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In terms of the actual categories themselves, I essentially divided them by significantly different [[Interval region|interval regions]], and then into smaller subcategories. There are really 4 overarching categories: macrotonal, semitonal, diesitonal, and syntonic, but these still feel too large and contain vastly different edos within themselves. So, I basically just split each category down the middle. | In terms of the actual categories themselves, I essentially divided them by significantly different [[Interval region|interval regions]], and then into smaller subcategories. There are really 4 overarching categories: macrotonal, semitonal, diesitonal, and syntonic, but these still feel too large and contain vastly different edos within themselves. So, I basically just split each category down the middle. | ||
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=== [[1edo]] === | === [[1edo]] === | ||
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I'd say this edo is on equal footing with 3edo, maybe slightly behind. You could certainly argue that it's better than 3edo, considering it contains 2 interlocked instances of 2edo, as well as an extra note. This seems like a convincing case for 4edo, but I personally think augmented triads are more interesting than diminished tetrads in isolation. It's really all about taste, as is everything in the world of music. | I'd say this edo is on equal footing with 3edo, maybe slightly behind. You could certainly argue that it's better than 3edo, considering it contains 2 interlocked instances of 2edo, as well as an extra note. This seems like a convincing case for 4edo, but I personally think augmented triads are more interesting than diminished tetrads in isolation. It's really all about taste, as is everything in the world of music. | ||
=== Trivial EDO Recap === | === Trivial EDO Recap === | ||
These first four edos are honestly just memes, so no amount of good things I say about them can eke them out of F tier. I can't really hear them as anything other than subsets of 12edo, which really makes them seem pointless. They work best as additional colors in larger edos that contain them, not as temperaments on their own. | [[File:Trivial EDO Tier List.png|thumb|Tier list of edos 1-4]]These first four edos are honestly just memes, so no amount of good things I say about them can eke them out of F tier. I can't really hear them as anything other than subsets of 12edo, which really makes them seem pointless. They work best as additional colors in larger edos that contain them, not as temperaments on their own. | ||
== Macrotonal | == Macrotonal == | ||
=== [[5edo]] === | === [[5edo]] === | ||
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Overall, a very solid edo. You can choose to avoid the dissonant fifth or embrace it, with both approaches leading to an incredible sound. It's surprisingly versatile, more so than any edo smaller than it, putting it above 7edo. | Overall, a very solid edo. You can choose to avoid the dissonant fifth or embrace it, with both approaches leading to an incredible sound. It's surprisingly versatile, more so than any edo smaller than it, putting it above 7edo. | ||
=== Macrotonal EDO Recap === | === Macrotonal EDO Recap === | ||
These edos are very cool and interesting. Just because they don't have very many notes in them doesn't mean they are necessarily limiting. Even 5edo, the most limiting of them all, has much room for expression through its interseptimal intervals. 9edo is especially intriguing to me, as it is the smallest edo with 2 flavors of thirds, making it the first edo to allow for any sort of complex chord movement. It is a beautiful edo that ends up being more versatile than you'd think, along with 7edo and even 8edo. | [[File:Macrotonal EDO Tier List.png|thumb|Tier list of edos 5-9]]These edos are very cool and interesting. Just because they don't have very many notes in them doesn't mean they are necessarily limiting. Even 5edo, the most limiting of them all, has much room for expression through its interseptimal intervals. 9edo is especially intriguing to me, as it is the smallest edo with 2 flavors of thirds, making it the first edo to allow for any sort of complex chord movement. It is a beautiful edo that ends up being more versatile than you'd think, along with 7edo and even 8edo. | ||
If you're in the market for edos that approximate simple ratios very well, you won't find much here. Sure, 5edo has a decent 7th harmonic and 9edo has spookily accurate approximations of [[27/25]] and 7/6 among other septimal intervals, but these edos shine in their simplicity. The main appeal here is how compact these edos are, and it's just really neat to think that you don't even need 12 notes to make awesome music. | If you're in the market for edos that approximate simple ratios very well, you won't find much here. Sure, 5edo has a decent 7th harmonic and 9edo has spookily accurate approximations of [[27/25]] and 7/6 among other septimal intervals, but these edos shine in their simplicity. The main appeal here is how compact these edos are, and it's just really neat to think that you don't even need 12 notes to make awesome music. | ||
== Macro-Semitonal | == Macro-Semitonal == | ||
=== [[10edo]] === | === [[10edo]] === | ||
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== Micro-Semitonal | == Micro-Semitonal == | ||
=== [[15edo]] === | === [[15edo]] === | ||
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== Macro-Diesitonal | == Macro-Diesitonal == | ||
=== [[20edo]] === | === [[20edo]] === | ||
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== Micro-Diesitonal | == Micro-Diesitonal == | ||
=== [[30edo]] === | === [[30edo]] === | ||
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== Super-Syntonic | == Super-Syntonic == | ||
=== [[40edo]] === | === [[40edo]] === | ||
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== Sub-Syntonic | == Sub-Syntonic == | ||
=== [[56edo]] === | === [[56edo]] === | ||