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== The list ==
== The list ==
[[21edo]]
* 5-tone pelog: 2 3 7 2 7
* 7-tone pelog: 2 3 4 3 2 4 3
[[23edo]]
[[23edo]]
* 5-tone pelog: 2 3 8 2 8
* 5-tone pelog: 2 3 8 2 8

Revision as of 08:19, 17 November 2025

A list of EDOs up to 60 with approximations of pelog and slendro scales that sound good to my ears. (By Budjarn Lambeth.)

Tested by ear in Scale Workshop using the "jublag", "ugal", and "silver" aperiodic waveforms, and the "percussive (medium)" preset.

The list

21edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 2 3 7 2 7
  • 7-tone pelog: 2 3 4 3 2 4 3


23edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 2 3 8 2 8
  • 7-tone pelog: 2 3 5 3 2 5 3


30edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 3 4 10 3 10
  • 7-tone pelog: 3 4 6 4 3 6 4
  • Slendro: 6 6 6 6 6


35edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 3 5 12 3 12
  • 7-tone pelog: 3 5 7 5 3 8 4
  • Slendro: 7 7 7 7 7


39edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 4 5 13 4 13
  • 7-tone pelog: 4 5 8 5 4 9 4
  • Slendro: 8 8 7 8 8


40edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 4 5 14 3 14
  • 7-tone pelog: 4 5 8 6 3 10 4
  • Slendro: 8 8 8 8 8


42edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 4 5 15 3 15
  • 7-tone pelog: 4 5 9 6 3 10 5
  • Slendro: 8 9 8 9 8


44edo (my personal favourite)

  • 5-tone pelog: 4 6 15 4 15
  • 7-tone pelog: 4 6 9 6 4 10 5
  • Slendro: 9 9 8 9 9


54edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 5 7 19 4 19
  • 7-tone pelog: 5 7 11 8 4 13 6
  • Slendro: 11 11 10 11 11


60edo

  • 5-tone pelog: 6 8 20 5 21
  • 7-tone pelog: 6 8 12 8 5 14 7
  • Slendro: 12 12 12 12 12

Extra bonus tunings!

13ed8/3 (9edo octave-compressed by 23-24 cents)

  • 5-tone pelog: 1 1 3 1 3
  • 7-tone pelog: 1 1 2 1 1 2 1


59zpi (18edo octave-stretched by 22-23 cents)

  • 5-tone pelog: 2 2 6 2 6
  • 7-tone pelog: 2 2 4 2 2 4 2
  • 5-tone slendro: 4 4 3 4 3


62zpi (18edo octave-compressed by 23-24 cents)

  • 5-tone pelog: 2 2 6 2 6
  • 7-tone pelog: 2 2 4 2 2 4 2
  • 5-tone slendro: 4 4 3 4 3