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The sharp fifth of 32edo can be used to generate a very unequal [[archy]] (specifically [[subgroup temperaments#Oceanfront|Oceanfront]]) [[5L 2s|diatonic scale]], with a [[diatonic semitone]] of 5 steps and a [[chromatic semitone]] of only 1. The "major third" (which can sound like both a major third and a flat fourth depending on context) is an interseptimal interval of 450¢, approximating [[9/7]] and [[13/10]], and the minor third is 262.5¢, approximating [[7/6]]. Because of the unequalness of the scale, the minor second is reduced to a fifth-tone, but it still strongly resembles "normal" diatonic music, especially for darker [[mode]]s. In addition to the sharp fifth, there is an alternative [[mavila|mavila-like]] flat fifth of 675¢ (inherited from [[16edo]]), but it is much more inaccurate and discordant than the sharp fifth.

It is generally the first power-of-2 edo which can be considered to handle [[low-limit JI]] at all. It has unambiguous mappings for primes up to the [[11-limit]], although [[6/5]] and Pythagorean intervals are especially poorly approximated if going by the [[patent val]] instead of using [[direct approximation|inconsistent approximations]]. Since 32edo is poor at approximating primes and it is a high power of 2, both traditional [[RTT]] and temperament-agnostic [[mos]] theory are of limited usefulness in the system (though it has an [[ultrasoft]] [[smitonic]] with {{nowrap|L/s {{=}} 5/4}}). 32edo's 5:2:1 [[blackdye]] scale {{nowrap|(1 5 2 5 1 5 2 5 1 5)}}, which is melodically comparable to [[31edo]]'s 5:2:1 [[diasem]], is notable for having 412.5¢ neogothic major thirds and 450¢ naiadics in place of the traditional 5-limit and Pythagorean major thirds in 5-limit blackdye, and the 75¢ semitone in place of 16/15. The 712.5¢ sharp fifth and the 675¢ flat fifth correspond to 3/2 and [[40/27]] in 5-limit blackdye, making 5:2:1 blackdye a [[dual-fifth]] scale.

=== Harmonics ===

It is generally the first power-of-2 edo which can be considered to handle [[limit|low-limit]] just intonation at all. It has unambiguous mappings for [[prime]]s up to the [[11-limit]], although [[6/5]] and Pythagorean intervals are especially poorly approximated if going by the [[patent val]] instead of using [[direct approximation|inconsistent approximations]]. Since 32edo is poor at approximating primes and it is a high power of 2, both traditional [[RTT]] and temperament-agnostic [[mos]] theory are of limited usefulness in the system (though it has an [[ultrasoft]] [[smitonic]] with {{nowrap|L/s {{=}} 5/4}}). 32edo's 5:2:1 [[blackdye]] scale {{nowrap|(1 5 2 5 1 5 2 5 1 5)}}, which is melodically comparable to [[31edo]]'s 5:2:1 [[diasem]], is notable for having 412.5¢ neogothic major thirds and 450¢ naiadics in place of the traditional 5-limit and Pythagorean major thirds in 5-limit blackdye, and the 75¢ semitone in place of 16/15. The 712.5¢ sharp fifth and the 675¢ flat fifth correspond to 3/2 and [[40/27]] in 5-limit blackdye, making 5:2:1 blackdye a [[dual-fifth]] scale.

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 The sharp fifth of 32edo can be used to generate a very unequal [[archy]] (specifically [[subgroup temperaments#Oceanfront|Oceanfront]]) [[5L 2s|diatonic scale]], with a [[diatonic semitone]] of 5 steps and a [[chromatic semitone]] of only 1. The "major third" (which can sound like both a major third and a flat fourth depending on context) is an interseptimal interval of 450¢, approximating [[9/7]] and [[13/10]], and the minor third is 262.5¢, approximating [[7/6]]. Because of the unequalness of the scale, the minor second is reduced to a fifth-tone, but it still strongly resembles "normal" diatonic music, especially for darker [[mode]]s. In addition to the sharp fifth, there is an alternative [[mavila|mavila-like]] flat fifth of 675¢ (inherited from [[16edo]]), but it is much more inaccurate and discordant than the sharp fifth.
-It is generally the first power-of-2 edo which can be considered to handle [[low-limit JI]] at all. It has unambiguous mappings for primes up to the [[11-limit]], although [[6/5]] and Pythagorean intervals are especially poorly approximated if going by the [[patent val]] instead of using [[direct approximation|inconsistent approximations]]. Since 32edo is poor at approximating primes and it is a high power of 2, both traditional [[RTT]] and temperament-agnostic [[mos]] theory are of limited usefulness in the system (though it has an [[ultrasoft]] [[smitonic]] with {{nowrap|L/s {{=}} 5/4}}). 32edo's 5:2:1 [[blackdye]] scale {{nowrap|(1 5 2 5 1 5 2 5 1 5)}}, which is melodically comparable to [[31edo]]'s 5:2:1 [[diasem]], is notable for having 412.5¢ neogothic major thirds and 450¢ naiadics in place of the traditional 5-limit and Pythagorean major thirds in 5-limit blackdye, and the 75¢ semitone in place of 16/15. The 712.5¢ sharp fifth and the 675¢ flat fifth correspond to 3/2 and [[40/27]] in 5-limit blackdye, making 5:2:1 blackdye a [[dual-fifth]] scale.
 === Harmonics ===
+It is generally the first power-of-2 edo which can be considered to handle [[limit|low-limit]] just intonation at all. It has unambiguous mappings for [[prime]]s up to the [[11-limit]], although [[6/5]] and Pythagorean intervals are especially poorly approximated if going by the [[patent val]] instead of using [[direct approximation|inconsistent approximations]]. Since 32edo is poor at approximating primes and it is a high power of 2, both traditional [[RTT]] and temperament-agnostic [[mos]] theory are of limited usefulness in the system (though it has an [[ultrasoft]] [[smitonic]] with {{nowrap|L/s {{=}} 5/4}}). 32edo's 5:2:1 [[blackdye]] scale {{nowrap|(1 5 2 5 1 5 2 5 1 5)}}, which is melodically comparable to [[31edo]]'s 5:2:1 [[diasem]], is notable for having 412.5¢ neogothic major thirds and 450¢ naiadics in place of the traditional 5-limit and Pythagorean major thirds in 5-limit blackdye, and the 75¢ semitone in place of 16/15. The 712.5¢ sharp fifth and the 675¢ flat fifth correspond to 3/2 and [[40/27]] in 5-limit blackdye, making 5:2:1 blackdye a [[dual-fifth]] scale.
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