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==="Superpythagorean" tunings===
==="Superpythagorean" tunings===
In general sharper subfourths are better if you don't care about approximating 5/4 and only care about optimizing the 4:9:21 triad.  Apart from that, there's little common JI interpretation shared by these sharper tunings. One tradeoff is that small steps in the oneirotonic scale get smaller than 1/3-tones (as in 18edo) and become quarter-tones (as in 23edo) and thus become less melodically distinct.
In general sharper subfourths are better if you don't care about approximating 5/4 and only care about optimizing the 4:9:21 triad.  Apart from that, there's little common JI interpretation shared by these sharper tunings. One tradeoff is that small steps in the oneirotonic scale get smaller than 1/3-tones (as in 18edo) and become quarter-tones (as in 23edo) and thus become less melodically distinct, much like 22edo superpyth[7].


[[23edo]] (469.57 cents) and [[41edo]] (468.29 cents): two tones represent 14/11 rather than 5/4, and J-O# (4 large steps + 1 small step) becomes a 5/3 rather than a 13/8.
[[23edo]] (469.57 cents) and [[41edo]] (468.29 cents): two tones represent 14/11 rather than 5/4, and J-O# (4 large steps + 1 small step) becomes a 5/3 rather than a 13/8.