The 49 equal divisions of the octave (49edo), or the 49(-tone) equal temperament (49tet, 49et) when viewed from a regular temperament perspective, divides the octave into 49 equal parts of about 24.5 cents each.

← 48edo 49edo 50edo →
Prime factorization 72
Step size 24.4898 ¢ 
Fifth 29\49 (710.204 ¢)
Semitones (A1:m2) 7:2 (171.4 ¢ : 48.98 ¢)
Dual sharp fifth 29\49 (710.204 ¢)
Dual flat fifth 28\49 (685.714 ¢) (→ 4\7)
Dual major 2nd 8\49 (195.918 ¢)
Consistency limit 7
Distinct consistency limit 7

Theory

49edo is very much on the sharp side of things, with sharp tunings of harmonics 3 (it is the first square equal division with a "real" 3 of step coprime to its cardinality), 5, 7, and 11. It is the optimal patent val for superpyth temperament in the 7- and 11-limit, archytas (7-limit) and ares (11-limit) planar temperaments and almost identical to the e-based analog of Lucy tuning. It tempers out 64/63, 245/243 and 3125/3087 in the 7-limit, and 100/99 and 1375/1372 in the 11-limit.

Prime harmonics

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Intervals

# Cents Approximate Ratios (*) Notation
0 0.000 1/1 D
1 24.490 50/49 ^D
2 48.980 81/80, 28/27, 36/35, 49/48 Eb/^^D
3 73.469 25/24, 22/21, 33/32 ^Eb/^^^D
4 97.959 16/15, 21/20 ^^Eb/Fb/vvvD#
5 122.449 15/14 ^^^Eb/vvD#
6 146.939 12/11 vvvE/vD#
7 171.429 10/9, 11/10 vvE/D#
8 195.918 28/25 vE
9 220.408 9/8, 8/7 E
10 244.898 125/108, 144/125 ^E/vF
11 269.388 7/6 F
12 293.878 25/21, 33/28 ^F
13 318.367 6/5 ^^F/Gb
14 342.857 11/9 ^^^F/^Gb
15 367.347 27/22 vvvF#/^^Gb
16 391.837 5/4 vvF#/E#
17 416.327 14/11 vF#
18 440.816 9/7 F#
19 465.306 125/96, 162/125 ^F#
20 489.796 4/3, 21/16 G
21 514.286 75/56 ^G/vAb
22 538.776 27/20, 15/11 Ab/^^G
23 563.265 11/8 ^Ab/^^^G
24 587.755 7/5 ^^Ab/vvvG#
25 612.245 10/7 vvG#/^^^Ab
26 636.735 16/11 vG#/vvvA
27 661.244 40/27, 22/15 G#/vvA
28 685.714 112/75 vA/^G#
29 710.204 3/2, 32/21 A
30 734.694 125/81, 192/125 ^A/vBb
31 759.184 14/9 Bb/^^A
32 783.673 11/7 ^Bb/vCb/^^^A
33 808.163 8/5 Cb/^^Bb/vvvA#
34 832.653 44/27 ^^^Bb/^Cb/vvA#
35 857.143 18/11 vvvB/^^Cb/vA#
36 881.633 5/3 vvB/^^^Cb/A#
37 906.122 42/25, 56/33 vB/vvvC
38 930.612 12/7 B/vvC
39 955.102 125/72, 216/125 ^B/vC
40 979.592 16/9, 7/4 C/^^B
41 1004.082 25/14 ^C/^^^B
42 1028.571 9/5, 20/11 ^^C/vvvB#/Db
43 1053.061 11/6 ^^^C/vvB#/^Db
44 1077.551 28/15 vvvC#/vB#/^^Db
45 1102.041 15/8, 40/21 vvC#/B#/^^^Db
46 1126.531 48/25, 21/11, 64/33 vC#/vvvD
47 1151.020 160/81, 27/14, 35/18, 96/49 C#/vvD
48 1175.510 49/25 vD
49 1200.000 2/1 D

(*) Based on 49edo's 11-limit patent val 49 78 114 138 170] mapping

Acoustic ϕ and ϕϕ-1

49edo has a very close approximation of both acoustic phi and ϕϕ-1, a kind of logarithmic phi that has applications as Metallic MOS, but from dividing acoustic phi logarithmically instead of 2/1 in the case of normal logarithmic phi. ϕϕ-1

Regular temperament properties

Subgroup Comma list Mapping Optimal
8ve stretch (¢)
Tuning error
Absolute (¢) Relative (%)
2.3 [78 -49 [49 78]] -2.60 2.60 10.62
2.3.5 15625/15552, 20480/19683 [49 78 114]] -2.53 2.12 8.69
2.3.5.7 64/63, 245/243, 3125/3087 [49 78 114 138]] -2.85 1.92 7.87
2.3.5.7.11 64/63, 100/99, 245/243, 1331/1323 [49 78 114 138 170]] -2.97 1.74 7.11

Rank-2 temperaments

Rank-2 temperaments by generators
Periods
per octave
Generator Temperaments
1 1\49 Sengagen
1 4\49 Passion
1 6\49 Bohpier
1 8\49 Didacus
1 11\49 Infraorwell
1 12\49 Kleiboh
1 13\49 Hanson / catalan
1 16\49 Magus
1 17\49 Sqrtphi
1 18\49 Clyde
1 19\49 Semisept
1 20\49 Archy / superpyth
7 20\49 Sevond
Seville