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This edo is literally just a tritone. And, in this case, it's a rather interesting one. It's the 600¢ hemioctave tritone, the only one that is its own [[octave complement]]. So, while its melodic and harmonic capabilities in isolation are pretty bare, its symmetrical nature allows for some cool gimmicks. If instead it were, say, [[11/8]], that would open the possibility of using both 11/8 and [[16/11]], its octave complement. This would allow for greater melodic and harmonic expression, but at the expense of having a neat symmetrical tritone.

To illustrate this tritone's nature, the demo for this edo is completely flipped on its head. If you listen carefully, you will notice that the pizzicato violins and celli play each other's ~~part~~ upside down in the second half of the loop. The gimmick is that this only affects contour, not the harmony. So yeah, that's pretty cool.

To illustrate this tritone's nature, the demo for this edo is completely flipped on its head. If you listen carefully, you will notice that the pizzicato violins and celli play each other's parts upside down in the second half of the loop. The gimmick is that this only affects contour, not the harmony. So yeah, that's pretty cool.

Anyway, this edo isn't much. In fact, I can't honestly say it's any better than 1edo. In theory, there should be no reason to choose 1edo over 2edo, but how much does that one extra note really add in practice? At the end of the day, both edos are mere novelties.

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 This edo is literally just a tritone. And, in this case, it's a rather interesting one. It's the 600¢ hemioctave tritone, the only one that is its own [[octave complement]]. So, while its melodic and harmonic capabilities in isolation are pretty bare, its symmetrical nature allows for some cool gimmicks. If instead it were, say, [[11/8]], that would open the possibility of using both 11/8 and [[16/11]], its octave complement. This would allow for greater melodic and harmonic expression, but at the expense of having a neat symmetrical tritone.
-To illustrate this tritone's nature, the demo for this edo is completely flipped on its head. If you listen carefully, you will notice that the pizzicato violins and celli play each other's part upside down in the second half of the loop. The gimmick is that this only affects contour, not the harmony. So yeah, that's pretty cool.
+To illustrate this tritone's nature, the demo for this edo is completely flipped on its head. If you listen carefully, you will notice that the pizzicato violins and celli play each other's parts upside down in the second half of the loop. The gimmick is that this only affects contour, not the harmony. So yeah, that's pretty cool.
 Anyway, this edo isn't much. In fact, I can't honestly say it's any better than 1edo. In theory, there should be no reason to choose 1edo over 2edo, but how much does that one extra note really add in practice? At the end of the day, both edos are mere novelties.