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Being exactly half of 16 eka, the interval of 8 eka is its own complement; this feature makes it particularly uneasy and unstable - just like the tritone among the dodecatonic tempered system. | Being exactly half of 16 eka, the interval of 8 eka is its own complement; this feature makes it particularly uneasy and unstable - just like the tritone among the dodecatonic tempered system. | ||
When the interval of 8 eka is present in a chord, the entire chord becomes unstable; on the other hand, even the most dissonant chord comes out static and stabilized in the absence of that interval. This plays interestingly with the basic 2.5.7 chord of 4:5:7, as no matter what, any inversion of the chord will contain this unstable interval due to the [[jubilic]] temperament. Instead, it suggests that some other chord avoiding 7:5 might be a more harmonically stable base for Armodue theory, such as dyads of 4:5 and 4:7 played independently, perhaps with the flat fifth as a supporting interval. | When the interval of 8 eka is present in a chord, the entire chord becomes unstable; on the other hand, even the most dissonant chord comes out static and stabilized in the absence of that interval. This plays interestingly with the basic 2.5.7 chord of 4:5:7, as no matter what, any inversion of the chord will contain this unstable interval due to the [[jubilic]] temperament. Instead, it suggests that some other chord avoiding 7:5 might be a more harmonically stable base for Armodue theory, such as dyads of 4:5 and 4:7 played independently, perhaps with the flat fifth as a supporting interval to introduce an open consonance. | ||
The interval of 8 eka is the first axis of symmetry in Armodue: indeed in this system we proceed with progressive splittings of the tenth: 16 eka, 8 eka, 4 eka, 2 eka and 1 eka. As the tritone of the tempered system, the interval of 8 eka is an unstable dissonance. | The interval of 8 eka is the first axis of symmetry in Armodue: indeed in this system we proceed with progressive splittings of the tenth: 16 eka, 8 eka, 4 eka, 2 eka and 1 eka. As the tritone of the tempered system, the interval of 8 eka is an unstable dissonance. | ||