User:Overthink/Perfect fifth ranges

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A table of the ranges of the perfect fifth. Note that smaller EDOs within a precision may support temperaments corresponding to a range they are not a part of, such as 5edo technically being meantone or 53edo tempering out the garischisma.

Simple MOS

pattern ranges

Diatonic Range Meantone/Superpyth Near-pyth
Mavila M. Sub-flattone
(4\7-15\26)
P. Pythagorean
(7\12-24\41)
Sub-schismic
(7\12-38\65)
Flattone
(15\26-11\19)
Schismic
(38\65-31\53)
4\7 (685.714 ¢) Lower meantone (meanpop)
(11\19-18\31)
Middle Pythagorean
(31\53-55\94)
Diatonic Meantone ->
(4\7-7\12)
Upper meantone (huygens)
(18\31-7\12)
Garischismic
(55\94-24\41)
7\12 (700 ¢) Argent
(24\41-17\29)
IDK about subranges
here, but many useful
edos such as 99edo
and 140edo
Near-Pythagorean
10\17 (705.882 ¢)
Superpyth ->
(10\17-3\5)
S. Shrub region (quasisupra)
(10\17-13\22)
Parapyth/gentle
(17\29-10\17)
Lower gentle
(17\29-27\46)
3\5 (720 ¢) Superpyth
(13\22-16\27)
Upper gentle
(27\46-47\80)
Oneiro Quasiultra/ultrapyth+
(16\27-3\5)
Noble region
(47\80-10\17)