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The '''Human EDO Size Categorization''' or '''HUECAT''' is a classification system devised by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2024.
The '''human EDO size categorization''' or '''HUECAT''' is a classification system devised by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2024.


There is much ambiguity about whether certain [[EDO]]s are "big" or "small". Each composer and theorist has their own intuition about this. That makes it quite difficult for authors to try to talk about size as a property of EDOs.
There is much ambiguity about whether certain [[EDO]]s are "big" or "small". Each composer and theorist has their own intuition about this. That makes it quite difficult for authors to try to talk about size as a property of EDOs.
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The categories HUECAT uses are:
The categories HUECAT uses are:
* '''Picnic EDOs''': 1 to 4
* '''Birthday EDOs''': 5 to 19
* '''Birthday EDOs''': 5 to 19
* '''Carousel EDOs''': 20 to 34
* '''Carousel EDOs''': 20 to 34
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* '''City EDOs''': 50,000 and up
* '''City EDOs''': 50,000 and up


HUECAT is not intended to be authoritative in any way, it is simply an arsenal for musicologists to have in their toolbox, if ever writing about EDO sizes proves difficult.
HUECAT is not intended to be authoritative in any way, it is simply a tool for musicologists to have in their arsenal, if ever writing about EDO sizes proves difficult.


There is nothing about HUECAT that locks it down to [[octave]]s or [[equal tuning]]s specifically, either, it could be used for any family of scales with an increasing number of notes: [[AFDO]]s, [[IFDO]]s, [[EDT]]s, [[EDF]]s, [[ED5]]s, etc.
There is nothing about HUECAT that locks it down to [[octave]]s or [[equal tuning]]s specifically, either, it could be used for any family of scales with an increasing number of notes: [[AFDO]]s, [[IFDO]]s, [[EDT]]s, [[EDF]]s, [[ED5]]s, etc.
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