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== Dual-fifth scales == | == Dual-fifth scales == | ||
[[Sixix]][7] can be regarded as the scale which is the most authentic representation of the "dual-fifth" phenomenon via its [[mode]]s, since it features both sharp and flat fifth on different modes, and the interval in this case occupies 5 staff positions. For example, in [[25edo]], sixix can take form of 4 3 4 3 4 3 4, where five staff positions occupy 18\25 (sharp fifth), but if the mode is 3 4 3 4 3 4 4, then five staff positions are equal to 17\25 (flat fifth). | [[Sixix]][7] can be regarded as the scale which is the most authentic representation of the "dual-fifth" phenomenon via its [[mode]]s, since it features both sharp and flat fifth on different modes, and the interval in this case occupies 5 staff positions. For example, in [[25edo]], sixix can take form of 4 3 4 3 4 3 4, where five staff positions occupy 18\25 (sharp fifth), but if the mode is 3 4 3 4 3 4 4, then five staff positions are equal to 17\25 (flat fifth). However, it should be noted that in better tunings of sixix, the flat fifth is Mavila-like in quality while the sharp fifth is a comparatively accurate [[superpyth]] diatonic fifth. | ||
== Dual-fifth edos == | == Dual-fifth edos == | ||
[[35edo]] is the [[equal temperament]] which can be said to most authentically represent the concept of "dual-fifth", since its fifths of 20\35 and 21\35 correspond to the bounds of the tuning range for the [[diatonic]] scale where the term ''fifth'' in the standard Western practice originates from. 35edo is the largest [[edo]] without a diatonic scale, and it is therefore the smallest whose sharp and flat fifth can be equally treated as being approximants of five staff positions of the diatonic scale. | [[35edo]] is the [[equal temperament]] which can be said to most authentically represent the concept of "dual-fifth", since its fifths of 20\35 and 21\35 correspond to the bounds of the tuning range for the [[diatonic]] scale where the term ''fifth'' in the standard Western practice originates from. 35edo is the largest [[edo]] without a diatonic scale, and it is therefore the smallest whose sharp and flat fifth can be equally treated as being approximants of five staff positions of the diatonic scale. | ||
Although edos like [[18edo]], [[23edo]] and [[25edo]] have been extensively studied as dual-fifth, their corresponding dual-fifth intervals that are also often considered as [[2L 5s| | Although edos like [[18edo]], [[23edo]] and [[25edo]] have been extensively studied as dual-fifth, their corresponding dual-fifth intervals that are also often considered as [[2L 5s|antidiatonic]] generators or subminor sixths, and not every musical approach treats them as approximants of 3/2 or intervals playing the role of the fifth. | ||
Perhaps a more familiar dual-fifth system to many is [[18edo]]. It is the first system that has intervals that are close enough to 3/2 that they can be regarded as sharp and flat fifth, but also far enough to sound different. Its sharp fifth and flat fifth are almost equally off from just: it has a 733.3¢ sharp fifth 31.4¢ sharp from pure [[3/2]], and a 666.7¢ flat fifth is 35.3¢ flat. | Perhaps a more familiar dual-fifth system to many is [[18edo]]. It is the first system that has intervals that are close enough to 3/2 that they can be regarded as sharp and flat fifth, but also far enough to sound different. Its sharp fifth and flat fifth are almost equally off from just: it has a 733.3¢ sharp fifth 31.4¢ sharp from pure [[3/2]], and a 666.7¢ flat fifth is 35.3¢ flat. | ||