Ed5/2: Difference between revisions

'''Ed5/2''' means '''Division of the classic major tenth ([[5/2]]) into n equal parts'''.

Division of 5/2 into equal parts can be conceived of as to directly use this interval as an equivalence, or not. The question of [[equivalence]] has not even been posed yet. The utility of 5:2, (or another tenth) as a base though, is apparent by, beside being the base of so much common practice tonal harmony, 5:2 being the best option for “no-threes” harmony excluding the octave. Many, though not all, of these scales have a perceptually important pseudo (false) octave, with various degrees of accuracy.

Incidentally, one way to treat 5/2 as an equivalence is the use of the 2:3:4:(5) chord as the fundamental complete sonority in a very similar way to the 3:4:5:(6) chord in meantone. Whereas in meantone it takes three 4/3 to get to 6/5, here it takes three 3/2 to get to 6/5 (tempering out the comma 3125/3048). So, doing this yields 5, 7, and 12 note MOS, just like meantone. While the notes are rather closer together, the scheme is exactly identical to meantone. "[[Macrodiatonic and microdiatonic scales|Macrodiatonic]]" might be a perfect term for it because it uses a scheme that turns out exactly identical to meantone, though severely stretched. These are also the MOS formerly known as Middletown because a tenth base stretches the meantone scheme to the point where it tempers out 64/63.

Another option is to treat ED5/2s as "no-threes" systems (like how [[EDT]]s are usually treated as no-twos), using the 4:5:7:(10) chord as the fundamental complete sonority instead of 4:5:6:(8). Whereas in meantone it takes four [[4/3]] to get to [[6/5]], here it takes one [[10/7]] to get to [[7/5]] (tempering out the comma [[50/49]] in the no-threes 7-limit), producing a nonoctave version of jubilic temperament. Doing this yields 5, 8, 13, and 21 note MOS.

== Individual pages for ED5/2s ==