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=== Advantages and disadvantages ===

Among the advantages of this system is the fact that it keeps the traditional naturals, sharps, flats, double sharps and double flats, and assigns them to values based on 3-limit JI, resulting in this system having some level of familiarity for musicians from a traditional background. However, the disadvantages of this system are that this system relies on multiple accidental symbols combined into one glyph, which results in said accidentals having to be deciphered, and furthermore, the arrangement of combined and simple accidentals- as well as arrangement of the quartertone accidentals- is counterintuitive.

== Ups-and-Downs-based notation ==

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This system uses both darts and slants for larger EDOs only when the EDO is multi-ring- that is, the circle of 5ths doesn't include every note- and each ring requires ups and downs. For example 205edo is 5 rings of 41edo, but 124edo is not 4 rings of 31edo. The lifts and drops label the rings. In 159edo, there's a lift ring, a drop ring, and a plain ring. The lift ring is also a double-drop ring, and the drop ring is also a double-lift ring.

=== Advantages and disadvantages ===

Among the advantages of this system is the fact that it keeps the traditional naturals, sharps, flats, double sharps and double flats, and assigns them to values based on 3-limit JI, resulting in this system having some level of familiarity for musicians from a traditional background, while being simpler and more intuitive than the first system. However, among the disadvantages of this system are the lack of quartertone accidentals, and, the need for a prior understanding [[53edo]], which is often not the most straightforward to begin with in terms of notation, as noted by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53_equal_temperament#Notation Wikipedia's article on 53edo]. The net effect of these two disadvantages is that this system is likely to be less accessible to many microtonal musicians due to many beginners in particular being more likely to have experience with the more straightforward [[24edo]].

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+=== Advantages and disadvantages ===
+Among the advantages of this system is the fact that it keeps the traditional naturals, sharps, flats, double sharps and double flats, and assigns them to values based on 3-limit JI, resulting in this system having some level of familiarity for musicians from a traditional background.  However, the disadvantages of this system are that this system relies on multiple accidental symbols combined into one glyph, which results in said accidentals having to be deciphered, and furthermore, the arrangement of combined and simple accidentals- as well as arrangement of the quartertone accidentals- is counterintuitive.
 == Ups-and-Downs-based notation ==
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 This system uses both darts and slants for larger EDOs only when the EDO is multi-ring- that is, the circle of 5ths doesn't include every note- and each ring requires ups and downs. For example 205edo is 5 rings of 41edo, but 124edo is not 4 rings of 31edo. The lifts and drops label the rings. In 159edo, there's a lift ring, a drop ring, and a plain ring. The lift ring is also a double-drop ring, and the drop ring is also a double-lift ring.
+=== Advantages and disadvantages ===
+Among the advantages of this system is the fact that it keeps the traditional naturals, sharps, flats, double sharps and double flats, and assigns them to values based on 3-limit JI, resulting in this system having some level of familiarity for musicians from a traditional background, while being simpler and more intuitive than the first system.  However, among the disadvantages of this system are the lack of quartertone accidentals, and, the need for a prior understanding [[53edo]], which is often not the most straightforward to begin with in terms of notation, as noted by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53_equal_temperament#Notation Wikipedia's article on 53edo].  The net effect of these two disadvantages is that this system is likely to be less accessible to many microtonal musicians due to many beginners in particular being more likely to have experience with the more straightforward [[24edo]].
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