57ed12

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Prime factorization	3 × 19
Step size	75.4729 ¢
Octave	16\57ed12 (1207.57 ¢)
Twelfth	25\57ed12 (1886.82 ¢)
Consistency limit	6
Distinct consistency limit	6

57ED12 is the equal division of the twelfth harmonic into 57 equal parts. It is similar to 16edo, but has the 12/1 tuned just instead of the octave. Octaves are stretched by 7.6 ¢ and the step size is 75.47 ¢. It can be used as a tuning for Mavila and also approximates Pelog tunings in Indonesian gamelan music.

Theory

Commas

This tuning tempers out 36/35 and 50/49 in the 7-limit; 33/32 and 45/44 in the 11-limit; 65/64, 66/65, and 78/77 in the 13-limit; 51/50 and 85/84 in the 17-limit; 39/38, 57/56, 77/76, and 96/95 in the 19-limit; 69/68 and 92/91 in the 23-limit; 58/57 and 87/85 in the 29-limit; 63/62, 93/92, and 93/91 in the 31-limit; and 75/74 in the 37-limit.

Harmonics

16edo’s harmonics 3/1, 11/1 and 17/1 are all more than 25 cents away from just, making them unusable for most purposes. 57ed12 improves upon all of their tunings, bringing all those harmonics within 16 cents of just, and bringing 11 and 17 within an impressive 1 cent of just. This dramatically increases the number of consonant intervals and chords available in the tuning.

The trade-off is that 57ed12’s 7/1 is significantly worse than 16edo. It has almost 28 cents of error, compared to 6, making it go from very consonant to completely unusable. So, if one intends to use harmonies involving 7s, 57ed12 is not a good choice. But if one is interested in the 5-limit, the 2.3.5.11 subgroup, or the no-7s 13-limit or 17-limits, then 57ed12 is by far the superior option, thanks to its dramatically improved 3/1 and 11/1.

Approximation of prime harmonics in 57ed12

Harmonic		2	3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29	31
Error	Absolute (¢)	+7.6	-15.1	+6.2	+27.5	-0.3	+12.4	+0.8	+34.6	+5.8	-18.2	+17.3
	Relative (%)	+10.0	-20.1	+8.2	+36.4	-0.4	+16.4	+1.0	+45.9	+7.7	-24.1	+23.0
Steps (reduced)		16 (16)	25 (25)	37 (37)	45 (45)	55 (55)	59 (2)	65 (8)	68 (11)	72 (15)	77 (20)	79 (22)

16edo for comparison:

Approximation of prime harmonics in 16edo

Harmonic		2	3	5	7	11	13	17	19	23	29	31
Error	Absolute (¢)	+0.0	-27.0	-11.3	+6.2	-26.3	-15.5	-30.0	+2.5	-28.3	+20.4	-20.0
	Relative (%)	+0.0	-35.9	-15.1	+8.2	-35.1	-20.7	-39.9	+3.3	-37.7	+27.2	-26.7
Steps (reduced)		16 (0)	25 (9)	37 (5)	45 (13)	55 (7)	59 (11)	65 (1)	68 (4)	72 (8)	78 (14)	79 (15)

Intervals

Steps	Cents	Approximate ratios
0	0	1/1
1	75.5	23/22, 24/23
2	150.9	12/11
3	226.4	8/7, 33/29
4	301.9	19/16, 25/21, 31/26
5	377.4
6	452.8	13/10
7	528.3	19/14, 34/25
8	603.8	17/12
9	679.3	34/23
10	754.7	17/11, 31/20
11	830.2	21/13, 29/18, 34/21
12	905.7	32/19
13	981.1	30/17
14	1056.6
15	1132.1	25/13
16	1207.6
17	1283	21/10
18	1358.5
19	1434	16/7
20	1509.5
21	1584.9	5/2
22	1660.4	34/13
23	1735.9	30/11
24	1811.3
25	1886.8
26	1962.3	31/10
27	2037.8	13/4
28	2113.2
29	2188.7
30	2264.2
31	2339.7
32	2415.1
33	2490.6
34	2566.1	22/5
35	2641.6	23/5
36	2717	24/5
37	2792.5
38	2868	21/4
39	2943.4
40	3018.9
41	3094.4
42	3169.9	25/4
43	3245.3
44	3320.8	34/5
45	3396.3
46	3471.8
47	3547.2	31/4
48	3622.7
49	3698.2
50	3773.6
51	3849.1
52	3924.6	29/3
53	4000.1
54	4075.5	21/2
55	4151	11/1
56	4226.5	23/2
57	4302	12/1