54edo
| ← 53edo | 54edo | 55edo → |
Theory
54edo is suitable for usage with dual-fifth tuning systems, or alternately, no-fifth tuning systems. 54edo has an ultrahard diatonic scale using the sharp fifth of 27edo and an ultrasoft diatonic using the flat fifth. The soft diatonic scale is so soft, with L/s = 8/7, that it stops sounding like meantone or even flattone, but just sounds like a circulating temperament of 7edo.
It's a rare temperament which adds better approximations of the 11th and 15th harmonics from 27edo, which it doubles. 54edo contains an alternate (flat) mapping of the fifth and an "extreme bayati" 6 6 10 10 2 10 10 diatonic scale.
It is the highest EDO in which the best mappings of the major 3rd (5/4) and harmonic 7th (7/4), 17\54 and 44\54, are exactly 600 cents apart, making them suitable for harmonies using tritone substitutions. In other words, this is the last EDO tempering out 50/49. The 54cd val makes for an excellent tuning of 7-limit hexe temperament, while the bdf val does higher limit muggles about as well as it can be tuned.
Using the patent val, 54edo tempers out 2048/2025 in the 5-limit.
The immediate close presence of 53edo obscures 54edo and puts this temperament out of popular usage.
Odd harmonics
| Harmonic | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error | Absolute (¢) | +9.16 | -8.54 | +8.95 | -3.91 | +4.24 | +3.92 | +0.62 | +6.16 | -8.62 | -4.11 | -6.05 |
| Relative (%) | +41.2 | -38.4 | +40.3 | -17.6 | +19.1 | +17.6 | +2.8 | +27.7 | -38.8 | -18.5 | -27.2 | |
| Steps (reduced) |
86 (32) |
125 (17) |
152 (44) |
171 (9) |
187 (25) |
200 (38) |
211 (49) |
221 (5) |
229 (13) |
237 (21) |
244 (28) | |
Intervals
Using the sharp fifth as a generator, 54edo require a large amount of ups and downs to notate, and using the flat fifth as a generator, 54edo requires a large amount of sharps and flats to notate. Because the flat fifth generates a diatonic scale with a chroma of 1 step, ups and downs are not needed in notation if the flat fifth is used.
| Degree | Cents | Approximate Ratios | Ups and downs notation using flat fifth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.000 | 1/1 | C | |
| 1 | 22.222 | 81/80, 64/63 | C#, Dbbbbbbb | |
| 2 | 44.444 | Cx, Dbbbbbb | ||
| 3 | 66.666 | 28/27, 25/24 | Cx#, Dbbbbb | |
| 4 | 88.888 | 19/18, 20/19 | Cxx, Dbbbb | |
| 5 | 111.111 | 16/15 | Cxx#, Dbbb | |
| 6 | 133.333 | 13/12 | Cxxx, Dbb | |
| 7 | 155.555 | 12/11, 11/10 | Cxxx#, Db | |
| 8 | Minor whole tone | 177.777 | 10/9 | |
| 9 | Symmetric whole tone | 200.000 | 9/8 | |
| 10 | Extreme bayati whole tone | 222.222 | 8/7, 17/15 | |
| 11 | 244.444 | 15/13, 23/20 | ||
| 12 | Septimal submajor third | 266.666 | 7/6 | |
| 13 | Gothic minor third | 288.888 | 13/11, 20/17 | |
| 14 | Classical minor third | 311.111 | 6/5, 19/16 | |
| 15 | 333.333 | 17/14 | ||
| 16 | 355.555 | 11/9, 16/13 | ||
| 17 | Classical major third | 377.777 | 5/4 | |
| 18 | Symmetric major third | 400.000 | 29/23 | |
| 25 | Undecimal superfourth | 555.555 | 11/8 | |
| 26 | Septimal minor tritone | 577.777 | 7/5 | |
| 27 | Symmetric tritone | 600.000 | ||
| 28 | Septimal major tritone | 633.333 | 10/7 | |
| 36 | Symmetric augmented fifth | 800.000 | ||
| 44 | Harmonic seventh | 977.777 | 7/4 | |
| 54 | Octave | 1200.000 | Exact 2/1 |