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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">If N-edo is an [[edo|equal division of the octave]], and if for any interval r, N(r) is the best N-edo approximation to r, then N is //consistent// with respect to a set of intervals S if for any two intervals a and b in S where ab is also in S, N(ab) = N(a) + N(b). Normally this is considered when S is the set of [[Odd limit|q odd limit intervals]], consisting of everything of the form 2^n u/v, where u and v are odd integers less than or equal to q. N is then said to be //q limit consistent//. If each interval in the q-limit is mapped to a unique value by N, then it said to be //uniquely q limit consistent//. | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">If N-edo is an [[edo|equal division of the octave]], and if for any interval r, N(r) is the best N-edo approximation to r, then N is //consistent// with respect to a set of intervals S if for any two intervals a and b in S where ab is also in S, N(ab) = N(a) + N(b). Normally this is considered when S is the set of [[Odd limit|q odd limit intervals]], consisting of everything of the form 2^n u/v, where u and v are odd integers less than or equal to q. N is then said to be //q limit consistent//. If each interval in the q-limit is mapped to a unique value by N, then it said to be //uniquely q limit consistent//. | ||
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An example for a system that is not consistent is [[25edo]]: | An example for a system that is not consistent is [[25edo]]: | ||
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Adding the two just intervals gives 3/2 * 7/6 = [[7_4|7/4]], the harmonic seventh, for which the best approximation in 25edo is 20 steps. Adding the two approximated intervals, however, gives 21 steps. This means that 25edo is not consistent in [[7-limit]]. | Adding the two just intervals gives 3/2 * 7/6 = [[7_4|7/4]], the harmonic seventh, for which the best approximation in 25edo is 20 steps. Adding the two approximated intervals, however, gives 21 steps. This means that 25edo is not consistent in [[7-limit]]. | ||
An example for a system that is consistent in the 3-limit is [[12edo]]: the (up to 12) multiples of the just fifth ([[3_2|3:2]]) are consistently approximated by the 12-edo steps. | |||
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[[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/consistent.aspx|consistent (TonalSoft encyclopedia)]] | [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/consistent.aspx|consistent (TonalSoft encyclopedia)]] | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>consistent</title></head><body>If N-edo is an <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo">equal division of the octave</a>, and if for any interval r, N(r) is the best N-edo approximation to r, then N is <em>consistent</em> with respect to a set of intervals S if for any two intervals a and b in S where ab is also in S, N(ab) = N(a) + N(b). Normally this is considered when S is the set of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Odd%20limit">q odd limit intervals</a>, consisting of everything of the form 2^n u/v, where u and v are odd integers less than or equal to q. N is then said to be <em>q limit consistent</em>. If each interval in the q-limit is mapped to a unique value by N, then it said to be <em>uniquely q limit consistent</em>.<br /> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>consistent</title></head><body>If N-edo is an <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo">equal division of the octave</a>, and if for any interval r, N(r) is the best N-edo approximation to r, then N is <em>consistent</em> with respect to a set of intervals S if for any two intervals a and b in S where ab is also in S, N(ab) = N(a) + N(b). Normally this is considered when S is the set of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Odd%20limit">q odd limit intervals</a>, consisting of everything of the form 2^n u/v, where u and v are odd integers less than or equal to q. N is then said to be <em>q limit consistent</em>. If each interval in the q-limit is mapped to a unique value by N, then it said to be <em>uniquely q limit consistent</em>.<br /> | ||
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An example for a system that is not consistent is <a class="wiki_link" href="/25edo">25edo</a>:<br /> | An example for a system that is not consistent is <a class="wiki_link" href="/25edo">25edo</a>:<br /> | ||
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Adding the two just intervals gives 3/2 * 7/6 = <a class="wiki_link" href="/7_4">7/4</a>, the harmonic seventh, for which the best approximation in 25edo is 20 steps. Adding the two approximated intervals, however, gives 21 steps. This means that 25edo is not consistent in <a class="wiki_link" href="/7-limit">7-limit</a>.<br /> | Adding the two just intervals gives 3/2 * 7/6 = <a class="wiki_link" href="/7_4">7/4</a>, the harmonic seventh, for which the best approximation in 25edo is 20 steps. Adding the two approximated intervals, however, gives 21 steps. This means that 25edo is not consistent in <a class="wiki_link" href="/7-limit">7-limit</a>.<br /> | ||
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An example for a system that is consistent in the 3-limit is <a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo">12edo</a>: the (up to 12) multiples of the just fifth (<a class="wiki_link" href="/3_2">3:2</a>) are consistently approximated by the 12-edo steps.<br /> | |||
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