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The structure of 26edo is an interesting beast, with various approaches relating it to various rank-2 temperaments.

# In terms of more traditional chord types we have flattone, a variant of meantone with flat fifths, which ~~yields interesting but to some unsatisfying results (due mainly~~ to the ~~dissonance of its thirds~~, and ~~its major second of approximately [[10/9]] instead of [[9/8]])~~.

# In terms of more traditional chord types we have flattone, a variant of meantone with flat fifths, which provides an intuitive structure for extending meantone harmony to the 7-limit; for example, augmented becomes supermajor, and diminished becomes subminor. Simple mappings for harmonics up to 13 are also achieved.

# As two chains of meantone fifths half an octave apart, it supports injera temperament. The generator for this is an interval which can be called either 21/20 or 15/14, and which represents two steps of 26, and hence one step of 13. Hence in 26edo (as opposed to, for instance, [[38edo]]) it can be viewed as two parallel 13edo scales, and from that point of view we can consider it as supporting the 13b&26 temperament, allowing the two chains be shifted slightly and which can be used for more atonal melodies. In this way its internal dynamics resemble those of [[14edo]].

# 26edo nearly perfectly approximates the 7th and 11th harmonics, and an entire system may be constructed analogous to that based on the 3rd and 5th harmonics. In terms of subgroups, this is the 2.7.11 subgroup, and on this 26 tempers out the pair of commas [[65536/65219]] and {{monzo| -3 0 0 6 -4 }}. The 65536/65219 comma, the orgonisma, leads to the [[Orgonia|orgone temperament]] with an approximate 77/64 generator of 7\26, with mos scales of size 7, 11 and 15. The {{monzo| -3 0 0 6 -4 }} comma leads to a half-octave period and an approximate [[49/44]] generator of 4\26, leading to mos of size 8 and 14.

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 The structure of 26edo is an interesting beast, with various approaches relating it to various rank-2 temperaments.
-# In terms of more traditional chord types we have flattone, a variant of meantone with flat fifths, which yields interesting but to some unsatisfying results (due mainly to the dissonance of its thirds, and its major second of approximately [[10/9]] instead of [[9/8]]).
+# In terms of more traditional chord types we have flattone, a variant of meantone with flat fifths, which provides an intuitive structure for extending meantone harmony to the 7-limit; for example, augmented becomes supermajor, and diminished becomes subminor. Simple mappings for harmonics up to 13 are also achieved.
 # As two chains of meantone fifths half an octave apart, it supports injera temperament. The generator for this is an interval which can be called either 21/20 or 15/14, and which represents two steps of 26, and hence one step of 13. Hence in 26edo (as opposed to, for instance, [[38edo]]) it can be viewed as two parallel 13edo scales, and from that point of view we can consider it as supporting the 13b&amp;26 temperament, allowing the two chains be shifted slightly and which can be used for more atonal melodies. In this way its internal dynamics resemble those of [[14edo]].
 # 26edo nearly perfectly approximates the 7th and 11th harmonics, and an entire system may be constructed analogous to that based on the 3rd and 5th harmonics. In terms of subgroups, this is the 2.7.11 subgroup, and on this 26 tempers out the pair of commas [[65536/65219]] and {{monzo| -3 0 0 6 -4 }}. The 65536/65219 comma, the orgonisma, leads to the [[Orgonia|orgone temperament]] with an approximate 77/64 generator of 7\26, with mos scales of size 7, 11 and 15. The {{monzo| -3 0 0 6 -4 }} comma leads to a half-octave period and an approximate [[49/44]] generator of 4\26, leading to mos of size 8 and 14.