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=== Porcupine comma ===
=== Porcupine comma ===
It additionally tempers out the porcupine comma or maximal diesis of 250/243, which means that 22edo [[support]]s [[porcupine]] temperament. The generator for porcupine is a very flat minor whole tone of ~[[10/9]] (usually tuned slightly flat of [[11/10]]), two of which is a sharp ~[[6/5]], and three of which is a slightly flat ~[[4/3]], implying the existence of an equal-step tetrachord, which is characteristic of porcupine. It can be observed that the tuning damage that porcupine tempering implies (the ones just described) is highly characteristic of the tuning properties of 22edo and as such represents one excellent point of departure for examining the harmonic properties of 22edo. It forms [[mos scale]]s of 7 and 8, which in 22edo are tuned respectively as 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 and 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 (and their respective modes).
It additionally tempers out the porcupine comma or maximal diesis of 250/243, which means that 22edo [[support]]s [[porcupine]] temperament. The generator for porcupine is a very flat minor whole tone of ~[[10/9]] (usually tuned slightly flat of [[11/10]]), two of which is a sharp ~[[6/5]], and three of which is a slightly flat ~[[4/3]], implying the existence of an equal-step tetrachord, which is characteristic of porcupine. It can be observed that the tuning damage that porcupine tempering implies (the ones just described) is highly characteristic of the tuning properties of 22edo and as such represents one excellent point of departure for examining the harmonic properties of 22edo. It forms [[mos scale]]s of 7 and 8, which in 22edo are tuned respectively as {{dash|4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3|med}} and {{dash|1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3|med}} (and their respective modes).


===5-limit commas===
===5-limit commas===
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The 164¢ "flat minor whole tone" is a key interval in 22edo, in part because it functions as no less than three different consonant ratios in the [[11-limit]]: 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11. It is thus extremely ambiguous and flexible. The trade-off is that it is very much in the cracks of the 12-equal piano, and so for most 12-equal listeners, it takes some getting used to. Simple translations of 5-limit music into 22edo can sound very different, with a more complex harmonic quality inevitably arising. 22edo does not contain a neutral third but both the 5-limit thirds have a "neutral-like" quality since they are tempered closer together rather than farther apart as in 12edo.
The 164¢ "flat minor whole tone" is a key interval in 22edo, in part because it functions as no less than three different consonant ratios in the [[11-limit]]: 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11. It is thus extremely ambiguous and flexible. The trade-off is that it is very much in the cracks of the 12-equal piano, and so for most 12-equal listeners, it takes some getting used to. Simple translations of 5-limit music into 22edo can sound very different, with a more complex harmonic quality inevitably arising. 22edo does not contain a neutral third but both the 5-limit thirds have a "neutral-like" quality since they are tempered closer together rather than farther apart as in 12edo.


22edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 and 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22.
22edo also supports the [[orwell]] temperament, which uses the septimal subminor third as a generator (5 degrees) and forms mos scales with step patterns {{dash|3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2|med}} and {{dash|1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2|med}}. Harmonically, orwell can be tuned more accurately in other temperaments, such as [[31edo]], [[53edo]] and [[84edo]]. But 22edo orwell has a leg-up on the others melodically, as the large and small steps of orwell[9] are easier to distinguish in 22.


22edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.
22edo is melodically similar to [[24edo]] as both contain quarter-tones and minor, neutral, and major seconds; but 22edo offers much better all-around harmonies than 24. In [[Sagittal notation]], 11 can be notated as every other note of 22.