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== [[12edo]] ==

: '''ArrowHead''': ~~It's the~~ smallest one that does 5-limit well, ~~which~~ is ~~precisely why it's~~ the ~~most popular around the world today. Admittedly, it's by far~~ the ~~easiest~~ tuning ~~to get into~~, and ~~is the best tuning to get started with in music~~. Has the largest possible contrast between major and minor for a meantone tuning, ~~and~~ the wide major thirds and narrow minor thirds ~~are best for some areas of Western music but far from optimal for others, since the classic major and minor triads~~ can sound quite sludgy on certain timbres such as organs. I ~~also~~ feel that other ~~meantone~~ tunings ~~should be mentioned~~ and ~~touched upon~~ to ~~a decent degree~~ after ~~Western musicians~~ get familiar with ~~12 so that they don't think 12~~ is ~~somehow~~ the ~~be-all/end-all of tuning and are encouraged to explore other tunings~~.

: '''ArrowHead''': The smallest one that does 5-limit well, and is right on the midpoint of the regular diatonic tuning spectrum, separating meantone from Parapythagorean and Superpythagorean. Has the largest possible contrast between major and minor for a meantone tuning, though since the wide major thirds and narrow minor thirds can sound quite sludgy on certain timbres such as organs I feel like 12 is far from optimal tuning for many areas of Western music. While I do feel that Western music education should cover the mathematics of tuning before college, and talk about Pythagorean tuning and other meantones to encourage Western musicians to explore other tunings and prevent people from thinking that 12 is the only correct way to tune, I do admit that these should come ''after'' people get familiar with the common practice chords and scales, and 12edo is without a doubt the best starting point for introducing stuff.

: '''Aura''': Finally! The EDO I have the most extensive experience with. All my direct, first-hand experience with 1edo, 2edo, 3edo, 4edo and 6edo prior to me finishing this page came about because I have access to a 12edo instrument- my grandmother's piano. It is also from here that I've taken the bulk of my ideas on tonality—including my idea for Treble-Down tonality. I still use this EDO as a basis for forming harmonic and melodic ideas.

: '''Bozu''': Honestly, the best edo. Not too many notes, not too few. What notes are there sound great. It's the lowest composite hypopent, as well as the lowest composite of augmented and diminished. You can use it to affect major, minor, augmented, and diminished tonalities very well. The only place it truly falls short is anything beyond that. It's not too great at approximating higher order harmonics, nor does it offer any neutral intervals. It'd be sort of silly to think of a beginner musician starting with anything other than this or some form of meantone or JI that 12edo approximates.

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 == [[12edo]] ==
-: '''ArrowHead''': It's the smallest one that does 5-limit well, which is precisely why it's the most popular around the world today. Admittedly, it's by far the easiest tuning to get into, and is the best tuning to get started with in music. Has the largest possible contrast between major and minor for a meantone tuning, and the wide major thirds and narrow minor thirds are best for some areas of Western music but far from optimal for others, since the classic major and minor triads can sound quite sludgy on certain timbres such as organs. I also feel that other meantone tunings should be mentioned and touched upon to a decent degree after Western musicians get familiar with 12 so that they don't think 12 is somehow the be-all/end-all of tuning and are encouraged to explore other tunings.
+: '''ArrowHead''': The smallest one that does 5-limit well, and is right on the midpoint of the regular diatonic tuning spectrum, separating meantone from Parapythagorean and Superpythagorean. Has the largest possible contrast between major and minor for a meantone tuning, though since the wide major thirds and narrow minor thirds can sound quite sludgy on certain timbres such as organs I feel like 12 is far from optimal tuning for many areas of Western music. While I do feel that Western music education should cover the mathematics of tuning before college, and talk about Pythagorean tuning and other meantones to encourage Western musicians to explore other tunings and prevent people from thinking that 12 is the only correct way to tune, I do admit that these should come ''after'' people get familiar with the common practice chords and scales, and 12edo is without a doubt the best starting point for introducing stuff.
 : '''Aura''': Finally! The EDO I have the most extensive experience with. All my direct, first-hand experience with 1edo, 2edo, 3edo, 4edo and 6edo prior to me finishing this page came about because I have access to a 12edo instrument- my grandmother's piano. It is also from here that I've taken the bulk of my ideas on tonality—including my idea for Treble-Down tonality. I still use this EDO as a basis for forming harmonic and melodic ideas.
 : '''Bozu''': Honestly, the best edo. Not too many notes, not too few. What notes are there sound great. It's the lowest composite hypopent, as well as the lowest composite of augmented and diminished. You can use it to affect major, minor, augmented, and diminished tonalities very well. The only place it truly falls short is anything beyond that. It's not too great at approximating higher order harmonics, nor does it offer any neutral intervals. It'd be sort of silly to think of a beginner musician starting with anything other than this or some form of meantone or JI that 12edo approximates.