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The abbreviation **EDO** stands for **[[Equal]] Divisions of the [[Octave]]** (not to be confused with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period|Edo period]] in Japanese history). | The abbreviation **EDO** stands for **[[Equal]] Divisions of the [[Octave]]** (not to be confused with the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period|Edo period]] in Japanese history). | ||
= EDO FAQ = | |||
==What are EDO scales like?== | ==What are EDO scales like?== | ||
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* [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xZz8RtQB|Teen Tunes]] by [[Ivor Darreg]]</pre></div> | * [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xZz8RtQB|Teen Tunes]] by [[Ivor Darreg]]</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>EDO</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule: | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>EDO</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:14:&lt;img id=&quot;wikitext@@toc@@normal&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaToc&quot; title=&quot;Table of Contents&quot; src=&quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/normal?w=225&amp;h=100&quot;/&gt; --><div id="toc"><h1 class="nopad">Table of Contents</h1><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:14 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:15: --><div style="margin-left: 1em;"><a href="#EDO FAQ"> EDO FAQ </a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:15 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:16: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#EDO FAQ-What are EDO scales like?">What are EDO scales like?</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:16 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:17: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#EDO FAQ-Why would I want to use an EDO?">Why would I want to use an EDO?</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:17 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:18: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#EDO FAQ-How do I explore so many?">How do I explore so many?</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:18 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:19: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#EDO FAQ-What's the difference between EDOs and Equal Temperaments?">What's the difference between EDOs and Equal Temperaments?</a></div> | ||
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<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:22 -->The abbreviation <strong>EDO</strong> stands for <strong><a class="wiki_link" href="/Equal">Equal</a> Divisions of the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Octave">Octave</a></strong> (not to be confused with the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period" rel="nofollow">Edo period</a> in Japanese history).<br /> | |||
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Very straightforward to work with, the step size being so even and all. Some find the monotony bland, others find it a safe stable footing for musicmaking. The only property shared by all of them is the equality of their step-sizes; otherwise, their individual properties are as different as can be. The lower-numbered EDOs, especially 5 to 24, possess very strong and unique &quot;characters&quot;, which some composers have found to be inspiring in their own right.<br /> | Very straightforward to work with, the step size being so even and all. Some find the monotony bland, others find it a safe stable footing for musicmaking. The only property shared by all of them is the equality of their step-sizes; otherwise, their individual properties are as different as can be. The lower-numbered EDOs, especially 5 to 24, possess very strong and unique &quot;characters&quot;, which some composers have found to be inspiring in their own right.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc2"><a name="EDO FAQ-Why would I want to use an EDO?"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Why would I want to use an EDO?</h2> | ||
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If you are a guitarist (or a player of some other fretted string instrument, like a bass guitar, dulcimer, ukelele, banjo, mandolin, sitar, saz, pipa, or zhong ruan), an EDO will provide you with the simplest possible fretboard layout, as all of the frets will go straight across the fretboard, regardless of how you want to tune the open strings. More generally, EDOs allow for modulation to every single key in the tuning, without any alteration in harmonic properties, thus making transposition totally seamless. This also makes them somewhat easier to learn, as you do not have to memorize the harmonic and melodic variations that appear in various keys (which you would have to learn in JI, an unequal regular temperament, or a well-temperament). For those accustomed to the &quot;equality&quot; of 12-TET, the equality of the alternative EDOs can be reassuringly familiar.<br /> | If you are a guitarist (or a player of some other fretted string instrument, like a bass guitar, dulcimer, ukelele, banjo, mandolin, sitar, saz, pipa, or zhong ruan), an EDO will provide you with the simplest possible fretboard layout, as all of the frets will go straight across the fretboard, regardless of how you want to tune the open strings. More generally, EDOs allow for modulation to every single key in the tuning, without any alteration in harmonic properties, thus making transposition totally seamless. This also makes them somewhat easier to learn, as you do not have to memorize the harmonic and melodic variations that appear in various keys (which you would have to learn in JI, an unequal regular temperament, or a well-temperament). For those accustomed to the &quot;equality&quot; of 12-TET, the equality of the alternative EDOs can be reassuringly familiar.<br /> | ||
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It depends entirely on your desires as a musician!<br /> | It depends entirely on your desires as a musician!<br /> | ||
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All of these tools are also applicable to equal divisions of other (<a class="wiki_link" href="/nonoctave">nonoctave</a>) intervals as well.<br /> | All of these tools are also applicable to equal divisions of other (<a class="wiki_link" href="/nonoctave">nonoctave</a>) intervals as well.<br /> | ||
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See <a class="wiki_link" href="/edovset">here.</a><br /> | See <a class="wiki_link" href="/edovset">here.</a><br /> | ||
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and so on. Some larger systems include <a class="wiki_link" href="/415edo">415edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/422edo">422edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/441edo">441edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/446edo">446edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/458edo">458edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/460edo">460edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/473edo">473edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/491edo">491edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/494edo">494edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/534edo">534edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/539edo">539edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/578edo">578edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/581edo">581edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/587edo">587edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/612edo">612edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/640edo">640edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/643edo">643edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/665edo">665edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/695edo">695edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/703edo">703edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/730edo">730edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/742edo">742edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/749edo">749edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/764edo">764edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/771edo">771edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/814edo">814edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/873edo">873edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/935edo">935edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/940edo">940edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/954edo">954edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/971edo">971edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1178edo">1178edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1200edo">1200edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1236edo">1236edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1506edo">1506edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1578edo">1578edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1817edo">1817edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1848edo">1848edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1889edo">1889edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2000edo">2000edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2190edo">2190edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2460edo">2460edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2684edo">2684edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2966edo">2966edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3125edo">3125edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3395edo">3395edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3558edo">3558edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3600edo">3600edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/4296edo">4296edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/4573edo">4573edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/5585edo">5585edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/6079edo">6079edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/6691edo">6691edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/8269edo">8269edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/8539edo">8539edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/9033edo">9033edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/15601edo">15601edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/46032edo">46032edo</a><br /> | and so on. Some larger systems include <a class="wiki_link" href="/415edo">415edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/422edo">422edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/441edo">441edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/446edo">446edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/458edo">458edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/460edo">460edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/473edo">473edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/491edo">491edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/494edo">494edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/534edo">534edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/539edo">539edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/578edo">578edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/581edo">581edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/587edo">587edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/612edo">612edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/640edo">640edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/643edo">643edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/665edo">665edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/695edo">695edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/703edo">703edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/730edo">730edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/742edo">742edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/749edo">749edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/764edo">764edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/771edo">771edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/814edo">814edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/873edo">873edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/935edo">935edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/940edo">940edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/954edo">954edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/971edo">971edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1178edo">1178edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1200edo">1200edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1236edo">1236edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1506edo">1506edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1578edo">1578edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1817edo">1817edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1848edo">1848edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/1889edo">1889edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2000edo">2000edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2190edo">2190edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2460edo">2460edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2684edo">2684edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/2966edo">2966edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3125edo">3125edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3395edo">3395edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3558edo">3558edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/3600edo">3600edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/4296edo">4296edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/4573edo">4573edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/5585edo">5585edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/6079edo">6079edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/6691edo">6691edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/8269edo">8269edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/8539edo">8539edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/9033edo">9033edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/15601edo">15601edo</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/46032edo">46032edo</a><br /> | ||
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xZz8RtQB" rel="nofollow">Teen Tunes</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ivor%20Darreg">Ivor Darreg</a></li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xZz8RtQB" rel="nofollow">Teen Tunes</a> by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Ivor%20Darreg">Ivor Darreg</a></li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | ||