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===Septimal vs syntonic comma===

Possibly the most striking characteristic of 22edo to those not used to it is that it does '''not''' temper out the syntonic comma of 81/80, and therefore is not a system of [[meantone]] temperament. This means that 22 distinguishes a number of Pythagorean and 5-limit intervals that 12edo, 19edo, and 31edo do not distinguish, such as the two whole tones 9/8 and 10/9. ~~Indeed, these~~ distinctions are exaggerated in comparison to 5-limit JI and many more accurate temperaments such as [[34edo]], [[41edo]] and [[53edo]].

Possibly the most striking characteristic of 22edo to those not used to it is that it does '''not''' temper out the syntonic comma of 81/80, and therefore is not a system of [[meantone]] temperament. This means that 22 distinguishes a number of Pythagorean and 5-limit intervals that 12edo, 19edo, and 31edo do not distinguish, such as the two whole tones 9/8 and 10/9. These distinctions are strongly exaggerated in comparison to 5-limit JI and many more accurate temperaments such as [[34edo]], [[41edo]] and [[53edo]], allowing many opportunities for alternate interpretation of their harmony.

The diatonic scale it produces is instead derived from [[superpyth]] temperament, which despite having the same melodic structure as meantone's diatonic scale (LLsLLLs or, [[5L 2s]]), has thirds approximating 9/7 and 7/6, rather than 5/4 and 6/5. This means that the septimal comma of 64/63 vanishes, rather than the syntonic comma of 81/80, which is one of the core features of 22et. Superpyth is melodically interesting for having a quasi-equal pentatonic scale (as the large whole tone and subminor third are rather close in size) and a more uneven heptatonic scale, as compared with 12et and other meantone systems: step patterns 4 4 5 4 5 and 4 4 1 4 4 4 1, respectively.

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 ===Septimal vs syntonic comma===
-Possibly the most striking characteristic of 22edo to those not used to it is that it does '''not''' temper out the syntonic comma of 81/80, and therefore is not a system of [[meantone]] temperament. This means that 22 distinguishes a number of Pythagorean and 5-limit intervals that 12edo, 19edo, and 31edo do not distinguish, such as the two whole tones 9/8 and 10/9. Indeed, these distinctions are exaggerated in comparison to 5-limit JI and many more accurate temperaments such as [[34edo]], [[41edo]] and [[53edo]].
+Possibly the most striking characteristic of 22edo to those not used to it is that it does '''not''' temper out the syntonic comma of 81/80, and therefore is not a system of [[meantone]] temperament. This means that 22 distinguishes a number of Pythagorean and 5-limit intervals that 12edo, 19edo, and 31edo do not distinguish, such as the two whole tones 9/8 and 10/9. These distinctions are strongly exaggerated in comparison to 5-limit JI and many more accurate temperaments such as [[34edo]], [[41edo]] and [[53edo]], allowing many opportunities for alternate interpretation of their harmony.
 The diatonic scale it produces is instead derived from [[superpyth]] temperament, which despite having the same melodic structure as meantone's diatonic scale (LLsLLLs or, [[5L 2s]]), has thirds approximating 9/7 and 7/6, rather than 5/4 and 6/5. This means that the septimal comma of 64/63 vanishes, rather than the syntonic comma of 81/80, which is one of the core features of 22et. Superpyth is melodically interesting for having a quasi-equal pentatonic scale (as the large whole tone and subminor third are rather close in size) and a more uneven heptatonic scale, as compared with 12et and other meantone systems: step patterns 4 4 5 4 5 and 4 4 1 4 4 4 1, respectively.