {{w|Augmented-fourths tuning|tuned in tritones}}. The appeal of this scale is that it is less xenharmonic than [[22edo]] is, for listeners accustomed to 12edo. In particular, the 163.6 cents "flat minor whole tone" of 22edo is now 169.2 cents, making it more clearly a ''whole'' tone (albeit noticeably flat), rather than a neutral second.
=== Odd harmonics ===
{{Harmonics in equal|78}}
{{Harmonics in equal|78}}
This tuning tempers out 2048/2025 in the [[5-limit]]; 875/864 and 2401/2400 in the [[7-limit]]; and 100/99, 385/384 and 1375/1372 in the [[11-limit]]. It provides the [[optimal patent val]] for 11-limit [[Diaschismic_family|keen temperament]].


Much like [[100edo|100bddd]], the 78ddd val can be used to construct an alternative to 22edo for pajara. The large and small step sizes in this case have ratio 4:3. The width of the tempered perfect fifth is 707.7{{cent}}. The major third is 384.6{{cent}}; less than two cents flat of just. The harmonic seventh is 984.6{{cent}}, or about 15.8{{cent}} sharp; hence this tuning prioritizes the 3- and 5-limits over the 7-limit, while still ensuring that no basic 7-limit intervals other than the tritones are more than 16{{cent}} off. The 22-note 2MOS generated in this way could be used to build straight-fretted guitars that would be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented-fourths_tuning tuned in tritones]. The appeal of this scale is that it is less xenharmonic than [[22edo]] is, for listeners accustomed to 12edo. In particular, the 163.6{{cent}} "flat minor whole tone" of 22edo is now 169.2{{cent}}, making it more clearly a ''whole'' tone (albeit noticeably flat), rather than a neutral second.
=== Subsets and supersets ===
Since 78 factors into {{factorization|78}}, 78edo has subset edos {{EDOs| 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, and 39 }}. [[156edo]], which doubles it, is a notable tuning.


== Intervals ==
== Intervals ==
{|class="wikitable"
{{Interval table}}
|-
 
!#
== Scales ==
!Cents
* [[Maeve Gutierrez|Gutierrez Moonglade scale]]
!Diatonic interval category
|-
|0
|0.0
|perfect unison
|-
|1
|15.4
|superunison
|-
|2
|30.8
|superunison
|-
|3
|46.2
|subminor second
|-
|4
|61.5
|subminor second
|-
|5
|76.9
|subminor second
|-
|6
|92.3
|minor second
|-
|7
|107.7
|minor second
|-
|8
|123.1
|supraminor second
|-
|9
|138.5
|supraminor second
|-
|10
|153.8
|neutral second
|-
|11
|169.2
|submajor second
|-
|12
|184.6
|major second
|-
|13
|200.0
|major second
|-
|14
|215.4
|major second
|-
|15
|230.8
|supermajor second
|-
|16
|246.2
|ultramajor second
|-
|17
|261.5
|subminor third
|-
|18
|276.9
|subminor third
|-
|19
|292.3
|minor third
|-
|20
|307.7
|minor third
|-
|21
|323.1
|supraminor third
|-
|22
|338.5
|supraminor third
|-
|23
|353.8
|neutral third
|-
|24
|369.2
|submajor third
|-
|25
|384.6
|major third
|-
|26
|400.0
|major third
|-
|27
|415.4
|major third
|-
|28
|430.8
|supermajor third
|-
|29
|446.2
|ultramajor third
|-
|30
|461.5
|subfourth
|-
|31
|476.9
|subfourth
|-
|32
|492.3
|perfect fourth
|-
|33
|507.7
|perfect fourth
|-
|34
|523.1
|superfourth
|-
|35
|538.5
|superfourth
|-
|36
|553.8
|superfourth
|-
|37
|569.2
|low tritone
|-
|38
|584.6
|low tritone
|-
|39
|600.0
|high tritone
|-
|40
|615.4
|high tritone
|-
|41
|630.8
|high tritone
|-
|42
|646.2
|subfifth
|-
|43
|661.5
|subfifth
|-
|44
|676.9
|subfifth
|-
|45
|692.3
|perfect fifth
|-
|46
|707.7
|perfect fifth
|-
|47
|723.1
|superfifth
|-
|48
|738.5
|superfifth
|-
|49
|753.8
|ultrafifth
|-
|50
|769.2
|subminor sixth
|-
|51
|784.6
|minor sixth
|-
|52
|800.0
|minor sixth
|-
|53
|815.4
|minor sixth
|-
|54
|830.8
|supraminor sixth
|-
|55
|846.2
|neutral sixth
|-
|56
|861.5
|submajor sixth
|-
|57
|876.9
|submajor sixth
|-
|58
|892.3
|major sixth
|-
|59
|907.7
|major sixth
|-
|60
|923.1
|supermajor sixth
|-
|61
|938.5
|supermajor sixth
|-
|62
|953.8
|ultramajor sixth
|-
|63
|969.2
|subminor seventh
|-
|64
|984.6
|minor seventh
|-
|65
|1000.0
|minor seventh
|-
|66
|1015.4
|minor seventh
|-
|67
|1030.8
|supraminor seventh
|-
|68
|1046.2
|neutral seventh
|-
|69
|1061.5
|submajor seventh
|-
|70
|1076.9
|submajor seventh
|-
|71
|1092.3
|major seventh
|-
|72
|1107.7
|major seventh
|-
|73
|1123.1
|supermajor seventh
|-
|74
|1138.5
|supermajor seventh
|-
|75
|1153.8
|ultramajor seventh
|-
|76
|1169.2
|suboctave
|-
|77
|1184.6
|suboctave
|-
|78
|1200.0
|perfect octave
|}


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== Instruments ==
 
[[Lumatone mapping for 78edo|Lumatone mappings for 78edo]] are available.
[[Category:Keen]]
[[Category:Keen]]
== Music ==
; [[Bryan Deister]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jxYRAo6jHaE ''microtonal improvisation in 78edo''] (2025)