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* 53 – The third essential comma-level edo. This one is kinda overrated. The best thing about it is the distinction of 15/13 and 13/10 from nearby septimal intervals, which neither 41- nor 46edo does. What bugs me is that the fifth feels undertempered for pretty much every purpose, and while the 5-limit approximation is praiseworthy the rest deserves more love. Compared to 41- or 46edo, it feels slack and doesn't convey a sense of tightly packed well-compromisedness. B-tier. | * 53 – The third essential comma-level edo. This one is kinda overrated. The best thing about it is the distinction of 15/13 and 13/10 from nearby septimal intervals, which neither 41- nor 46edo does. What bugs me is that the fifth feels undertempered for pretty much every purpose, and while the 5-limit approximation is praiseworthy the rest deserves more love. Compared to 41- or 46edo, it feels slack and doesn't convey a sense of tightly packed well-compromisedness. B-tier. | ||
* 55 – This edo is out of the optimal range of meantone. Septimal meantone feels dumb here since we know 43edo is sharp enough. It can be used for mohaha, but that feels so similar to 24edo that I'd just go with the latter. D-tier. | * 55 – This edo is out of the optimal range of meantone. Septimal meantone feels dumb here since we know 43edo is sharp enough. It can be used for mohaha, but that feels so similar to 24edo that I'd just go with the latter. D-tier. | ||
* 56 – A | * 56 – A hemicommatic edo with a rather messed-up tuning profile. Nothing notable about it. D-tier. | ||
* 58 – The fourth essential comma-level edo. Being the first edo with full 11-odd-limit distinction, this one is easily adorable. Whereas 41edo tunes the fifth to 24 steps, this edo tunes the fourth to 24 steps, and the implication is its 2.3.5.7.13.29 subgroup is analogous to 41edo's 2.3.5.7.11.19 subgroup. This edo is best as a 2.3.5.7.11.13.29-subgroup system, but it has more to offer. Specifically, the harmonics 19 and 23 in the 58hi val are surprisingly convincing, and although the 17 doesn't blend quite well it at least looks good on paper. Everything considered, it is virtually the first full 23-limit system. All that bugs me is the minor fact that 11/8 and 7/5 are tuned only one comma apart. A-tier. | * 58 – The fourth essential comma-level edo. Being the first edo with full 11-odd-limit distinction, this one is easily adorable. Whereas 41edo tunes the fifth to 24 steps, this edo tunes the fourth to 24 steps, and the implication is its 2.3.5.7.13.29 subgroup is analogous to 41edo's 2.3.5.7.11.19 subgroup. This edo is best as a 2.3.5.7.11.13.29-subgroup system, but it has more to offer. Specifically, the harmonics 19 and 23 in the 58hi val are surprisingly convincing, and although the 17 doesn't blend quite well it at least looks good on paper. Everything considered, it is virtually the first full 23-limit system. All that bugs me is the minor fact that 11/8 and 7/5 are tuned only one comma apart. A-tier. | ||
* 60 – This edo has a particularly problematic fifth, in that it closes after twelve steps, tempering out the Pythagorean comma. As the first thing I leave meantone is to look for a fifth that leads to a positive Pythagorean comma, this edo is clearly not my thing. C-tier. | * 60 – This edo has a particularly problematic fifth, in that it closes after twelve steps, tempering out the Pythagorean comma. As the first thing I leave meantone is to look for a fifth that leads to a positive Pythagorean comma, this edo is clearly not my thing. C-tier. | ||
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* 67 – A disastrous meantone tuning. F-tier. | * 67 – A disastrous meantone tuning. F-tier. | ||
* 68 – While this edo contains 17edo and if we compare it with 51edo, it clearly hits more harmonic targets, it should be noted that linearly dividing the steps into four is a weaker move than into two or three, as quarter-step offsets don't tend to create new categories, unlike third- or half-step offsets. This is especially true of this edo, as 34edo hits lots of harmonic targets already. Another obvious flaw is the awkward situation with prime 11. C-tier. | |||
* 70 – This edo's structure allows lots of niche uses. Unfortunately none of them is interesting enough to make me stay very long here. C-tier. | |||
* 72 – The last essential comma-level edo. Has the same problem with 60edo. Even tho it approximates JI way better and thus qualifies for an essential comma-level edo, most of its structural features have been provided by 41- and 58edo. B-tier. | |||
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* | * 74 – A good meantone tuning. Not much else to offer. D-tier. | ||
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* | * 79 – A disastrous non-meantone tuning. F-tier. | ||