60edf

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60 equal divisions of the perfect fifth (abbreviated 60edf or 60ed3/2) is a nonoctave tuning system that divides the interval of 3/2 into 60 equal parts of about 11.7 ¢ each. Each step represents a frequency ratio of (3/2)1/60, or the 60th root of 3/2.

← 59edf 60edf 61edf →
Prime factorization 22 × 3 × 5 (highly composite)
Step size 11.6993 ¢ 
Octave 103\60edf (1205.02 ¢)
Twelfth 163\60edf (1906.98 ¢)
Consistency limit 3
Distinct consistency limit 3

Theory

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Harmonics

Approximation of harmonics in 60edf
Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Error Absolute (¢) +5.02 +5.02 -1.65 -1.89 -1.65 +0.56 +3.37 -1.65 +3.13 +1.92 +3.37
Relative (%) +42.9 +42.9 -14.1 -16.2 -14.1 +4.8 +28.8 -14.1 +26.8 +16.4 +28.8
Steps
(reduced)
103
(43)
163
(43)
205
(25)
238
(58)
265
(25)
288
(48)
308
(8)
325
(25)
341
(41)
355
(55)
368
(8)
Approximation of harmonics in 60edf (continued)
Harmonic 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Error Absolute (¢) +5.19 +5.58 +3.13 -3.31 -2.97 +3.37 +3.36 -3.55 +5.58 -4.76 +0.18 -3.31
Relative (%) +44.3 +47.7 +26.8 -28.3 -25.4 +28.8 +28.7 -30.3 +47.7 -40.7 +1.5 -28.3
Steps
(reduced)
380
(20)
391
(31)
401
(41)
410
(50)
419
(59)
428
(8)
436
(16)
443
(23)
451
(31)
457
(37)
464
(44)
470
(50)

Subsets and supersets

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Music

Bryan Deister

See also

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