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17edo is the next smallest edo to have a [[5L 2s|diatonic]] [[3/2|perfect fifth]] after [[12edo]], and is quite popular for that reason. The perfect fifth is around 4 cents sharp of just, and around 6 cents sharp of 12edo's, lending itself to a diatonic scale with more constrasting large and small steps, so it can be seen as a tuning that emphasizes the [[hard]]ness of [[Pythagorean tuning]] rather than mellowing it out as in [[meantone]]. It completely misses [[harmonic]] [[5/1|5]], with [[5/4]] and [[6/5]] both being about halfway between its steps, but it approximates harmonics [[7/1|7]], [[11/1|11]], [[13/1|13]], and [[23/1|23]] acceptably, with a sharp tuning for all of them. It can thus be treated as a temperament of the 2.3.25.7.11.13.23 [[subgroup]] or any of its subsets, where it is quite accurate for its size.

A notable [[comma]] it [[tempering out|tempers out]] is [[64/63]], which equates the harmonic seventh [[7/4]] with the pythagorean minor seventh [[16/9]], while its patent val does not temper out [[81/80]]. This makes 17edo by default a [[superpyth]]agorean system rather than a [[meantone]] one. Other commas it tempers out include [[78/77]], [[99/98]], [[144/143]], [[169/168]], [[243/242]], and many more, each of which has its own effect on the structure of 17edo. If one wants to approximate JI with prime 5, then 17edo would not be the best option, and it would be better to use other systems like [[19edo]], [[22edo]], [[27edo]], or [[31edo]] instead. That said, the 17[[wart|c]] [[val]] does temper out 81/80 (while improving consistency as shown below in [[#Approximation to JI]]), while still tempering out 64/63, thus placing it on the meantone spectrum with the [[dominant (temperament)|dominant]] [[extension]].

A notable [[comma]] it [[tempering out|tempers out]] is [[64/63]], which equates the harmonic seventh [[7/4]] with the pythagorean minor seventh [[16/9]], while its patent val does not temper out [[81/80]]. This makes 17edo by default a [[superpyth]]agorean system rather than a [[meantone]] one, being very close to 1/7-comma superpyth. Other commas it tempers out include [[78/77]], [[99/98]], [[144/143]], [[169/168]], [[243/242]], and many more, each of which has its own effect on the structure of 17edo. If one wants to approximate JI with prime 5, then 17edo would not be the best option, and it would be better to use other systems like [[19edo]], [[22edo]], [[27edo]], or [[31edo]] instead. That said, the 17[[wart|c]] [[val]] does temper out 81/80 (while improving consistency as shown below in [[#Approximation to JI]]), while still tempering out 64/63, thus placing it on the meantone spectrum with the [[dominant (temperament)|dominant]] [[extension]].

=== As a means of extending harmony ===

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 edo is the next smallest edo to have a [[5L 2s|diatonic]] [[3/2|perfect fifth]] after [[12edo]], and is quite popular for that reason. The perfect fifth is around 4 cents sharp of just, and around 6 cents sharp of 12edo's, lending itself to a diatonic scale with more constrasting large and small steps, so it can be seen as a tuning that emphasizes the [[hard]]ness of [[Pythagorean tuning]] rather than mellowing it out as in [[meantone]]. It completely misses [[harmonic]] [[5/1|5]], with [[5/4]] and [[6/5]] both being about halfway between its steps,  but it approximates harmonics [[7/1|7]], [[11/1|11]], [[13/1|13]], and [[23/1|23]] acceptably, with a sharp tuning for all of them. It can thus be treated as a temperament of the 2.3.25.7.11.13.23 [[subgroup]] or any of its subsets, where it is quite accurate for its size.
-A notable [[comma]] it [[tempering out|tempers out]] is [[64/63]], which equates the harmonic seventh [[7/4]] with the pythagorean minor seventh [[16/9]], while its patent val does not temper out [[81/80]]. This makes 17edo by default a [[superpyth]]agorean system rather than a [[meantone]] one. Other commas it tempers out include [[78/77]], [[99/98]], [[144/143]], [[169/168]], [[243/242]], and many more, each of which has its own effect on the structure of 17edo. If one wants to approximate JI with prime 5, then 17edo would not be the best option, and it would be better to use other systems like [[19edo]], [[22edo]], [[27edo]], or [[31edo]] instead. That said, the 17[[wart|c]] [[val]] does temper out 81/80 (while improving consistency as shown below in [[#Approximation to JI]]), while still tempering out 64/63, thus placing it on the meantone spectrum with the [[dominant (temperament)|dominant]] [[extension]].
+A notable [[comma]] it [[tempering out|tempers out]] is [[64/63]], which equates the harmonic seventh [[7/4]] with the pythagorean minor seventh [[16/9]], while its patent val does not temper out [[81/80]]. This makes 17edo by default a [[superpyth]]agorean system rather than a [[meantone]] one, being very close to 1/7-comma superpyth. Other commas it tempers out include [[78/77]], [[99/98]], [[144/143]], [[169/168]], [[243/242]], and many more, each of which has its own effect on the structure of 17edo. If one wants to approximate JI with prime 5, then 17edo would not be the best option, and it would be better to use other systems like [[19edo]], [[22edo]], [[27edo]], or [[31edo]] instead. That said, the 17[[wart|c]] [[val]] does temper out 81/80 (while improving consistency as shown below in [[#Approximation to JI]]), while still tempering out 64/63, thus placing it on the meantone spectrum with the [[dominant (temperament)|dominant]] [[extension]].
 === As a means of extending harmony ===