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== [[43edo]] ==

: '''ArrowHead''': By far my favourite alternative tuning for non-classical Western music where 12edo's enharmonics aren't critical, and perhaps the most optimal meantone tuning. It has the fifths tuned flat and major thirds tuned sharp with almost exactly the same deviation from just intonation on both of them and the minor third is tuned flat by twice that amount. It's also good for microtonality involving higher-order harmonic complexes since it approximates most of the intervals involving 7, ''and'' 11, ''and'' 13 well. However, with so many notes, in practice it's best suited for keyboards (Lumatone ''et al''). For guitar and bass players, I don't even think it's practical to put 87 frets on any real-world guitar or bass of reasonable size; at this point I think most guitar or bass players who want to use 43 would go fretless.

: '''ArrowHead''': By far my favourite alternative tuning for non-classical Western music where 12edo's enharmonics aren't critical, and perhaps the most optimal meantone tuning. It has the fifths tuned flat and major thirds tuned sharp with almost exactly the same deviation from just intonation on both of them and the minor third is tuned flat by twice that amount. It's also good for microtonality involving higher-order harmonic complexes since it approximates most of the intervals involving 7, ''and'' 11, ''and'' 13 well, and has a somewhat better approximation of the first 16 harmonics of the harmonic series than 31edo. However, with so many notes, in practice it's best suited for keyboards (Lumatone ''et al''). For guitar and bass players, I don't even think it's practical to put 87 frets on any real-world guitar or bass of reasonable size; at this point I think most guitar or bass players who want to use 43 would go fretless.

: '''Bozu''': Hypopent composite. Looks great on paper, but is a lot of notes and is either difficult to use or perhaps not as good in practice as it ought to be.

: '''Nicolai''': The other step-sibling of meantone.

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== [[46edo]] ==

: '''ArrowHead''': Has good approximations to the first 16 harmonics of the harmonic series like 43 does, and major triads with a very nice and buzzy sound, but is somewhat difficult to work with, especially considering the fact that it isn't meantone.

: '''Bozu''': Hyperpent composite. Same thing where it looks great on paper, but I feel underwhelmed noodling around with it.

: '''Inthar''': Great parapyth tuning, if you want your major thirds to be 14/11 instead of the more dissonant 17edo major thirds.

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: '''Bozu''': Generally the stopping point. If you are comfortable with >50 tones, then this tuning offers almost everything you will need. If not, stick with 31edo or something smaller.

: '''Nicolai''': JI: The Book.

== [[55edo]] ==

: '''ArrowHead''': A standardisation and representation of 1/6-comma meantone, proposed by Telemann as a theoretical basis for analysing the intervals of meantone. Works well for most of Western music written since the Renaissance and even works today for songs that don't presuppose 12edo's enharmonics, but in practice it's really only best suited to perform earlier classical works as it's gotten to the point of diminishing returns. For non-classical musicians, the sound is likely to be far too similar to 12edo to justify the significant extra complexity.

== [[59edo]] ==

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 == [[43edo]] ==
-: '''ArrowHead''': By far my favourite alternative tuning for non-classical Western music where 12edo's enharmonics aren't critical, and perhaps the most optimal meantone tuning. It has the fifths tuned flat and major thirds tuned sharp with almost exactly the same deviation from just intonation on both of them and the minor third is tuned flat by twice that amount. It's also good for microtonality involving higher-order harmonic complexes since it approximates most of the intervals involving 7, ''and'' 11, ''and'' 13 well. However, with so many notes, in practice it's best suited for keyboards (Lumatone ''et al''). For guitar and bass players, I don't even think it's practical to put 87 frets on any real-world guitar or bass of reasonable size; at this point I think most guitar or bass players who want to use 43 would go fretless.
+: '''ArrowHead''': By far my favourite alternative tuning for non-classical Western music where 12edo's enharmonics aren't critical, and perhaps the most optimal meantone tuning. It has the fifths tuned flat and major thirds tuned sharp with almost exactly the same deviation from just intonation on both of them and the minor third is tuned flat by twice that amount. It's also good for microtonality involving higher-order harmonic complexes since it approximates most of the intervals involving 7, ''and'' 11, ''and'' 13 well, and has a somewhat better approximation of the first 16 harmonics of the harmonic series than 31edo. However, with so many notes, in practice it's best suited for keyboards (Lumatone ''et al''). For guitar and bass players, I don't even think it's practical to put 87 frets on any real-world guitar or bass of reasonable size; at this point I think most guitar or bass players who want to use 43 would go fretless.
 : '''Bozu''': Hypopent composite. Looks great on paper, but is a lot of notes and is either difficult to use or perhaps not as good in practice as it ought to be.
 : '''Nicolai''': The other step-sibling of meantone.
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 == [[46edo]] ==
+: '''ArrowHead''': Has good approximations to the first 16 harmonics of the harmonic series like 43 does, and major triads with a very nice and buzzy sound, but is somewhat difficult to work with, especially considering the fact that it isn't meantone.
 : '''Bozu''': Hyperpent composite. Same thing where it looks great on paper, but I feel underwhelmed noodling around with it.
 : '''Inthar''': Great parapyth tuning, if you want your major thirds to be 14/11 instead of the more dissonant 17edo major thirds.
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 : '''Bozu''': Generally the stopping point. If you are comfortable with >50 tones, then this tuning offers almost everything you will need. If not, stick with 31edo or something smaller.
 : '''Nicolai''': JI: The Book.
+== [[55edo]] ==
+: '''ArrowHead''': A standardisation and representation of 1/6-comma meantone, proposed by Telemann as a theoretical basis for analysing the intervals of meantone. Works well for most of Western music written since the Renaissance and even works today for songs that don't presuppose 12edo's enharmonics, but in practice it's really only best suited to perform earlier classical works as it's gotten to the point of diminishing returns. For non-classical musicians, the sound is likely to be far too similar to 12edo to justify the significant extra complexity.
 == [[59edo]] ==