34edo: Difference between revisions

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JI approximation: replace direct approximation by the two mappings
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== JI approximation ==
== JI approximation ==
Like [[17edo]], 34edo contains good approximations of just intervals involving 13, 11, and 3 – specifically, 13/8, 13/12, 13/11, 13/9, 11/9 and their inversions – while failing to closely approximate ratios of 7. 34edo adds ratios of 5 into the mix – including 5/4, 6/5, 9/5, 15/8, 13/10, 15/13, and their inversions – as well as 17 – including 17/16, 18/17, 17/12, 17/11, 17/10, 17/13, 17/15 and their inversions. Since it distinguishes between 9/8 and 10/9 (exaggerating the difference between them, the "syntonic comma" of 81/80, from 21.5 cents to 35.3 cents), it is suitable for quasi-5-limit JI but is not a [[meantone]] system. While no number of fifths (frequently ratios of ~3:2) land on major or minor thirds, an even number of major or minor thirds will be the same pitch as a pitch somewhere in the circle of seventeen fifths.
Like [[17edo]], 34edo contains good approximations of just intervals involving 3, 11, and 13 – specifically, 13/8, 13/12, 13/11, 13/9, 11/9 and their inversions – while failing to closely approximate ratios of 7 given its step size. 34edo adds ratios of 5 into the mix – including 5/4, 6/5, 9/5, 15/8, 13/10, 15/13, and their inversions – as well as 17 – including 17/16, 18/17, 17/12, 17/11, 17/10, 17/13, 17/15 and their inversions. Since it distinguishes between 9/8 and 10/9 (exaggerating the difference between them, the [[syntonic comma]] of 81/80, from 21.5 cents to 35.3 cents), it is suitable for quasi-5-limit JI but is not a [[meantone]] system. While no number of fifths (3/2) land on major or minor thirds, an even number of major or minor thirds will be the same pitch as a pitch somewhere in the circle of seventeen fifths.


The sharpening of ~13 cents of 11/8 can fit with the 9/8 and 13/8 which both are about 7 cents sharp. This is the basis of a subtle trick: the guitarist tunes the high 'E' string flat by several cents, enough to be imperceptible in many contexts, but which makes chords/harmonies against those several intervals tuned more justly.
The sharpening of ~13 cents of 11/8 can fit with the 9/8 and 13/8 which both are about 7 cents sharp. This is the basis of a subtle trick: the guitarist tunes the high 'E' string flat by several cents, enough to be imperceptible in many contexts, but which makes chords/harmonies against those several intervals tuned more justly.
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=== Selected just intervals by error ===
=== Selected just intervals by error ===
The following table shows how [[15-odd-limit intervals]] are represented in 34edo. Prime harmonics are in '''bold'''; inconsistent intervals are in ''italic''.
The following table shows how [[15-odd-limit intervals]] are represented in 34edo. Prime harmonics are in '''bold'''; inconsistent intervals are in ''italic''.
{| class="wikitable center-all"
|+ Direct mapping (even if inconsistent)
|-
! Interval, complement
! Error (abs, [[Cent|¢]])
|-
| [[15/13]], [[26/15]]
| 0.682
|-
| [[18/13]], [[13/9]]
| 1.324
|-
| '''[[5/4]], [[8/5]]'''
| '''1.922'''
|-
| [[6/5]], [[5/3]]
| 2.006
|-
| [[13/12]], [[24/13]]
| 2.604
|-
| '''[[4/3]], [[3/2]]'''
| '''3.927'''
|-
| [[13/10]], [[20/13]]
| 4.610
|-
| [[11/9]], [[18/11]]
| 5.533
|-
| [[16/15]], [[15/8]]
| 5.849
|-
| [[10/9]], [[9/5]]
| 5.933
|-
| ''[[14/11]], [[11/7]]''
| ''6.021''
|-
| '''[[16/13]], [[13/8]]'''
| '''6.531'''
|-
| [[13/11]], [[22/13]]
| 6.857
|-
| [[15/11]], [[22/15]]
| 7.539
|-
| [[9/8]], [[16/9]]
| 7.855
|-
| [[12/11]], [[11/6]]
| 9.461
|-
| [[11/10]], [[20/11]]
| 11.466
|-
| ''[[9/7]], [[14/9]]''
| ''11.555''
|-
| ''[[14/13]], [[13/7]]''
| ''12.878''
|-
| '''[[11/8]], [[16/11]]'''
| '''13.388'''
|-
| ''[[15/14]], [[28/15]]''
| ''13.560''
|-
| ''[[7/6]], [[12/7]]''
| ''15.482''
|-
| '''[[8/7]], [[7/4]]'''
| '''15.885'''
|-
| ''[[7/5]], [[10/7]]''
| ''17.488''
|}


{| class="wikitable center-all"
{{15-odd-limit|34}}
|+ Patent val mapping
{{15-odd-limit|34.1|title=15-odd-limit intervals by 34d val mapping}}
|-
! Interval, complement
! Error (abs, [[Cent|¢]])
|-
| [[15/13]], [[26/15]]
| 0.682
|-
| [[18/13]], [[13/9]]
| 1.324
|-
| '''[[5/4]], [[8/5]]'''
| '''1.922'''
|-
| [[6/5]], [[5/3]]
| 2.006
|-
| [[13/12]], [[24/13]]
| 2.604
|-
| '''[[4/3]], [[3/2]]'''
| '''3.927'''
|-
| [[13/10]], [[20/13]]
| 4.610
|-
| [[11/9]], [[18/11]]
| 5.533
|-
| [[16/15]], [[15/8]]
| 5.849
|-
| [[10/9]], [[9/5]]
| 5.933
|-
| '''[[16/13]], [[13/8]]'''
| '''6.531'''
|-
| [[13/11]], [[22/13]]
| 6.857
|-
| [[15/11]], [[22/15]]
| 7.539
|-
| [[9/8]], [[16/9]]
| 7.855
|-
| [[12/11]], [[11/6]]
| 9.461
|-
| [[11/10]], [[20/11]]
| 11.466
|-
| '''[[11/8]], [[16/11]]'''
| '''13.388'''
|-
| '''[[8/7]], [[7/4]]'''
| '''15.885'''
|-
| ''[[7/5]], [[10/7]]''
| ''17.806''
|-
| ''[[7/6]], [[12/7]]''
| ''19.812''
|-
| ''[[15/14]], [[28/15]]''
| ''21.734''
|-
| ''[[14/13]], [[13/7]]''
| ''22.416''
|-
| ''[[9/7]], [[14/9]]''
| ''23.739''
|-
| ''[[14/11]], [[11/7]]''
| ''29.273''
|}


== Tuning by ear ==
== Tuning by ear ==