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Changed 172zpi to 173zpi, as 172zpi has a stretched octave, not compressed.
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== Octave stretch or compression ==
== Octave stretch or compression ==
39edo is a [[zeta valley edo]] and is generally poor at approximating primes for its size. Its poor approximations of harmonics 3, 5, 7, and 13 can all be improved by slightly [[octave shrinking|compressing the octave]], to get a tuning like [[ed6|101ed6]] or [[zpi|173zpi]].
39edo is a [[zeta valley edo]] and is generally poor at approximating primes for its size. Its poor approximations of harmonics 3, 5, 7, and 13 can all be improved by slightly [[octave shrinking|compressing the octave]], to get a tuning like [[ed6|101ed6]] or [[173zpi]].


39edo can be usefully mapped onto the val 39dfgijk. The [[Tenney-Euclidean]] tuning of this regular temperament is 30.67475 cents per step, which is closely approximated by [[62edt]] and [[173zpi]].
39edo can be usefully mapped onto the val 39dfgijk. The [[Tenney-Euclidean]] tuning of this regular temperament is 30.67475 cents per step, which is closely approximated by [[62edt]] and 173zpi.


== 39edo and world music ==
== 39edo and world music ==