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== History ==
== History ==
The idea of dividing the octave into 22 steps of equal size seems to have originated with nineteenth century music theorist {{w|Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet|R. H. M. Bosanquet}}. Inspired by the supposed division of the octave into 22 unequal parts in the [[Indian music|music theory of India]], Bosanquet noted that such an equal division was capable of representing 5-limit music with tolerable accuracy. In this he was followed in the twentieth century by theorist José Würschmidt, who noted it as a possible next step after [[19edo]], and {{w|James Murray Barbour|J. Murray Barbour}} in his classic survey of tuning history, ''Tuning and Temperament''.
The idea of dividing the octave into 22 steps of equal size seems to have originated with nineteenth century music theorist {{w|Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet|R. H. M. Bosanquet}}. Inspired by the supposed division of the octave into 22 unequal parts in the [[Indian music|music theory of India]], Bosanquet noted that such an equal division was capable of representing 5-limit music with tolerable accuracy.<ref name="bosanquet1879hindoo" /> In this he was followed in the twentieth century by theorist José Würschmidt, who noted it as a possible next step after [[19edo]], and {{w|James Murray Barbour|J. Murray Barbour}} in his classic survey of tuning history, ''Tuning and Temperament''.<ref name="wurschmidt1931tonleitern" /><ref name="barbour1953tuning />


== Theory ==
== Theory ==
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== Instruments ==
== Instruments ==
== Scordatura piano ==
=== Scordatura piano ===
Although it does not allow for much in the way of modulation, it is possible to make some music using a piano tuned to a 12 note subset of 22edo, as shown by [[Juhani Nuorvala]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRiTvogBBA ''Improvisations on a piano tuned to 22edo''] (2026).
Although it does not allow for much in the way of modulation, it is possible to make some music using a piano tuned to a 12 note subset of 22edo, as shown by [[Juhani Nuorvala]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRiTvogBBA ''Improvisations on a piano tuned to 22edo''] (2026).


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== References ==
== References ==
# Barbour, James Murray, ''Tuning and temperament, a historical survey'', East Lansing, Michigan State College Press, 1953 [c1951]
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# Bosanquet, R.H.M. [https://www.webcitation.org/5kjJcrhEx ''On the Hindoo division of the octave, with additions to the theory of higher orders''], Proceedings of the Royal Society of London vol. 26, 1879, pp. 272-284. Reproduced in Tagore, Sourindro Mohun, ''Hindu Music from Various Authors'', Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, Varanasi, India, 1965
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Barbour, James Murray, ''[https://archive.org/details/tuningtemperamen00barb Tuning and temperament, a historical survey]'', East Lansing, Michigan State College Press, 1953 [c1951]
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<ref name="bosanquet1879hindoo">
Bosanquet, R.H.M. [https://www.webcitation.org/5kjJcrhEx ''On the Hindoo division of the octave, with additions to the theory of higher orders''], Proceedings of the Royal Society of London vol. 26, 1879, pp. 272-284. Reproduced in Tagore, Sourindro Mohun, ''Hindu Music from Various Authors'', Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, Varanasi, India, 1965
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<ref name="wurschmidt1931tonleitern">
Würschmidt, J., ''[https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Sitzber-physik-med-Soc-Erlangen_63-64_0133-0238.pdf Tonleitern, Tonarten und Tonsysteme]''. Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Sozietät zu Erlangen – 63-64: 133 - 238., 1931-1932
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[[Category:Twentuning]]
[[Category:Twentuning]]