20th-octave temperaments: Difference between revisions
-degrees (properly placed in hemimage temperaments) |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[20edo]] is not a particularly harmonically interesting | [[20edo]] is not a particularly harmonically interesting edo, but some of its multiples have high consistency limits (17-odd-limit and higher), and therefore are worthy of being considered in terms of rank-2 temperaments. | ||
In the 17-limit, one step of 20edo is extremely close to 88/85, which serves as a period in two of these temperaments | In the 17-limit, one step of 20edo is extremely close to 88/85, which serves as a period in two of these temperaments – Soviet Ferris wheel and calcium. | ||
Temperaments discussed elsewhere include | |||
'' | * ''[[Degrees]]'' → [[Hemimage temperaments #Degrees|Hemimage temperaments]] | ||
== Soviet Ferris wheel == | |||
==Soviet Ferris wheel== | |||
Defined as the 320 & 460 temperament, and named because it's a period-20 temperament, and there are 20 cabins on a standard ferris wheel found throughout most of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (as in abandoned Pripyat wheel, for example). | Defined as the 320 & 460 temperament, and named because it's a period-20 temperament, and there are 20 cabins on a standard ferris wheel found throughout most of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (as in abandoned Pripyat wheel, for example). | ||