User:Overthink/The 7-limit in 53edo

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In 53edo, the 7-limit is well-approximated, and especially the 5- and 3-limits. On this page, we will analyze the approximations and structures of 53edo in the 7-limit.

Intervals of 53edo
Steps Cents Approximate ratios
0 0.000 1/1
1 22.642 531441/524288, 81/80, 64/63, 50/49
2 45.283 36/35, 49/48, 128/125, 250/243
3 67.925 28/27, 25/24
4 90.566 256/243, 135/128, 21/20
5 113.208 16/15, 15/14, 2187/2048
6 135.849 27/25
7 158.491 35/32
8 181.132 10/9
9 203.774 9/8
10 226.415 8/7
11 249.057 81/70, 125/108, 144/125, 147/128
12 271.698 7/6, 75/64
13 294.340 32/27
14 316.981 6/5
15 339.623 105/64, 243/200
16 362.264 100/81, 315/256
17 384.906 5/4
18 407.547 81/64
19 430.189 9/7, 32/25
20 452.830 64/49, 35/27
21 475.472 21/16
22 498.113 4/3
23 520.755 27/20
24 543.396 48/35
25 566.038 1/1
26 588.679 1024/729, 7/5, 45/32
27 611.321 729/512, 10/7, 64/45
28 633.962 1/1
29 656.604 1/1
30 679.245 1/1
31 701.887 3/2
32 724.528 1/1
33 747.170 1/1
34 769.811 1/1
35 792.453 1/1
36 815.094 1/1
37 837.736 1/1
38 860.377 1/1
39 883.019 1/1
40 905.660 1/1
41 928.302 1/1
42 950.943 1/1
43 973.585 1/1
44 996.226 1/1
45 1018.868 1/1
46 1041.509 1/1
47 1064.151 1/1
48 1086.792 1/1
49 1109.434 1/1
50 1132.075 1/1
51 1154.717 1/1
52 1177.358 1/1
53 1200.000 2/1

The 81/80 and 64/63 commas translate pythagorean intervals into nearby pental and septimal intervals respectively. Considering them seperately is too complex, so we conflate them into one comma step, tempering out 5120/5103. Here's a table of intervals organized using tempering of 5120/5103. Each interval is a fifth above the interval to the left of it, and a comma above the interval below it. Not all ratios are shown, or else the table will be too complex.

Interval table (far fourthward)
Interval table (middle)
256/245, 729/700 384/245
48/25 36/25 27/25 81/50 128/105, 243/200 64/35 48/35 36/35 54/35 81/70 243/140, 256/147 64/49 96/49 72/49 54/49
135/128 64/45 16/15 8/5 6/5 9/5 27/20 64/63, 81/80 32/21 8/7 12/7 9/7 27/14 81/56 243/224
28/15 7/5 21/20 63/40, 128/81 32/27 16/9 4/3 1/1 3/2 9/8 27/16 81/64, 80/63 40/21 10/7 15/14
448/243 112/81 28/27 14/9 7/6 7/4 21/16 63/32, 160/81 40/27 10/9 5/3 5/4 15/8 45/32 135/128
49/27 49/36 49/48 49/32 147/128, 280/243 140/81 35/27 35/18 35/24 35/32 105/64, 400/243 315/256, 100/81 50/27 25/18 25/24
245/128, 1400/729
Interval table (far fifthward)