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=== 87edo (2 mappings demonstrated to work) ===

It is possible to lay out [[87edo]] using the generator 14\87, which quasi-meantone ~[[19/17]], which is composed of highly inaccurate harmonics whose errors nearly cancel out, rendering it near-just; two of them make an essentially just classic major third ~[[5/4]]. (In contrast to actual [[meantone]] temperament, 87edo represents ~19/17, ~[[10/9]], and ~[[9/8]] as distinct intervals — the syntonic comma [[81/80]] is not tempered out, and instead the aureusma [[1445/1444]] equates two quasi-meantones to a classic major third.)

==== Flipped and Rotated ====

In the flipped and rotated verions with a [[3L 5s]] scale (14:9 step ratio)the above-mentioned 14\87 generator is one key down-right, while key right is 9\87, which functions as a flat tridecimal 2/3-tone ~[[14/13]] and a sharp septimal diatonic semitone ~[[15/14]]. This mapping makes it easy to play melodies that sound very diatonic despite the scale being non-diatonic, with octaves sloping moderately down, and a range of over three octaves (although with large partial octaves chopped off by the upper left and lower right corners), which is a bit too much for 87edo, resulting in some missed notes even in the middle octaves. Despite the missing notes, [[Bryan Deister]] has used this mapping in [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8mHBYBfRjy4 ''87edo improv''] (2026).

{{Lumatone EDO mapping|n=87|start=0|xstep=9|ystep=5}}

 

A split generator version of the above mapping returns to mostly horizontal progression with a [[11L 5s]] scale (7:2 step ratio). As in the previous mapping, the generator 14\87 is the quasi-meantone ~[[19/17]], but in this case, it is two keys right, making this a split generator version of the mapping, in which each ~19/17 is split into two equal intervals that function as both a small septendecimal semitone ~[[18/17]] and a large undevicesimal semitone ~[[19/18]], both being close to just (and the photisma [[324/323]] is tempered out). Although no second generator is needed to reach all of the notes, for convenience, down-right by one key (2\87) can be used for convenience as a second generator that functions as ~[[49/48]] (inconsistently mapped), ~[[55/54]], ~[[64/63]], ~[[65/64]], and ~[[81/80]], of which the septimal chroma ~64/63 is near-just, and four of these make a near-just classic diatonic semitone ~[[16/15]] (the currently unnamed unnoticeable comma [[5250987/5242880]] is tempered out). The range is somewhat over two octaves (which slant very slightly downwards) with no missed notes and some repeated notes to mitigate vertical wraparounds. [[Bryan Deister]] has demonstrated this mapping in [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rINJKiMQE78 ''Circuit Bent - Stomach Book (microtonal cover in 87edo)''] (2025).

Split generator verision added:  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 09:39, 15 November 2025 (UTC)<br>

Combined and last modified:  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 06:34, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

The septimal minor third ~[[7/6]] (11\49) of [[49edo]] is only mildly sharp, which suggests its use as a generator, as in [[Orwell]]; however, it is too close to just for actual Orwell eemperament, and so a stack of it manages to miss all of the intervals characteristic of Orwell, other than a fairly flat classic minor sixth ~[[8/5]] &mdash; hence [[Orwellismic_temperaments#Infraorwell|infraorwell]]. It is possible to produce a forward chroma [[4L&nbsp;5s]] (gramitonic, 6:5 step ratio) infraorwell mapping for 49edo, as demonstrated in [[Bryan Deister]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pK-JcIrd18 Deltarune – ''Man'' (cover)] (2023) and (very differently) in [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V8t7MyP2Nuo ''microtonal improv in 49edo''] (2024). This mapping gets all notes in each octave and has a range of a bit over 4 octaves with repeated notes to mitigate vertical wraparounds; the octaves alternate between near/far and middle, with double octaves sloping slightly upwards.

Last modified:  [[User:Lucius Chiaraviglio|Lucius Chiaraviglio]] ([[User talk:Lucius Chiaraviglio|talk]]) 04:14, 16 July 2026 (UTC)