207zpi

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207 Zeta Peak Index (abbreviated 207zpi) is the equal-step tuning system derived from the 207th peak of the Riemann Zeta Function.

The Riemann Zeta Function around 45edo. The highest peak, right to the left of 45, corresponds to 207zpi, demonstrating its relative strength as a tuning.

Theory

207zpi is the strongest zeta peak corresponding to 45edo, and serves as a stretched-octave version thereof (2/1 ≈ 1204.289¢). It substantially improves on 45edo's harmonic accuracy, with no non-powers of 2/1 below 16/1 exceeding 7.5¢ error.

Crucially, due to the octave stretch, the 207zpi patent vals of 9/1 and 15/1 have the same values as their "b-vals" (the second best approximation of a Just Intonation interval in a tuning system) in 45edo (k=142 and k=175 steps for both systems); i.e. the already-sharp direct approximations of those harmonics in 45edo (k=143 and k=176), which are not found within its flattone diatonic scale, are "pushed out of the way" by the octave stretch within 207zpi. This means that the direct approximations of 9/1, 15/1 are now mapped to the diatonic scale, though this is not the case for their octave-reduced counterparts of 9/8 and 15/8 (k=8 and k=41 in both systems).

Approximation of Harmonics

Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Absolute error (¢) 4.289 -1.855 8.577 -3.069 2.433 3.182 12.866 -3.710 1.220 -3.213 6.722 1.959 7.471 -4.924 -9.607