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'''Nonprime prime power''': {{AFDOs|4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 49, 64, 81, 121, 125, 128, 169, 243, 256, 289, 343, 361, 512, 529, 625, 729, 841, 961, 1024, 1331, 1369, 1681, 1849, 2048}}
'''Nonprime prime power''': {{AFDOs|4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 49, 64, 81, 121, 125, 128, 169, 243, 256, 289, 343, 361, 512, 529, 625, 729, 841, 961, 1024, 1331, 1369, 1681, 1849, 2048}}
== Using afdos to make edo interval tables ==
To make a quick and dirty table of intervals in an edo, you can go to Scale Workshop and use "approximate by harmonics" to make a list of JI ratios for each interval. Copy-paste it into Excel to make a table.
Do note that this is not a replacement for a manually curated table of intervals, nor is it even a replacement for a more cleverly computed table of intervals. This method is very crude.
Here is a table recommending what afdo to choose (i.e. what number to put for "approximate by harmonics"). The afdos recommended are the superior highly composite numbers (OEIS A002201):
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!EDO size
!Ideal AFDO to map to
!Smallest denominators excluded
|-
| 1edo to 20edo
| [[60afdo]]
| 7, 8, 9
|-
| 21edo to 40edo
| [[120afdo]]
| 7, 9, 11
|-
| 41edo to 120edo
| [[360afdo]]
| 7, 11, 13
|-
| 121edo to 840edo
| [[2520afdo]]
| 11, 13, 16
|-
| 841edo to 1680edo
| [[5040afdo]]
| 11, 13, 17
|-
| 1681edo to 18480edo
| [[55440afdo]]
| 13, 17, 19
|-
| 18481edo to 240240edo
| [[720720afdo]]
| 17, 19, 23
|-
| 240241edo to 480480edo
| 1441440afdo
| 17, 19, 23
|-
| 480480edo to 1,441,440edo
| 4324320afdo
| 17, 19, 23
|-
| 1,441,441edo to 7,207,200edo
| 21621600afdo
| 17, 19, 23
|-
| 7,207,201edo to 122,522,400edo
| 367567200afdo
| 19, 23, 29
|-
| 122,522,401edo to 2,327,925,600edo
| 6983776800afdo
| 23, 29, 31
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==