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{{MOS intro|Other Names=quasidozenal}}
{{MOS intro|Other Names=quasidozenal}}


Quasidozenal does not have many [[regular temperament]] applications.  
It does not have many [[regular temperament]] applications.  


However, it becomes a compressed [[12edo]] scale when you ignore the octave (this obviously does not work when the generator is very near 12edo (within -7/24{{cent}} of it), for the 13th degree of the scale registers as identical to the octave for human listeners.
However, it becomes a compressed [[12edo]] scale when you ignore the octave (this obviously does not work when the generator is very near 12edo (within -7/24{{cent}} of it), for the 13th degree of the scale registers as identical to the octave for human listeners.
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{{MOS tuning spectrum}}
{{MOS tuning spectrum}}


{{Todo|cleanup|add etymology|inline=1|text=Clean up lead section, find out who first proposed the name quasidozenal}}
== Etymology ==
This MOS is sometimes called ''quasidozenal''{{idiosyncratic}}, a term meant to invoke the phrase "almost twelve". The original proposer of this term is not confirmed, but it might be one of sylvanScreech, [[User:CompactStar|CompactStar]] or [[User:Ganaram inukshuk|Ganaram inukshuk]].
 
{{todo|inline=1|review|comment=The lead section includes very specific numbers with no explanations...}}


[[Category:13-tone scales]]
[[Category:13-tone scales]]