428edt

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428 equal divisions of the tritave, perfect twelfth, or 3rd harmonic (abbreviated 428edt or 428ed3), is a nonoctave tuning system that divides the interval of 3/1 into 428 equal parts of about 4.44 ¢ each. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 31/428, or the 428th root of 3.

← 427edt 428edt 429edt →
Prime factorization 22 × 107
Step size 4.44382 ¢ 
Octave 270\428edt (1199.83 ¢) (→ 135\214edt)
Consistency limit 22
Distinct consistency limit 22

Theory

428edt is related to 270edo, but with the twelfth rather than the octave being just. The octave is about 0.169 cents compressed. 428edt is consistent to the 22-integer-limit; in comparison, 270edo is only consistent up to the 16-integer-limit. It fixes 270edo's inconsistently mapped 17/13, which is 270edo's only inconsistently mapped interval in the 21-odd-limit. However, this comes at the cost of a flat-tending tuning profile, with harmonics 1–22 all tuned flat except for 17.

Harmonics

Approximation of harmonics in 428edt
Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Error Absolute (¢) -0.17 +0.00 -0.34 -0.04 -0.17 -0.41 -0.51 +0.00 -0.21 -0.79 -0.34
Relative (%) -3.8 +0.0 -7.6 -0.9 -3.8 -9.2 -11.4 +0.0 -4.7 -17.8 -7.6
Steps
(reduced)
270
(270)
428
(0)
540
(112)
627
(199)
698
(270)
758
(330)
810
(382)
856
(0)
897
(41)
934
(78)
968
(112)
Approximation of harmonics in 428edt (continued)
Harmonic 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Error Absolute (¢) -1.15 -0.58 -0.04 -0.67 +1.02 -0.17 -0.45 -0.38 -0.41 -0.96 +2.07 -0.51
Relative (%) -25.9 -13.0 -0.9 -15.2 +23.0 -3.8 -10.2 -8.5 -9.2 -21.6 +46.7 -11.4
Steps
(reduced)
999
(143)
1028
(172)
1055
(199)
1080
(224)
1104
(248)
1126
(270)
1147
(291)
1167
(311)
1186
(330)
1204
(348)
1222
(366)
1238
(382)

See also