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Of an EDO, this is the count of steps it maps the [[apotome]] to; in other words, it is the size of its sharp.
Of an EDO, this is the count of steps it maps the [[apotome]] to; in other words, it is the size of its sharp.


For example, 12-EDO maps the apotome to one step, has a sharpness of 1. We could say it is a sharp-1 EDO. On the other hand, 17-EDO maps the apotome to two steps, so it is a sharp-2 EDO.
For example, 12-EDO maps the apotome to one step; it has a sharpness of 1. We could say it is a sharp-1 EDO. On the other hand, 17-EDO maps the apotome to two steps, so it is a sharp-2 EDO.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:30, 27 March 2021

Of an EDO, this is the count of steps it maps the apotome to; in other words, it is the size of its sharp.

For example, 12-EDO maps the apotome to one step; it has a sharpness of 1. We could say it is a sharp-1 EDO. On the other hand, 17-EDO maps the apotome to two steps, so it is a sharp-2 EDO.

See also

n-EDO Retuner plugin for Musescore 3.4+: uses sharpness to categorize EDOs for retuning Sagittal notation's Periodic Table of EDOs: arranges EDOs by their sharpness