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== Theory ==
== Theory ==
69edo has been called "the love-child of [[23edo]] and [[quarter-comma meantone]]". As a meantone system, it is on the flat side, with a fifth of 695.652{{c}}. Such a fifth is closer to [[2/7-comma meantone]] than 1/4-comma, and is nearly identical to that of "Synch-Meantone", or Wilson's equal beating meantone, wherein the perfect fifth and the major third beat at equal rates. Therefore 69edo can be treated as a closed system of Synch-Meantone for most purposes.
69edo has been called "the love-child of [[23edo]] and [[quarter-comma meantone]]". As a meantone system, it is on the flat side, with a fifth of 695.652{{C}}. Such a fifth is closer to [[2/7-comma meantone]] than 1/4-comma, and is nearly identical to that of "Synch-Meantone", or Wilson's equal beating meantone, where the frequencies of the root, third, and fifth of a major triad are equidistant (in a linear scale); in other words, where the [[4:5:6]] triad is [[delta-rational]] (sometimes abbreviated DR). Therefore 69edo can be treated as a closed system of Synch-Meantone for most purposes.


69edo offers two kinds of meantone 12-tone scales. One is the raw meantone scale, which has a 7:4 step ratio, and other is period-3 [[Meantone family#Lithium|lithium]] scale, which has a 6:5 step ratio and stems from a temperament tempering out 3125/3087 along with 81/80. It should be noted that while the lithium scale has a meantone fifth, it produces a [[3L 6s|tcherepnin]] scale instead of traditional diatonic.
The alternative sharp fifth of 713.043{{C}} in the 69b [[val]] supports a tuning of [[archy]] where the [[6:7:8]] triad, which divides the fourth instead of the fifth, is tuned close to DR.


In the [[7-limit]] it is a [[mohajira]] system, tempering out 6144/6125, but not a septimal meantone system, as [[126/125]] maps to one step. In the 11-limit it tempers out [[99/98]], and supports the {{nowrap|31 & 69}} variant of mohajira, identical to the standard 11-limit mohajira in [[31edo]] but not in 69.
69edo offers two kinds of meantone 12-tone scales. One is the raw meantone scale, which has a 7:4 step ratio, and other is period-3 [[Meantone family#Lithium|lithium]] scale, which has a 6:5 step ratio and stems from a temperament tempering out [[3125/3087]] along with [[81/80]]. It should be noted that while the lithium scale has a meantone fifth, it produces a [[3L 6s|tcherepnin]] scale instead of traditional diatonic.
 
In the [[7-limit]] it is a [[mohajira]] system, tempering out [[6144/6125]], but not a septimal meantone system, as [[126/125]] maps to one step. In the 11-limit it tempers out [[99/98]], and supports the {{nowrap|31 & 69}} variant of mohajira, identical to the standard 11-limit mohajira in [[31edo]] but not in 69.


The [[concoctic scale]] for 69edo is 22\69, and the corresponding rank two temperament is {{nowrap|22 & 69}}, defined by tempering out the [-41, 1, 17⟩ comma in the 5-limit.
The [[concoctic scale]] for 69edo is 22\69, and the corresponding rank two temperament is {{nowrap|22 & 69}}, defined by tempering out the [-41, 1, 17⟩ comma in the 5-limit.
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<nowiki />* Some simpler ratios listed
<nowiki />* Some simpler ratios listed and mapped by direct approximation (even if inconsistent).


== Notation ==
== Notation ==
=== Ups and downs notation ===
=== Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation ===
69edo can be notated with [[ups and downs]], spoken as up, dup, downsharp, sharp, upsharp etc. and down, dud, upflat etc. Note that dup is equivalent to dudsharp and dud is equivalent to dupflat.
[[Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation]] uses sharps and flats along with quartertone accidentals and arrows:
{{Sharpness-sharp4-szg}}
 
=== Kite's ups and downs notation ===
69edo can also be notated with [[Kite's ups and downs notation|Kite's ups and downs]], spoken as up, dup, downsharp, sharp, upsharp etc. and down, dud, upflat etc. Note that dup is equivalent to dudsharp and dud is equivalent to dupflat.
{{Sharpness-sharp4a}}
{{Sharpness-sharp4a}}
[[Alternative symbols for ups and downs notation]] uses sharps and flats along with Stein–Zimmerman [[24edo#Notation|quarter-tone]] accidentals, combined with arrows, borrowed from extended [[Helmholtz–Ellis notation]]:
 
{{Sharpness-sharp4}}
=== Sagittal notation ===
=== Sagittal notation ===
This notation uses the same sagittal sequence as EDOs [[62edo#Sagittal notation|62]] and [[76edo#Sagittal notation|76]].
This notation uses the same sagittal sequence as edos [[62edo #Sagittal notation|62]] and [[76edo #Sagittal notation|76]].


==== Evo flavor ====
==== Evo flavor ====
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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.


== Regular temperament properties ==
== Regular temperament properties ==
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|[[Devichromic chords|Devichromic Octacot]]<ref group="note" name="tempname">Placeholder name, with link to [[Devichromic chords]] article &mdash; no general article currently exists for Devichromic temperament, and this particular incarnation of Devichromic temperament is likely to receive a different permanent name. The temperament is [https://x31eq.com/pyscript/uv.html?uvs=81%3A80+400%3A399+%5B17%2C-1%2C8%2C0%2C-8%3E&page=0&limit=2_3_5_7_19 14c & 55d], specified by the 2.3.5.7.19 subgroup unison vector list [-4, 4, -1, 0, 0⟩ ([[81/80]]), [4, -1, 2, -1, -1⟩ ([[400/399]]), [17, -1, 8, 0, -8⟩ (51200000000/50950689123), the last of which currently has no article, but equates a stack of eight [[20/19]]s to [[3/2]].</ref>
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== Scales ==
== Scales ==
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* Lithium[9], [[3L 6s]] – 11 6 6 11 6 6 11 6 6
* Lithium[9], [[3L 6s]] – 11 6 6 11 6 6 11 6 6
* Lithium[12], [[9L 3s]] – 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
* Lithium[12], [[9L 3s]] – 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6
== Instruments ==
A [[Lumatone mapping for 69edo]] is available.


== Music ==
== Music ==
; [[Bryan Deister]]
; [[Bryan Deister]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqPonAHuUM ''microtonal improvisation in 69edo''] (2025)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqPonAHuUM ''microtonal improvisation in 69edo''] (2025)
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4XBELeySMPk ''Compass - Mili (microtonal cover in 69edo)''] (2025)
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GOjgAm6uwOY ''69edo waltz''] (2025)


; [[Eliora]]
; [[Eliora]]