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=== 11-limit commas ===

In the 11-limit, 22edo tempers out the [[quartisma]], leading to a stack of five 33/32 quartertones being equated with one 7/6 subminor third. This is a trait which, while shared with [[24edo]], is surprisingly ''not'' shared with a number of other relatively small edos such as [[17edo]], [[26edo]] and [[34edo]]. In fact, not even the famous [[53edo]] has this property – although it should be noted that the related [[159edo]] ''does''.

~~=== Related edos ===~~

As 22 is divisible by 11, a 22edo instrument can play any music in [[11edo]], in the same way that 12edo can play 6edo (the whole tone scale). 11edo is interesting for sounding melodically very similar to 12edo (whole steps, half steps and minor thirds in the familiar 1:2:3 ratio), but harmonically very different, in particular because it lacks perfect fifths/fourths and 5-limit major thirds/minor sixths.

Similarly, 22edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.

=== Other features ===

The 164¢ "flat minor whole tone" is a key interval in 22edo, in part because it functions as no less than three different consonant ratios in the [[11-limit]]: 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11. It is thus extremely ambiguous and flexible. The trade-off is that it is very much in the cracks of the 12-equal piano, and so for most 12-equal listeners, it takes some getting used to. Simple translations of 5-limit music into 22edo can sound very different, with a more complex harmonic quality inevitably arising. 22edo does not contain a neutral third but both the 5-limit thirds have a "neutral-like" quality since they are tempered closer together rather than farther apart as in 12edo.

22edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22

22edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22.

22edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.

== Regular temperament properties ==

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 === 11-limit commas ===
 In the 11-limit, 22edo tempers out the [[quartisma]], leading to a stack of five 33/32 quartertones being equated with one 7/6 subminor third. This is a trait which, while shared with [[24edo]], is surprisingly ''not'' shared with a number of other relatively small edos such as [[17edo]], [[26edo]] and [[34edo]]. In fact, not even the famous [[53edo]] has this property – although it should be noted that the related [[159edo]] ''does''.
-=== Related edos ===
-As 22 is divisible by 11, a 22edo instrument can play any music in [[11edo]], in the same way that 12edo can play 6edo (the whole tone scale). 11edo is interesting for sounding melodically very similar to 12edo (whole steps, half steps and minor thirds in the familiar 1:2:3 ratio), but harmonically very different, in particular because it lacks perfect fifths/fourths and 5-limit major thirds/minor sixths.
-Similarly, 22edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.
 === Other features ===
 The 164¢ "flat minor whole tone" is a key interval in 22edo, in part because it functions as no less than three different consonant ratios in the [[11-limit]]: 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11. It is thus extremely ambiguous and flexible. The trade-off is that it is very much in the cracks of the 12-equal piano, and so for most 12-equal listeners, it takes some getting used to. Simple translations of 5-limit music into 22edo can sound very different, with a more complex harmonic quality inevitably arising. 22edo does not contain a neutral third but both the 5-limit thirds have a "neutral-like" quality since they are tempered closer together rather than farther apart as in 12edo.
-edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22
+edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22.
+edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.
 == Regular temperament properties ==