47edo

47 tone Equal Temperament

47-EDO divides the octave into 47 equal parts of 25.5319 cents each. It has a fifth which is 12.5933 cents flat, unless you use the alternative fifth which is 12.9386 cents sharp, similar to 35edo. It has therefore not aroused much interest, but its best approximation to 9/8 is actually quite good, one-third of a cent sharp. It does a good job of approximating the 2.9.5.7.33.13.17.57.69 23-limit 2*47 subgroup of the 23-limit, on which it tempers out the same commas as 94edo. It provides a good tuning for baldy and silver temperaments and relatives.

47edo is the 15th prime edo, following 43edo and preceding 53edo.

47edo is a regular edo because its 5th falls between 4\7 = 686¢ and 3\5 = 720¢. (Its alternate 5th does as well.) 47edo is one of the most difficult regular edos to notate, because no other regular edo's 5th is as flat (see 42edo for the opposite extreme).

A notation using the best 5th has major and minor 2nds of 7 and 6 edosteps respectively, with the naturals creating a roughly 7edo-ish scale:

D * * * * * * E * * * * * F * * * * * * G * * * * * * A * * * * * * B * * * * * C * * * * * * D

D# is next to D. This notation requires triple, quadruple and in some keys, quintuple or more sharps and flats. For example, a 0-15-27-38 chord (an approximate 4:5:6:7) on the note three edosteps above D would be spelled either as D#3 - F#5 - A#3 - C# or as Eb4 - Gbb - Ab4 - Db6. This is an aug-three double-dim-seven chord, written D#3(A3)dd7 or Eb4(A3)dd7. It could also be called a sharp-three triple-flat-seven chord, written D#3(#3)b37 or Eb4(#3)b37.

Using the 2nd best 5th is even more awkward. The major 2nd is 9 edosteps and the minor is only one. The naturals create a roughly 5edo-ish scale, with two of the notes inflected by a comma-sized edostep:

D * * * * * * * * E F * * * * * * * * G * * * * * * * * A * * * * * * * * B C * * * * * * * * D

D# is next to E. This notation requires quadruple, quintuple, and even sextuple ups and downs, as well as single sharps and flats.

Intervals of 47edo

Degree	Size (Cents)	relative notation		absolute notation
0	0.0000	perfect unison	P1	D
1	25.5319	aug 1sn	A1	D#
2	51.0638	double-aug 1sn	AA1	Dx
3	76.5957	triple-aug 1sn, triple-dim 2nd	A31, d32	D#3, Eb4
4	102.1277	double-dim 2nd	dd2	Eb3
5	127.6596	dim 2nd	d2	Ebb
6	153.1915	minor 2nd	m2	Eb
7	178.7234	major 2nd	M2	E
8	204.2553	aug 2nd	A2	E#
9	229.7872	double-aug 2nd	AA2	Ex
10	255.3191	triple-aug 2nd, triple-dim 3rd	A32, d33	E#3, Fb3
11	280.8511	double-dim 3rd	dd3	Fbb
12	306.3830	dim 3rd	d3	Fb
13	331.9149	minor 3rd	m3	F
14	357.4468	major 3rd	M3	F#
15	382.9787	aug 3rd	A3	Fx
16	408.5106	double-aug 3rd	AA3	F#3
17	434.0426	triple-aug 3rd, triple-dim 4th	A33, d34	F#4, Gb3
18	459.5745	double-dim 4th	dd4	Gbb
19	485.1064	dim 4th	d4	Gb
20	510.6383	perfect 4th	P4	G
21	536.1702	aug 4th	A4	G#
22	561.7021	double-aug 4th	AA4	Gx
23	587.2340	triple-aug 4th	A34	G#3
24	612.7660	triple-dim 5th	d35	Ab3
25	638.2979	double-dim 5th	dd5	Abb
26	663.8298	dim 5th	d5	Ab
27	689.3617	perfect 5th	P5	A
28	714.8936	aug 5th	A5	A#
29	740.4255	double-aug 5th	AA5	Ax
30	765.9574	triple-aug 5th, triple-dim 6th	A35, d36	A#3, Bb4
31	791.4894	double-dim 6th	dd6	Bb3
32	817.0213	dim 6th	d6	Bbb
33	842.5532	minor 6th	m6	Bb
34	868.0851	major 6th	M6	B
35	893.6170	aug 6th	A6	B#
36	919.1489	double-aug 6th	AA6	Bx
37	944.6809	triple-aug 6th, triple-dim 7th	A36, d37	B#3, Cb3
38	970.2128	double-dim 7th	dd7	Cbb
39	995.7447	dim 7th	d7	Cb
40	1021.2766	minor 7th	m7	C
41	1046.8085	major 7th	M7	C#
42	1072.3404	aug 7th	A7	Cx
43	1097.8723	double-aug 7th	AA7	C#3
44	1123.4043	triple-aug 7th, triple-dim 8ve	A37, d38	C#4, Db3
45	1148.9362	double-dim 8ve	dd8	Dbb
46	1174.4681	dim 8ve	d8	Db
47	1200.0000	perfect 8ve	P8	D