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The seventh harmonic is particularly wide as far as equivalences go. There are (at absolute most) ~3.9 heptataves within the human hearing range; imagine if that were the case with octaves. If one does indeed deal with heptatave equivalence, this fact shapes one's musical approach dramatically.
The seventh harmonic is particularly wide as far as equivalences go. There are (at absolute most) ~3.9 heptataves within the human hearing range; imagine if that were the case with octaves. If one does indeed deal with heptatave equivalence, this fact shapes one's musical approach dramatically.


Incidentally, one way to treat 7/1 as an equivalence is to eliminate the primes 2, 3, and 5 and use the 7:11:13:(49) chord as the fundamental complete sonority in a very similar way to the 4:5:6:(8) chord in meantone Whereas in meantone it takes four [[3/2]] to get to [[5/4]], here it takes seven [[13/7]] to get to [[11/7]] (tempering out the comma 63412811/62748517 in the 7.11.13 subgroup). This temperament yields 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, and 47 note MOS. If 7/1 is too wide to be used as an equivalence, the next best option for 7.11.13 subgroup music is the (evidently still somewhat wide) [[Ed49/11|49/11]].
Incidentally, one way to treat 7/1 as an equivalence is to eliminate the primes 2, 3, and 5 and use the 7:11:13:(49) chord as the fundamental complete sonority in a very similar way to the 4:5:6:(8) chord in meantone Whereas in meantone it takes four [[3/2]] to get to [[5/4]], here it takes seven [[13/7]] to get to [[11/7]] (tempering out the comma 63412811/62748517 in the 7.11.13 subgroup). This temperament yields 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, and 47 note MOS. If 7/1 is too wide to be used as an equivalence, the next best option for 7.11.13 subgroup music is the (still somewhat wide) [[Ed49/11|49/11]].


== Individual pages for ED7s ==
== Individual pages for ED7s ==

Revision as of 04:21, 29 May 2023

Ed7 means Division of the Seventh Harmonic (7/1) into n equal parts.

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The seventh harmonic is particularly wide as far as equivalences go. There are (at absolute most) ~3.9 heptataves within the human hearing range; imagine if that were the case with octaves. If one does indeed deal with heptatave equivalence, this fact shapes one's musical approach dramatically.

Incidentally, one way to treat 7/1 as an equivalence is to eliminate the primes 2, 3, and 5 and use the 7:11:13:(49) chord as the fundamental complete sonority in a very similar way to the 4:5:6:(8) chord in meantone Whereas in meantone it takes four 3/2 to get to 5/4, here it takes seven 13/7 to get to 11/7 (tempering out the comma 63412811/62748517 in the 7.11.13 subgroup). This temperament yields 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, and 47 note MOS. If 7/1 is too wide to be used as an equivalence, the next best option for 7.11.13 subgroup music is the (still somewhat wide) 49/11.

Individual pages for ED7s

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