11-limit

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The 11-limit consists of all justly tuned intervals whose numerators and denominators are both products of the primes 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11. Some examples of 11-limit intervals are 14/11, 11/8, 27/22 and 99/98. The 11 odd-limit consists of intervals whose numerators and denominators, when all factors of two have been removed, are less than or equal to 11. Reduced to an octave, these are the ratios 1/1, 12/11, 11/10, 10/9, 9/8, 8/7, 7/6, 6/5, 11/9, 5/4, 14/11, 9/7, 4/3, 11/8, 7/5, 10/7, 16/11, 3/2, 14/9, 11/7, 8/5, 18/11, 5/3, 12/7, 7/4, 16/9, 9/5, 20/11, 11/6, 2/1. In an 11-limit system, all the ratios of the 11 odd-limit can be treated as potential consonances.

interval name ratio harmonic solfege
1u2 lu 2nd 12/11 fu-sol
1og2 logu 2nd 11/10 mi-fu
y2 yo 2nd 10/9 re-mi
w2 wa 2nd 9/8 do-re
r2 ru 2nd 8/7 ta-do
z3 zo 3rd 7/6 sol-ta
g3 gu 3rd 6/5 mi-sol, ti-re
1o3 ilo 3rd 11/9 re-fu
y3 yo 3rd 5/4 do-mi
1uz4 luzo 4th 14/11 fu-ta
r3 ru 3rd 9/7 ta-re
w4 wa 4th 4/3 do-fa
1o4 ilo 4th 11/8 do-fu
zg5 zogu 5th 7/5 mi-ta
ry4 ruyo 4th 10/7 ta-mi
1u5 lu 5th 16/11 fu-do
w5 wa 5th 3/2 do-sol
z6 zo 6th 14/9 re-ta
1or5 loru 5th 11/7 ta-fu
g6 gu 6th 8/5 mi-do
1u6 lu 6th 18/11 fu-re
y6 yo 6th 5/3 sol-mi
r6 ru 6th 12/7 ta-sol
z7 zo 7th 7/4 do-ta
w7 wa 7th 16/9 re-do
g7 gu 7th 9/5 mi-re
1uy7 luyo 7th 20/11 fu-mi
1o7 ilo 7th 11/6 sol-fu
w8 wa 8ve 2/1 do-do

While the 7-limit introduces subminor and supermajor intervals, which can sound like dramatic inflections of the familiar interval categories of 12edo, the 11-limit introduces neutral intervals, superfourths and subfifths, which fall in between major, minor and perfect interval categories and thus demand new distinctions. It is thus inescapably xenharmonic.

Relative to their size, edos which do (relatively) well in supporting 11-limit intervals are: 1edo, 2edo, 3edo, 4edo, 5edo, 6edo, 7edo, 9edo, 10edo, 12edo, 15edo, 22edo, 26edo, 31edo, 41edo, 63edo, 72edo, 87edo, 109edo, 161edo.

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Intervals

Here are all the 15-odd-limit intervals of 11:

Interval name Ratio Cents Value
1u2 lu 2nd 12/11 150.637
1og2 logu 2nd 11/10 165.004
1o3 ilo 3rd 11/9 347.408
1uz4 lu 4th 14/11 417.508
1uy4 luyo 4th 15/11 536.951
1o4 ilo 4th 11/8 551.318
1u5 lu 5th 16/11 648.682
1og5 logu 5th 22/15 663.049
1or5 loru 5th 11/7 782.492
1u6 lu 6th 18/11 852.592
1uy7 luyo 7th 20/11 1034.996
1o7 ilo 7th 11/6 1049.363

See: Gallery of Just Intervals

Music

Study #3 play by Dave Hill

Brief 11-ratio composition play by Dave Hill

11 Limit Piano by Chris Vaisvil

11-limit singtervals by Andrew Heathwaite

See also

Harmonic Limit