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 I personally find 7-limit JI new and exciting, and barbershoppers love it! Admittedly it's strange, and you may or may not like it at first. But on the Kite guitar, 7-limit comes "for free" as a result of getting all the 5-limit intervals more in tune.
-The next prime after 7 is 11. Ratios like 11/6, 11/9 and 12/11 make neutral intervals midway between major and minor. They give melodies a middle eastern sound. For example, [https://www.maqamworld.com/en/maqam/f_bayati.php Maqam Bayati]is a minor scale with a neutral 2nd and a neutral 6th. There's also 11/8, a 551¢ 4th. Hearing it for the first time is like meeting an androgynous person that could be either gender. Is it perfect or is it augmented? Both and neither. It falls midway between the major 3rd and the 5th, making for interesting melodies that sound like a cross between major and lydian. Again, you may or may not like these sounds. But many people do, and it's there along with everything else.
+The next prime after 7 is 11. Ratios like 11/6, 11/9 and 12/11 make neutral intervals midway between major and minor. They give melodies a middle eastern sound. For example, [https://www.maqamworld.com/en/maqam/f_bayati.php Maqam Bayati]is a minor scale with a neutral 2nd and a neutral 6th. There's also 11/8, a 551¢ 4th. Hearing it for the first time is disorienting, for we're used to classifying a 4th as either perfect or augmented. But 11/8 is midway between, making it both and neither. It also falls midway between the major 3rd and the 5th, making for interesting melodies that sound like a cross between major and lydian. Again, you may or may not like these sounds. But many people do, and it's there along with everything else.
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