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== Theory == | == Theory == | ||
54edo is suitable for usage as a [[dual-fifth tuning]] system, or alternatively, a [[No-threes subgroup temperaments|no-fifth]] tuning system. Using the sharp fifth, it can be viewed as two [[ring number|rings]] of [[27edo]], which adds better approximations of the [[11/1|11th]] and [[15/1|15th harmonics]]. Using the flat fifth, it generates an ultrasoft [[diatonic scale]]. This scale is so [[soft]], with L/s = 8/7, that it stops sounding like [[meantone]] or even [[flattone]], but just sounds like a [[circulating temperament]] of [[7edo]]. | 54edo is suitable for usage as a [[dual-fifth tuning]] system, or alternatively, a [[No-threes subgroup temperaments|no-fifth]] tuning system. Using the sharp fifth, it can be viewed as two [[ring number|rings]] of [[27edo]], which adds better approximations of the [[11/1|11th]] and [[15/1|15th harmonics]]. Using the flat fifth, it generates an ultrasoft [[diatonic scale]]. This scale is so [[soft]], with {{nowrap|L/s {{=}} 8/7}}, that it stops sounding like [[meantone]] or even [[flattone]], but just sounds like a [[circulating temperament]] of [[7edo]]. | ||
The [[patent val]] of this edo takes the same fifth as [[27edo]], but the [[mapping]] for harmonic 5 is different. It tempers out [[2048/2025]] in the 5-limit, making it a [[diaschismic]] system. It is the highest edo in which the best mappings of the major 3rd ([[5/4]]) and harmonic 7th ([[7/4]]), 17\54 and 44\54, are exactly 600 | The [[patent val]] of this edo takes the same fifth as [[27edo]], but the [[mapping]] for harmonic 5 is different. It tempers out [[2048/2025]] in the 5-limit, making it a [[diaschismic]] system. It is the highest edo in which the best mappings of the major 3rd ([[5/4]]) and harmonic 7th ([[7/4]]), 17\54 and 44\54, are exactly 600{{c}} apart, making them suitable for harmonies using tritone substitutions. In other words, this is the last edo tempering out [[50/49]]. This means it extends quite simply to the 7- and 11-limit using the [[pajarous]] mapping and to the 13-limit using the 54f val, falling neatly between the 7- and 13-limit [[Target tuning #Minimax tuning|minimax tunings]]. | ||
The 54cd val makes for an excellent tuning of 7-limit [[hexe]] temperament, while the 54bdf val does higher limit [[muggles]] about as well as it can be tuned. However, even these best temperament interpretations of 54edo are quite high in [[badness]] compared to its immediate neighbours [[53edo|53-]] and [[55edo]], both of which are [[Historical temperaments|historically significant]] for different reasons, leaving it mostly unexplored so far. | The 54cd val makes for an excellent tuning of 7-limit [[hexe]] temperament, while the 54bdf val does higher limit [[muggles]] about as well as it can be tuned. However, even these best temperament interpretations of 54edo are quite high in [[badness]] compared to its immediate neighbours [[53edo|53-]] and [[55edo]], both of which are [[Historical temperaments|historically significant]] for different reasons, leaving it mostly unexplored so far. | ||
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=== Octave stretch === | === Octave stretch === | ||
54edo’s approximations of 3/1, 5/1, 7/1, 11/1, 13/1, 17/1, 19/1 and 23/1 are all improved by [[ | 54edo’s approximations of 3/1, 5/1, 7/1, 11/1, 13/1, 17/1, 19/1 and 23/1 are all improved by [[38ed5/3]], a [[Octave stretch|stretched-octave]] version of 54edo. The trade-off is a slightly worse 2/1. | ||
If one prefers a ''[[Octave shrinking|compressed-octave]]'' tuning instead, [[86edt]], [[126ed5]] and [[152ed7]] are possible choices. They improve upon 54edo’s 3/1, 5/1, 7/1 and 17/1, at the cost of its 2/1, 11/1 and 13/1. | If one prefers a ''[[Octave shrinking|compressed-octave]]'' tuning instead, [[86edt]], [[126ed5]] and [[152ed7]] are possible choices. They improve upon 54edo’s 3/1, 5/1, 7/1 and 17/1, at the cost of its 2/1, 11/1 and 13/1. | ||
[[ | [[40ed5/3]] is another compressed octave option. It improves upon 54edo’s 3/1, 5/1, 11/1, 13/1, 17/1 and 19/1, at slight cost to the 2/1 and 7/1. Its 2/1 is the least accurate of all the tunings mentioned in this section, though still accurate enough that it has low [[harmonic entropy]]. | ||
There are also some nearby [[Zeta peak index]] (ZPI) tunings which can be used to improve 54edo’s approximation of JI: 262zpi, 263zpi, 264zpi and 265zpi. The main Zeta peak index page details all four tunings. | There are also some nearby [[Zeta peak index]] (ZPI) tunings which can be used to improve 54edo’s approximation of JI: 262zpi, 263zpi, 264zpi and 265zpi. The main Zeta peak index page details all four tunings. | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Table of intervals | |+ style="font-size: 105%;" | Table of intervals in 54edo | ||
! Degree | |- | ||
! Cents | ! rowspan="2" | Degree | ||
! [[Ups and downs notation | ! rowspan="2" | Cents | ||
! | ! colspan="2" | [[Ups and downs notation]] | ||
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! Flat fifth (31\54) | |||
! Sharp fifth (16\27) | |||
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== Notation == | == Notation == | ||
===Sagittal notation=== | === Ups and downs notation === | ||
Using [[Helmholtz–Ellis]] accidentals, 54edo can also be notated using [[ups and downs notation]]: | |||
{{Sharpness-sharp8}} | |||
Here, a sharp raises by eight steps, and a flat lowers by eight steps, so single, double, and triple arrows along with Stein–Zimmerman [[24edo#Notation|quarter-tone]] accidentals can be used to fill in the gap. | |||
=== Sagittal notation === | |||
This notation uses the same sagittal sequence as [[61edo#Sagittal notation|61-EDO]], and is a superset of the notation for [[27edo#Sagittal notation|27-EDO]]. | This notation uses the same sagittal sequence as [[61edo#Sagittal notation|61-EDO]], and is a superset of the notation for [[27edo#Sagittal notation|27-EDO]]. | ||
==== Evo flavor ==== | |||
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File:54-EDO_Evo_Sagittal.svg | File:54-EDO_Evo_Sagittal.svg | ||
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====Revo flavor==== | ==== Revo flavor ==== | ||
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File:54-EDO_Revo_Sagittal.svg | File:54-EDO_Revo_Sagittal.svg | ||
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====Evo-SZ flavor==== | ==== Evo-SZ flavor ==== | ||
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File:54-EDO_Evo-SZ_Sagittal.svg | File:54-EDO_Evo-SZ_Sagittal.svg | ||
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In the diagrams above, a sagittal symbol followed by an equals sign (=) means that the following comma is the symbol's [[Sagittal notation#Primary comma|primary comma]] (the comma it ''exactly'' represents in JI), while an approximately equals sign (≈) means it is a secondary comma (a comma it ''approximately'' represents in JI). In both cases the symbol exactly represents the tempered version of the comma in this EDO. | In the diagrams above, a sagittal symbol followed by an equals sign (=) means that the following comma is the symbol's [[Sagittal notation#Primary comma|primary comma]] (the comma it ''exactly'' represents in JI), while an approximately equals sign (≈) means it is a secondary comma (a comma it ''approximately'' represents in JI). In both cases the symbol exactly represents the tempered version of the comma in this EDO. | ||
== Scales == | |||
* Approximations of [[gamelan]] scales: | |||
** 5-tone pelog: 5 7 19 4 19 | |||
** 7-tone pelog: 5 7 11 8 4 13 6 | |||
** 5-tone slendro: 11 11 10 11 11 | |||
== Instruments == | == Instruments == | ||
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[[Category:Todo:add rank 2 temperaments table]] | [[Category:Todo:add rank 2 temperaments table]] | ||
== Music == | |||
; [[Bryan Deister]] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bi5-YQUQHek ''microtonal improvisation in 54edo''] (2025) | |||