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== Theory == | == Theory == | ||
39edo's [[3/2|perfect fifth]] is 5.8{{c}} sharp. Together with its best [[5/4|classical major third]] which is the familiar 400{{c}} of [[12edo]], we get a system which [[tempering out|tempers out]] the [[diesis]] (128/125) and the [[amity comma]] (1600000/1594323). We have two choices for a [[map]] for [[7/1|7]], but the sharp one works better with the [[3/1|3]] and [[5/1|5]], which adds [[64/63]] and [[126/125]] to the list. [[Tempering out]] both 128/125 and 64/63 makes 39et, in some few ways, allied to [[12et]] in [[support]]ing [[augene]], and is in fact, an excellent choice for an augene tuning, but one difference is that 39et has a fine [[11/1|11]], and adding it to consideration we find that the equal temperament tempers out [[99/98]] and [[121/120]] also. This choice for 39et is the 39d [[val]] {{val| 39 62 91 '''110''' 135 }}. | 39edo's [[3/2|perfect fifth]] is 5.8{{c}} sharp. Together with its best [[5/4|classical major third]] which is the familiar 400{{c}} of [[12edo]], we get a system which [[tempering out|tempers out]] the [[diesis]] (128/125) and the [[amity comma]] (1600000/1594323). We have two choices for a [[map]] for [[7/1|7]], but the sharp one works better with the [[3/1|3]] and [[5/1|5]], which adds [[64/63]] and [[126/125]] to the list. [[Tempering out]] both 128/125 and 64/63 makes 39et, in some few ways, allied to [[12et]] in [[support]]ing [[augene]], and is in fact, an excellent choice for an augene tuning, but one difference is that 39et has a fine [[11/1|11]], and adding it to consideration we find that the equal temperament tempers out [[99/98]] and [[121/120]] also. This choice for 39et is the 39d [[val]] {{val| 39 62 91 '''110''' 135 }}. | ||
As a [[superpyth]] system, 39edo is intermediate between [[17edo]] and [[22edo]] {{nowrap|(39 {{=}} 17 + 22)}}; its fifth thus falls in the "shrub region" where the diatonic thirds are between standard neogothic thirds and septimal thirds. The specific 7-limit variant supported by 39et is [[quasisuper]]. While 17edo is superb for melody (as documented by [[George Secor]]), it does not approximate the 5th harmonic at all and only poorly approximates the 7th. 22edo is much better for 5-limit and 7-limit harmony but is less effective for melody because the [[diatonic semitone]] is [[quartertone]]-sized, which results in a very strange-sounding [[5L 2s|diatonic scale]]. 39edo offers a compromise, since it still supports good 5- and 7-limit harmonies (though less close than 22edo), while at the same time having a diatonic semitone of 61.5 cents, as the ideal diatonic semitone for melody is somewhere in between 60 and 80 cents, i.e. a third tone, by Secor's estimates. | As a [[superpyth]] system, 39edo is intermediate between [[17edo]] and [[22edo]] {{nowrap|(39 {{=}} 17 + 22)}}; its fifth thus falls in the "shrub region" where the diatonic thirds are between standard neogothic thirds and septimal thirds. The specific 7-limit variant supported by 39et is [[quasisuper]]. While 17edo is superb for melody (as documented by [[George Secor]]), it does not approximate the 5th harmonic at all and only poorly approximates the 7th. 22edo is much better for 5-limit and 7-limit harmony but is less effective for melody because the [[diatonic semitone]] is [[quartertone]]-sized, which results in a very strange-sounding [[5L 2s|diatonic scale]]. 39edo offers a compromise, since it still supports good 5- and 7-limit harmonies (though less close than 22edo), while at the same time having a diatonic semitone of 61.5 cents, as the ideal diatonic semitone for melody is somewhere in between 60 and 80 cents, i.e. a third tone, by Secor's estimates. | ||
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== Instruments == | == Instruments == | ||
=== Lumatone mapping === | === Lumatone mapping === | ||
See [[Lumatone mapping for 39edo]] | See [[Lumatone mapping for 39edo]] | ||