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4 equal divisions of 6/5 (abbreviated 4ed6/5) is a nonoctave tuning system that divides the interval of 6/5 into 4 equal parts of about 78.9 ¢ each. Each step represents a frequency ratio of (6/5)1/4, or the 4th root of 6/5.

Commas

4ed6/5 tempers out the comma 585640/583443 if you take one step to be an approximation of 22/21.

Approximation of harmonics

Approximation of odd harmonics in 4ed6/5
Harmonic 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27
Error Absolute (¢) -8.1 -24.5 +24.3 -16.2 +30.9 -21.5 -32.6 -12.5 +31.7 +16.2 +16.5 +30.0 -24.3
Relative (%) -10.3 -31.0 +30.8 -20.5 +39.2 -27.3 -41.3 -15.9 +40.1 +20.5 +21.0 +38.0 -30.8
Steps
(reduced)
24
(0)
35
(3)
43
(3)
48
(0)
53
(1)
56
(0)
59
(3)
62
(2)
65
(1)
67
(3)
69
(1)
71
(3)
72
(0)