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=== Octave shrinking === | === Octave shrinking === | ||
8edo's approximation of [[JI]] can be improved via [[octave shrinking]]. Compressing 8edo's octave from 1200 [[cent]]s down to | 8edo's approximation of [[JI]] can be improved via [[octave shrinking]]. Compressing 8edo's octave from 1200 [[cent]]s down to 1187 cents gives the tuning called [[29ed12]]. | ||
Pure-octaves 8edo approximates only 2 of the first 11 prime harmonics within 15 cents. 29ed12 approximates 5 of them. | Pure-octaves 8edo approximates only 2 of the first 11 prime harmonics within 15 cents. 29ed12 approximates 5 of them. | ||