Template:Harmonics in equal/doc

This template generates a table for prime approximations in equal tunings.

Usage

Simple

For divisions of the octave (edo), you can use one unnamed argument:

{{Harmonics in equal|<EDO number>}}

For other divisions, you can use two or three unnamed arguments:

{{Harmonics in equal|<steps>|<numerator>|<denominator>}}

By default, the titles for divisions of 2/1, 3/1 and 3/2 will be displayed as 'edo', 'edt' and 'edf' respectively. When the denominator is 1, it will not be displayed. Edos get primes if they are consistent for the odd harmonics up to 21, otherwise they get odds. Everything that is not an edo gets integers.

Advanced

The template takes up to 9 arguments:

{{Harmonics in equal
| steps = <number of steps>
| num = <numerator>
| denom = <denominator>
| columns = <column count>
| start = <start column>
| prec = <decimals of abs error>
| title = <your title>
| intervals = <interval list name>
| collapsed = <anything>
}}

steps

Number of steps. This parameter can also be given without the parameter name. Default: 12.

num

Numerator of the interval that is divided equally. Can be used without parameter name. Default: 2.

denom

Denominator of the interval that is divided equally. Can be used without parameter name. Default: 1.

columns

Number of intervals to include. Default: 10.

start

Default is 1 (which means the prime 2), set to 2 to skip the octave.

prec

Precision of absolute error (digits after the decimal point), default is estimated according to the step size.

title

Default is: "Approximations of harmonics in name". By default, the names for divisions of 2/1, 3/1 and 3/2 will be displayed as 'edo', 'edt' and 'edf' respectively. When the denominator is 1, it will not be displayed.

intervals

Can be prime for primes, odd for odd harmonics and integer for integer harmonics. By default, edos get primes if they are consistent for the odd harmonics up to 21, otherwise they get odds. Everything that is not an edo gets integers.

collapsed

Anything here to collapse the table.

Examples

Basic

For edos it is sufficient to only input the number of steps:

{{Harmonics in equal|31}}

Approximation of prime harmonics in 31edo

Harmonic		2	3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29	31
Error	Absolute (¢)	+0.0	-5.2	+0.8	-1.1	-9.4	+11.1	+11.2	+12.2	-8.9	+15.6	+16.3
	Relative (%)	+0.0	-13.4	+2.0	-2.8	-24.2	+28.6	+28.9	+31.4	-23.0	+40.3	+42.0
Steps (reduced)		31 (0)	49 (18)	72 (10)	87 (25)	107 (14)	115 (22)	127 (3)	132 (8)	140 (16)	151 (27)	154 (30)

For tritave or other integer divisions, two arguments is enough:

{{Harmonics in equal|13|3}}

Approximation of harmonics in 13edt

Harmonic		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Error	Absolute (¢)	-29.6	+0.0	-59.1	-6.5	-29.6	-3.8	+57.6	+0.0	-36.1	-54.8	-59.1
	Relative (%)	-20.2	+0.0	-40.4	-4.5	-20.2	-2.6	+39.4	+0.0	-24.7	-37.5	-40.4
Steps (reduced)		8 (8)	13 (0)	16 (3)	19 (6)	21 (8)	23 (10)	25 (12)	26 (0)	27 (1)	28 (2)	29 (3)

In the most general case, we can input the number of steps, numerator and denominator.

{{Harmonics in equal|15|7|3}}

Approximation of harmonics in 15ed7/3

Harmonic		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Error	Absolute (¢)	-26.5	-43.9	+44.8	-48.2	+27.4	-43.9	+18.3	+10.0	+23.1	-44.1	+0.9
	Relative (%)	-27.1	-44.9	+45.8	-49.2	+28.0	-44.9	+18.7	+10.2	+23.7	-45.1	+0.9
Steps (reduced)		12 (12)	19 (4)	25 (10)	28 (13)	32 (2)	34 (4)	37 (7)	39 (9)	41 (11)	42 (12)	44 (14)

Advanced

Sometimes you want to see more or skip some lower columns and have to adjust the title:

{{Harmonics in equal|13|3|columns=11|start=2|title=Primes in [[13edt]]|intervals=prime}}

Primes in 13edt

Harmonic		3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29	31	37
Error	Absolute (¢)	+0.0	-6.5	-3.8	-54.8	-51.4	+69.4	+23.1	-15.0	+22.6	+53.4	+39.7
	Relative (%)	+0.0	-4.5	-2.6	-37.5	-35.1	+47.4	+15.8	-10.3	+15.4	+36.5	+27.2
Steps (reduced)		13 (0)	19 (6)	23 (10)	28 (2)	30 (4)	34 (8)	35 (9)	37 (11)	40 (1)	41 (2)	43 (4)

For large divisions (313edo in this example) the absolute error gets very small. The default precision gets calculated automatically, but if we want to increase it even further, we can set prec to a higher value. This is not recommended generally.

{{Harmonics in equal|313|columns=9|start=2}}
{{Harmonics in equal|313|columns=9|start=2|prec=5|title=Same with prec=5}}

Approximation of prime harmonics in 313edo

Harmonic		3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29
Error	Absolute (¢)	-0.36	+0.91	+1.14	+0.76	-0.91	-1.44	+1.53	+0.48	+1.73
	Relative (%)	-9.3	+23.7	+29.8	+19.8	-23.8	-37.6	+39.9	+12.5	+45.2
Steps (reduced)		496 (183)	727 (101)	879 (253)	1083 (144)	1158 (219)	1279 (27)	1330 (78)	1416 (164)	1521 (269)

Same with prec=5

Harmonic		3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29
Error	Absolute (¢)	-0.35756	+0.90673	+1.14214	+0.75873	-0.91105	-1.44103	+1.52852	+0.47965	+1.73271
	Relative (%)	-9.3	+23.7	+29.8	+19.8	-23.8	-37.6	+39.9	+12.5	+45.2
Steps (reduced)		496 (183)	727 (101)	879 (253)	1083 (144)	1158 (219)	1279 (27)	1330 (78)	1416 (164)	1521 (269)

See also

• Module:Harmonics in equal – The Lua module that actually implements the functionality.