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''Tier: '''A'''''[[File:14edo groove.mp3|none|thumb|14edo noir swing in A minor (?)]]

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This is the first edo with 3 flavors of thirds. The neutral third is the same one from 7edo, the minor third is a rather flat subminor third (almost inframinor), and the major third is a nice supermajor third that comes in just a few cents flat of 9/7. This is a pretty wide spread, allowing for great contrast between different chord qualities.

Being a low 7n-edo, the '''[[apotome]]''' is tempered out. This makes sense in 7edo, since there simply aren't enough notes for there to be anything close to a semitone, but in the case of 14edo, it's quite intriguing. You could create a "diatonic" scale, but it would either end up equalized or with more than 2 step sizes. In fact, this edo doesn't have any heptatonic mosses. Instead, it features the likes of '''[[semiquartal]]''' and [[4L 6s|'''lime''']], both in their basic forms. These mosses are rather interesting, with semiquartal being somewhat popular. The one example of lime in 14edo that I could find is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhjSEUaBXxU&list=PLLZE7hMjEXRaVKJD8IPyiNFxFIVspBv6q&index=3 ''Rexasaurus''] by Francium.

Anyway, this edo is underappreciated in my opinion. It inherits the xen quality of 7edo and places it in an environment with many more opportunities. My favorite piece in this edo is the prelude from The Equal Tempered Keyboard, and I don't think it would've sounded any better in a different temperament. The watery fifth when paired with the extremely flat subminor third has such a bittersweet sound, and when paired with the supermajor third it has a particular nostalgic vibe. And, of course, the neutral third has its own character that is completely separate from the other two thirds. To think that such a breadth of emotions can be achieved with so few notes is honestly beautiful (...ignoring 12edo...).

I wish I could say more about 14edo, but I really don't have that much experience in it. On the surface, it seems like a pretty weird tuning since it does a horrible job of approximating pretty much any prime harmonics, which is why I haven't used it much. But, in the future, I do wish to use it in a variety of styles to see what it is truly capable of.

=== Macro-Semitonal EDO Recap ===

[[File:Macro-Semitonal EDO Tier List.png|thumb|Tier list of edos 10-14]]

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A mix of really good and... decent... edos. I'd say 11edo is a bit of an outlier here, even though it is quite similar to 13edo, since I see it as being totally outclassed. Although, perhaps you could use both 11edo and 13edo in conjunction to create some cool effects, as [[Claudi Meneghin]] did in his ''[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KqjNRqCQqro Micropiece in 11edo & 13edo]''. Either way, a pretty niche use case for two pretty niche edos.

Anyway, those two are clearly not my favorites. 14edo is, as I said, totally underappreciated and underexplored. It can create some truly ethereal sounds on par with 9edo, which is why I put them right next to each other on the tier list. I don't like saying xen temperaments are good for "alien" music, but 14edo really does hit the mark in this regard (as is seen in the glorious thumbnail of ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BzDOibAJO8 Warp Drive]'' by [[JUMBLE]]).

10edo is one of my favorite edos. I'd like to have a custom 10edo marimba, if that's even a feasible project. It's a great edo for tuning your ears to the world of xenharmony without just being a 5-limit system like 19edo or 31edo, because of its familiar semitone size and lack of neutral intervals. It's honestly one of the most underrated edos in existence, since even 5edo gets more attention than it.

And then there's 12edo. Pretty good, I'd say.

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+This is the first edo with 3 flavors of thirds. The neutral third is the same one from 7edo, the minor third is a rather flat subminor third (almost inframinor), and the major third is a nice supermajor third that comes in just a few cents flat of 9/7. This is a pretty wide spread, allowing for great contrast between different chord qualities.
+Being a low 7n-edo, the '''[[apotome]]''' is tempered out. This makes sense in 7edo, since there simply aren't enough notes for there to be anything close to a semitone, but in the case of 14edo, it's quite intriguing. You could create a "diatonic" scale, but it would either end up equalized or with more than 2 step sizes. In fact, this edo doesn't have any heptatonic mosses. Instead, it features the likes of '''[[semiquartal]]''' and [[4L 6s|'''lime''']], both in their basic forms. These mosses are rather interesting, with semiquartal being somewhat popular. The one example of lime in 14edo that I could find is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhjSEUaBXxU&list=PLLZE7hMjEXRaVKJD8IPyiNFxFIVspBv6q&index=3 ''Rexasaurus''] by Francium.
+Anyway, this edo is underappreciated in my opinion. It inherits the xen quality of 7edo and places it in an environment with many more opportunities. My favorite piece in this edo is the prelude from The Equal Tempered Keyboard, and I don't think it would've sounded any better in a different temperament. The watery fifth when paired with the extremely flat subminor third has such a bittersweet sound, and when paired with the supermajor third it has a particular nostalgic vibe. And, of course, the neutral third has its own character that is completely separate from the other two thirds. To think that such a breadth of emotions can be achieved with so few notes is honestly beautiful (...ignoring 12edo...).
+I wish I could say more about 14edo, but I really don't have that much experience in it. On the surface, it seems like a pretty weird tuning since it does a horrible job of approximating pretty much any prime harmonics, which is why I haven't used it much. But, in the future, I do wish to use it in a variety of styles to see what it is truly capable of.
 === Macro-Semitonal EDO Recap ===
 [[File:Macro-Semitonal EDO Tier List.png|thumb|Tier list of edos 10-14]]
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+A mix of really good and... decent... edos. I'd say 11edo is a bit of an outlier here, even though it is quite similar to 13edo, since I see it as being totally outclassed. Although, perhaps you could use both 11edo and 13edo in conjunction to create some cool effects, as [[Claudi Meneghin]] did in his ''[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KqjNRqCQqro Micropiece in 11edo & 13edo]''. Either way, a pretty niche use case for two pretty niche edos.
+Anyway, those two are clearly not my favorites. 14edo is, as I said, totally underappreciated and underexplored. It can create some truly ethereal sounds on par with 9edo, which is why I put them right next to each other on the tier list. I don't like saying xen temperaments are good for "alien" music, but 14edo really does hit the mark in this regard (as is seen in the glorious thumbnail of ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BzDOibAJO8 Warp Drive]'' by [[JUMBLE]]).
+edo is one of my favorite edos. I'd like to have a custom 10edo marimba, if that's even a feasible project. It's a great edo for tuning your ears to the world of xenharmony without just being a 5-limit system like 19edo or 31edo, because of its familiar semitone size and lack of neutral intervals. It's honestly one of the most underrated edos in existence, since even 5edo gets more attention than it.
+And then there's 12edo. Pretty good, I'd say.
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