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{{Infobox fractional-octave|4}}[[4edo]] is much less used as a scale, rather as a chord. In many [[5L 2s|diatonic-based]] [[interval region]] schemes, one step of 4edo is known as a minor third, and the stacking of them is the diminished seventh chord.
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Usage of the [[6/5]] minor third as one step of 4edo by tempering out [[648/625]], and therefore using 4edo as a diminished seventh chord produced by stacking three minor thirds is one of the features of standard Western music theory, and is supported by [[12edo]]. See [[Diminished family]] for a collection of such temperaments.
 
[[19/16]], the 19th harmonic octave-reduced, is much closer to quarter-octave than 6/5, and while it is not a microtemperament, a lot of equal divisions support it.
 
An interval closer to 1\4 is [[25/21]], with the associated comma being the dimcomp comma. See [[Dimcomp family]] for a collection of rank-3 temperaments tempering it out.
 
There are nonetheless other less common temperaments which divide the octave in four.
 
== Berylic ==
Berylic temperament tempers out the [[1874161/1874048]] comma in the 2.11.37 subgroup, representing the fact that [[44/37]] is a [[wikipedia:continued fraction|continued fraction]] convergent to the fourth root of 2. Beryllic is a rare example of a temperament which has an astronomically low [[badness]] by all metrics (generally several thousands of times lower than most temperaments), being a very high-accuracy [[microtemperament]] with low-to-average [[complexity]] for the harmonics in its [[subgroup]]. This also makes it simultaneously supported by EDO systems as low as [[16edo]] and up into the tens of thousands. The tradeoff with this temperament, not captured within the metric of badness, is that it is defined within the obscure subgroup 2.11.37.
 
If one wishes to explore harmony in this temperament, a great way is to use the 8-note [[4L 4s]] [[mos]], and use the [[32:37:44]] triad and its inversion [[296:352:407|1/(44:37:32)]] as the root chords. However, the consonance of the 37th harmonic is questionable.
 
Subgroup: 2.11.37
 
Comma list: 1874161/1874048
 
{{Mapping|legend=2| 4 0 7 | 0 1 1 }}
 
: sval mapping generators: ~44/37, ~11
 
Optimal tuning (CTE): ~44/37 = 1\4, ~11/8 = 551.326
 
[[Support]]ing [[ET]]s: {{EDOs|24, 28, 148, 296, 320, 592, 616, 764}}, ...
 
== Darian calendar ==
Darian calendar is described as 24 & 668 temperament in the 2.3.11.19 [[subgroup]] and is named after a certain calendar layout by the same name. The generator is close to the [[36/35]] quartertone, and this allows an extension to the 2.3.35.11.19 subgroup. 5 of them make [[11/8]], 8 of them make [[3/2]], and 6 of them make [[32/19]].
 
=== 2.3.11.19 subgroup ===
The temperament is simplest in this subgroup, although there is a tradeoff of breaking up the simplicity of the 36/35 quartertone.
 
[[Subgroup]]: 2.3.11.19
 
{{Mapping|legend=2| 4 5 13 18 | 0 8 5 -6 }}
 
: sval mapping generators: ~6291456/5285401, ~25289/24576
 
[[Optimal tuning]] ([[CTE]]): ~6291456/5285401 = 1\4, ~25289/24576 = 50.257
 
[[Support]]ing [[ET]]s: {{EDOs|24, 596, 620, 644, 668, 692, 716}}, ...
 
=== 2.3.35.11.19 subgroup ===
668edo does not map 36/35 consistently, with its own [[direct approximation]] being 27 steps while the direct approximations of its constituent odd harmonics do not sum to that same amount: 3/2, 8/5, and 8/7 are 391, 453, and 129 steps, respectively, and 391 + 391 + 453 + 129 - 668 - 668 = 28, ≠ 27.
 
Subgroup: 2.3.35.11.19
 
Sval mapping: {{mapping| 4 0 5 13 18 | 0 1 8 5 -6 }}
 
: sval mapping generators: ~2240/1881, ~36/35
 
Optimal tuning (CTE): ~2240/1881 = 1\4, ~36/35 = 50.288
 
[[Support]]ing [[ET]]s: {{EDOs|24, 668}}, ...
 
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