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==Equal multiplications?==  
==Equal multiplications?==  
88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma</pre></div>
88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma
 
===See also:===
[[edo anatomy]]</pre></div>
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=Equal= 

**Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale.**

The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See [[roots]].)

When a tuning is called "X tone equal temperament" (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means "X divisions of 2/1, the octave," but it also implies a mindset of [[Regular Temperaments|temperament]]—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale.

The less loaded term //EDO//, meaning "equal divisions of the octave," is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture. (There are other less standard terms, many in the [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx|Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]].)

**As there are infinite intervals, there are infinite equal scales.** Barring technicalities there are large quantities of perceivably different equal scales. Seeing such a diverse menagerie at their disposal, some composers choose to combine multiple equal tunings [[ET surveys|sequentially]] or [[Polymicrotonality|simultaneously]].

----
== == 
=Scale gallery= 

==Equal divisions...== 

===...of the Octave (2/1)=== 
(wildly popular; [[edo|dedicated page]])
|| //[[1edo]]// || //[[2edo]]// || //[[3edo]]// || //[[4edo]]// || [[5edo]] || //[[6edo]]// || [[7edo]] || [[8edo]] || [[9edo]] || [[10edo]] || [[11edo]] || //[[12edo]]// ||
|| [[13edo]] || [[14edo]] || [[15edo]] || [[16edo]] || [[17edo]] || [[18edo]] || [[19edo]] || [[20edo]] || [[21edo]] || [[22edo]] || [[23edo]] || [[24edo]] ||
|| [[25edo]] || [[26edo]] || [[27edo]] || [[28edo]] || [[29edo]] || [[30edo]] || [[31edo]] || [[32edo]] || [[33edo]] || [[34edo]] || [[35edo]] || [[36edo]] ||
|| [[37edo]] || [[38edo]] || [[39edo]] || [[40edo]] || [[41edo]] || [[42edo]] || [[43edo]] || [[44edo]] || [[45edo]] || [[46edo]] || [[47edo]] || [[48edo]] ||
|| [[49edo]] || [[50edo]] || [[51edo]] || [[52edo]] || [[53edo]] || [[54edo]] || [[55edo]] || [[56edo]] || [[57edo]] || [[58edo]] || [[59edo]] || [[60edo]] ||
and so on to less popular areas... [[72edo]] [[76edo]] [[88edo]] [[96edo]] [[120edo]]

The equal temperaments formatted in //italic// build subsets of //[[12edo]]// and can be taken as "[[macrotonal tuning]]s".

===...of the Tritave (3/1)=== 
[[12edt|12]]
[[BP|13 (Bohlen-Pierce)]]
[[19ED3|19 (Bernhard Stopper)]]

===...of the Perfect Fifth (3/2)=== 
[[4edf|4]]
[[6edf|6]]
[[88cET|8 (88-cET)]]
[[Carlos Alpha|9 (Carlos Alpha)]]
[[Carlos Beta|11 (Carlos Beta)]]
[[Carlos Gamma|20 (Carlos Gamma)]]

===...of the Just Major 17th (5/1)=== 
25 (Stockhausen, McLaren)

==Equal multiplications?== 
88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma

===See also:=== 
[[edo anatomy]]

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<strong>Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale.</strong><br />
<br />
The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See <a class="wiki_link" href="/roots">roots</a>.)<br />
<br />
When a tuning is called &quot;X tone equal temperament&quot; (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means &quot;X divisions of 2/1, the octave,&quot; but it also implies a mindset of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">temperament</a>—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale.<br />
<br />
The less loaded term <em>EDO</em>, meaning &quot;equal divisions of the octave,&quot; is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture. (There are other less standard terms, many in the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx" rel="nofollow">Tonalsoft Encyclopedia</a>.)<br />
<br />
<strong>As there are infinite intervals, there are infinite equal scales.</strong> Barring technicalities there are large quantities of perceivably different equal scales. Seeing such a diverse menagerie at their disposal, some composers choose to combine multiple equal tunings <a class="wiki_link" href="/ET%20surveys">sequentially</a> or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Polymicrotonality">simultaneously</a>.<br />
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 (wildly popular; <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo">dedicated page</a>)<br />


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        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/1edo">1edo</a></em><br />
</td>
        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/2edo">2edo</a></em><br />
</td>
        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/3edo">3edo</a></em><br />
</td>
        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/4edo">4edo</a></em><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/5edo">5edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/6edo">6edo</a></em><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/7edo">7edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/8edo">8edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/9edo">9edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/10edo">10edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/11edo">11edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><em><a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo">12edo</a></em><br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/13edo">13edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/14edo">14edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/15edo">15edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/16edo">16edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/17edo">17edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/18edo">18edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/19edo">19edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/20edo">20edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/21edo">21edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/23edo">23edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/24edo">24edo</a><br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/25edo">25edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/26edo">26edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/27edo">27edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/28edo">28edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/29edo">29edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/30edo">30edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/31edo">31edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/32edo">32edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/33edo">33edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/34edo">34edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/35edo">35edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/36edo">36edo</a><br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/37edo">37edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/38edo">38edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/39edo">39edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/40edo">40edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/41edo">41edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/42edo">42edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/43edo">43edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/44edo">44edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/45edo">45edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/46edo">46edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/47edo">47edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/48edo">48edo</a><br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/49edo">49edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/50edo">50edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/51edo">51edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/52edo">52edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/53edo">53edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/54edo">54edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/55edo">55edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/56edo">56edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/57edo">57edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/58edo">58edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/59edo">59edo</a><br />
</td>
        <td><a class="wiki_link" href="/60edo">60edo</a><br />
</td>
    </tr>
</table>

and so on to less popular areas... <a class="wiki_link" href="/72edo">72edo</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/76edo">76edo</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/88edo">88edo</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/96edo">96edo</a> <a class="wiki_link" href="/120edo">120edo</a><br />
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The equal temperaments formatted in <em>italic</em> build subsets of <em><a class="wiki_link" href="/12edo">12edo</a></em> and can be taken as &quot;<a class="wiki_link" href="/macrotonal%20tuning">macrotonal tuning</a>s&quot;.<br />
<br />
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 <a class="wiki_link" href="/12edt">12</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/BP">13 (Bohlen-Pierce)</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/19ED3">19 (Bernhard Stopper)</a><br />
<br />
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 <a class="wiki_link" href="/4edf">4</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/6edf">6</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/88cET">8 (88-cET)</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/Carlos%20Alpha">9 (Carlos Alpha)</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/Carlos%20Beta">11 (Carlos Beta)</a><br />
<a class="wiki_link" href="/Carlos%20Gamma">20 (Carlos Gamma)</a><br />
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 25 (Stockhausen, McLaren)<br />
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 88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma<br />
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 <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo%20anatomy">edo anatomy</a></body></html>