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[[4edo]] is much less used as a scale, rather as a chord.  
[[4edo]] is much less used as a scale, rather as a chord. In the Western theory, one step of 4edo is usually known as a minor third and the stacking of them is the diminished seventh chord.


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 [[Dimipent family]] for a collection of such temperaments.
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 [[Dimipent 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's 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.  
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.
There are nonetheless other less common temperaments which divide the octave in four.
== Hunt 19-cycle or Saquadnu (rank-1) ==
Associates [[19/16]] to one step of 4edo, and hence [[19/1|19th harmonic]] by octavation to 17 steps of 4edo.
Subgroup: 2.19
Comma list: 131072/130321
{{Mapping|legend=2|4 17}}
: mapping generator: ~19/16 = 1\4
Pure [[TE tuning]]: 299.927¢ = 1/4.00097 of the octave
[[Support]]ing [[ET]]s: 4N, N = 1 to 60, largest: [[240edo|240]]
== Quadthisolu ==
== Quadthisolu ==
Quadthisolu temperament tempers out the [[1874161/1874048]] comma in the 2.11.37 subgroup, representing [[44/37]] as quarter-octave.
Quadthisolu 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.


Subgroup: 2.11.37
Subgroup: 2.11.37

Revision as of 22:31, 2 August 2023

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4edo is much less used as a scale, rather as a chord. In the Western theory, one step of 4edo is usually known as a minor third and the stacking of them is the diminished seventh chord.

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 Dimipent 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's 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.

Hunt 19-cycle or Saquadnu (rank-1)

Associates 19/16 to one step of 4edo, and hence 19th harmonic by octavation to 17 steps of 4edo.

Subgroup: 2.19

Comma list: 131072/130321

Subgroup-val mapping[4 17]]

mapping generator: ~19/16 = 1\4

Pure TE tuning: 299.927¢ = 1/4.00097 of the octave

Supporting ETs: 4N, N = 1 to 60, largest: 240

Quadthisolu

Quadthisolu temperament tempers out the 1874161/1874048 comma in the 2.11.37 subgroup, representing the fact that 44/37 is a continued fraction convergent to the fourth root of 2.

Subgroup: 2.11.37

Comma list: 1874161/1874048

Sval Mapping[4 0 7], 0 1 1]]

sval mapping generators: ~44/37 = 1\4, ~11

Optimal tuning (CTE): ~11/8 = 551.326

Supporting ETs: 24, 28, 148, 296, 320, 592, 616, 764, ...

Darian calendar

Darian calendar is described as 24 & 668 temperament and is named after a certain calendar layout by the same name. The generator is close to the 36/35 quartertone, although it is not always mapped to this interval from regular perspective, 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

Sval Mapping[4 5 13 18], 0 8 5 -6]]

sval mapping generators: ~6291456/5285401 = 1\4, 25289/24576 = 50.257

Optimal tuning (CTE): 25289/24576 = 50.257

Supporting ETs: 24, 596, 620, 644, 668, 692, 716, ...

2.36/35.3.11.19 subgroup

668edo does not map 36/35 consistently, with direct mapping being 27 steps and consistent mapping being 28 steps.

Subgroup: 2.36/35.3.11.19

Sval Mapping[4 0 5 13 18], 0 1 8 5 -6]]

sval mapping generators: ~2240/1881 = 1\4, 36/35 = 50.288

Optimal tuning (CTE): 36/35 = 50.288

Supporting ETs: 24, 668[+36/35], ...