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'''79edo''' divides the octave into 79 equal parts of 15.190 cents each. It tempers out 3125/3072 in the 5-limit, 4000/3969, 1728/1715 and 4375/4374 in the 7-limit, 99/98, 1331/1323, 243/242, 385/384 and 4000/3993 in the 11-limit, and 275/273, 169/168, 640/637, 1188/1183, 325/324, 351/350, 1575/1573, 2080/2079 and 2200/2197 in the 13-limit. It provides the optimal patent val for [[Orwellismic_temperaments#Sentinel-11-limit|sentinel temperament]]. 79 is the 22nd prime EDO number.
== Theory ==
79edo is only [[consistent]] to the [[5-odd-limit]], but it works well as a no-7 [[13-limit|13-]] or [[17-limit]] tuning with a strong flat tuning tendency. It is in fact consistent to the no-7 [[13-odd-limit]], even though it is a [[zeta valley edo]] (notably, it is the last one until [[5941edo]]).  


=Music=
=== Odd harmonics ===
[https://soundcloud.com/fever-carpets/saint-sebastian-by-the-hands-of-reni Saint Sebastian, By the Hands of Reni] by Silence and Secrecy (Julian Malerman)
{{Harmonics in equal|79}}
 
=== As a tuning of other temperaments ===
Using the [[patent val]], 79edo [[tempering out|tempers out]] [[3125/3072]] in the [[5-limit]], [[1728/1715]], [[4000/3969]] and [[4375/4374]] in the [[7-limit]], [[99/98]], [[243/242]], [[385/384]], [[1331/1323]], and [[4000/3993]] in the [[11-limit]], and [[169/168]], [[275/273]], [[325/324]], [[351/350]], [[640/637]], [[1188/1183]], [[1575/1573]], [[2080/2079]], and [[2200/2197]] in the 13-limit. It supports the [[sentinel]] temperament and the 2.11.13-subgroup [[bluebirds]] temperament, and provides the [[optimal patent val]] for both.
 
79edo's fifth is very close to [[1/7-comma meantone]], but 79edo does not [[support]] [[meantone]] in its [[patent val]]. This is because 79edo's fifth is very close to [[12edo]] and stacking 4 fifths upwards results in a sharp approximation of 5/4 which is not the closest approximation. The closest 5/4 is actually reached by stacking a whopping 16 fifths up (a double-augmented second), which corresponds to the [[python]] temperament. On the other hand, the 79c val uses the second-closest approximation of 5/4 and thus supports [[meantone]]. The 7-limit 79c val also supports [[superpine]], a [[weak extension]] of meantone that splits the perfect fourth into three [[35/32]]'s.
 
79edo also has an alternative fifth (albeit much less accurate) of 713.9 cents, which is quite similar to [[37edo]]'s fifth. This fifth allows for [[archy]] and [[oceanfront]] temperaments.
 
=== Subsets and supersets ===
79edo is the 22nd prime edo, past [[73edo]] and before [[83edo]].
 
=== Miscellany ===
79edo adequately represents the [[Decaononic]] way of playing, as 79edo misses 9/8 while having a near-perfect representation of 10/9 as 12\79. A [[maximal evenness]] variant of such a scale can be generated by naively stacking six [[12edo]] diatonic majors and one Lydian [[tetrachord]]{{clarify}}. Since the final tetrachord does not have a 2nd degree, this results in 6 II's stretched over 6 + 7/12 octaves, which is just enough to make the log2 of the number to be equal to 10/9{{clarify}}. From a regular temperament theory perspective, these scales are a part of the [[bluebirds]] temperament.
 
== Intervals ==
{{Interval table}}
 
== Scales ==
=== Mos scales ===
* Bluebirds[6, 7, 13, 20, 33…]
* Meantone[7, 12, 19, 31…]
* Oceanfront[7, 12, 17, 22, 27…]
** Subsets of the above: see [[oceanfront scales]]
* Sentinel[5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 31…]
 
=== Others ===
* [[Meantone]] Minor Hexatonic: 13 7 13 13 20 13 ((13, 20, 33, 46, 66, 79)\79)
* [[180rotator]]'s 9-tone 33\79 scale: 7 13 7 6 7 13 7 6 7 6
 
== Instruments ==
=== Lumatone ===
* [[Lumatone mapping for 79edo]]
 
=== Skip fretting ===
'''Skip fretting system 79 7 19''' is a [[skip fretting]] system for [[79edo]]. All examples are for 5-string bass.
 
; Harmonics
1/1: string 2 open
 
2/1: string 1 fret 14
 
3/2: string 5 fret 21
 
5/4: string 5 fret 18
 
7/4: string 5 fret 2
 
11/8: string 4 fret 11
 
13/8: string 5 fret 11
 
17/16: string 2 fret 1
 
19/16: string 5 fret 6
 
== Music ==
=== Modern renderings ===
; Rusino
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EytZXtN3TNw ''Looping the Rooms''] (2025) — microtonal cover in 79edo by [[Bryan Deister]] (2026)
 
=== 21st century ===
; [[Bryan Deister]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj6tmkMvQMU ''microtonal improvisation in 79edo''] (2025)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imi-Sz2Ab8M ''79edo groove''] (2026)
 
; [[User:Francium|Francium]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAELEuSZra8 ''Gold''] (2022)
 
; Silence and Secrecy ([[Julian Malerman]])
* [https://soundcloud.com/fever-carpets/saint-sebastian-by-the-hands-of-reni ''Saint Sebastian, By the Hands of Reni''] (2014)


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