Survey of efficient temperaments by subgroup: Difference between revisions

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 Subgroups with no 2s, e.g. 3.5.7.11, are the most jarring break away from familiar harmony, which one may consider a good or a bad thing.
-Subgroups with 2s and 3s but no 5s, e.g. 2.3.7.11, preserve the most fundamental familiar intervals like the octave and the fifth, but do away with the 5-limit major and minor intervals of common practice harmony^<ref>^According to the 2.3.5 reading of common practice harmony. Alternate readings are possible.</ref>, forcing innovation while still keeping some familiarity.
+Subgroups with 2s and 3s but no 5s, e.g. 2.3.7.11, preserve the most fundamental familiar intervals like the octave and the fifth, but do away with the 5-limit major and minor intervals of common practice harmony<ref>According to the 2.3.5 reading of common practice harmony. Alternate readings are possible.</ref>, forcing innovation while still keeping some familiarity.
 Some theorists believe including 13, 17 or higher in a subgroup is pointless because the brain can't register such complex intervals. Others believe these intervals are registered by the brain, perhaps subtly and subconsciously in some instances, but still there.