197ed12

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Division of the twelfth harmonic into 197 equal parts (197ED12) is very nearly identical to 55 EDO, but with the 12/1 rather than the 2/1 being just. The octave is about 1.05 cents stretched and the step size is about 21.84 cents.

← 196ed12 197ed12 198ed12 →
Prime factorization 197 (prime)
Step size 21.8373 ¢ 
Octave 55\197ed12 (1201.05 ¢)
Twelfth 87\197ed12 (1899.85 ¢)
Consistency limit 4
Distinct consistency limit 4

Theory

This tuning tempers out 81/80 in the 5-limit; 121/120 in the 11-limit; 91/90 and 169/168 in the 13-limit; and 154/153 in the 17-limit.

Harmonics

Approximation of harmonics in 197ed12
Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Error Absolute (¢) +1.05 -2.11 +2.11 +8.87 -1.05 -5.88 +3.16 -4.21 +9.92 -2.22 +0.00
Relative (%) +4.8 -9.6 +9.6 +40.6 -4.8 -26.9 +14.5 -19.3 +45.4 -10.2 +0.0
Steps
(reduced)
55
(55)
87
(87)
110
(110)
128
(128)
142
(142)
154
(154)
165
(165)
174
(174)
183
(183)
190
(190)
197
(0)
Approximation of harmonics in 197ed12
Harmonic 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Error Absolute (¢) -7.55 -4.82 +6.76 +4.21 +8.44 -3.16 -9.41 -10.87 -7.98 -1.17 +9.22
Relative (%) -34.6 -22.1 +30.9 +19.3 +38.7 -14.5 -43.1 -49.8 -36.6 -5.4 +42.2
Steps
(reduced)
203
(6)
209
(12)
215
(18)
220
(23)
225
(28)
229
(32)
233
(36)
237
(40)
241
(44)
245
(48)
249
(52)