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=5 Equal Divisions of the Octave: Theory= 
==="equal pentatonic"=== 

5-edo divides the 1200-[[cents|cent]] octave into 5 equal parts, making its smallest interval exactly [[240¢]], or the fifth root of 2.

5-edo is the smallest [[edo]] containing xenharmonic intervals! (1edo 2edo 3edo 4edo are all subsets of 12edo)

==Intervals in 5-edo== 
|| **Interval,
in fifths of
an octave** || **Interval
in ¢** || **Closest
diatonic
interval name** || **The "neighborhood" of just intervals** ||
|| 0 || 0.0 || unison / prime || exactly 1/1 ||
|| 1 || 240.0 || second / third || +8.826 c from septimal second 8/7
-4.969 c from diminished third 144/125
-13.076 c from augmented second 125/108
-26.871 c from septimal minor third 7/6 ||
|| 2 || 480.0 || fourth || +9.219 c from narrow fourth 21/16
-0.686 c from smaller fourth 33/25
-18.045 c from just fourth 4/3 ||
|| 3 || 720.0 || fifth || +18.045 c from just fifth 3/2
+0.686 c from bigger fifth 50/33
-9.219 c from wide fifth 32/21 ||
|| 4 || 960.0 || sixth, seventh || 26.871 c from septimal major sixth 12/7
13.076 c from diminished seventh 216/125
4.969 c from augmented sixth 125/72
-8.826 c from septimal seventh 7/4 ||
|| 5 || 1200.0 || eighth || exactly 2/1 ||

==Related scales== 
* By its cardinality, 5-edo is related to other [[pentatonic]] scales, and it is especially close in sound to many Indonesian [[slendro|slendros]].
* Due to the interest around the "fifth" interval size, there are many [[nonoctave]] "stretch sisters" to 5-edo: square root of 4/3, cube root of 3/2, 8th root of 3, etc.
* For the same reason there are many "circle sisters":
** Make a chain of five "bigger fifths" (50/33), which makes three octaves 3.227¢ flat. (50/33)^5=7.985099.

==As a temperament== 
If 5-edo is regarded as a temperament, which is to say as 5-et, then the most salient fact is that 16/15 is tempered out. This means in 5-et the major third and the fourth, and the minor sixth and the fifth, are not distinguished; this is 5-limit [[Trienstonic clan|father temperament]]. This is at the very edge what can sensibly be called temperament, but it does make sense and can be used.

Also tempered out is 27/25, if we temper this out in preference to 16/15 we obtain [[Bug family|bug temperament]], which equates 10/9 with 6/5: it is a little more perverse even than father. Because these intervals are so large, this sort of analysis is less significant with 5 than it becomes with larger and more accurate divisions, but it still plays a role. For example, I-IV-V-I is the same as 1-III-V-I and involves triads with common intervals because of fourth-thirds equivalence.

Despite its lack of accuracy, 5EDO is the second Zeta function integral tuning, after 2EDO. See http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A117538

==Cycles, Divisions== 
5 is a prime number so 5-edo contains no sub-edos. Only simple cycles:
Cycle of seconds: 0-1-2-3-4-0
Cycle of fourths: 0-2-4-1-3-0
Cycle of fifths: 0-3-1-4-2-0
Cycle of sevenths: 0-4-3-2-1-0


=5-edo in Musicmaking= 
== == 
==**Compositions**, improvisations== 
* Brian McLaren: various and sundry
* [[http://home.comcast.net/%7Eteamouse/daybreak-vsc.mp3|Herman Miller]]: //[[http://home.comcast.net/%7Eteamouse/daybreak-vsc.mp3|Daybreak on Slendro Mountain]]// (2000)
* Paul Rubenstein: various, with electric guitars in 10- and 15-edo
* Aaron K. Johnson: //[[http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/5tet_funk.mp3|5tet funk]]// (2004)
* Bill Sethares: //5-tet funk// (2004), //Pentacle// (2004)
* X.J.Scott: //Sleeping Through It All// (2004)
* [[http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=122613&songID=1519939|Andrew Heathwaite: //Pinta Penta// (2004)]] (rendered in 6 alternative pentatonics as well)
* [[Hans Straub]]: [[http://home.datacomm.ch/straub/mamuth/5tet_e.html#asimchomsaia|Asîmchômsaia]]
* [[Brian Wong]]: [[http://bwong.ca/template1.php?sub=3|Slendronica#1b]]

==Notation== 
* via Reinhard's cents notation
* Sagittal: naturals on a five-line staff, with enharmonics (used interchangably) E=F and B=C
* a four-line hybrid treble/bass staff.

==Harmony== 
Scale does not have any strong consonance nor dissonance. Interval 240,000 c can serve as major second or minor third. Interval 960,000 c can serve as major sixth or minor seventh. Fourth is about 18 c flat than just fourth, it is rather "dirty"but recognizable. Fifth is about 18 c sharp than just fifth, it is more dissonant than the fourth but still easily recognizable.

Important chords:
0+1+3
0+2+3
0+1+3+4
0+2+3+4

==Melody== 
First from edos which can be use for melodies in "standard" way. Relatively large step of 240.00 c can be used as major second for the melody construction. The scale has whole-tone as well as pentatonic character.

==Chord or scale?== 
Either way, it is hard to wander very far from where you start. However, it has the scale-like feature that there are (barely) enough notes to create melody, in the form of an equal version of pentatonic.

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5-edo divides the 1200-<a class="wiki_link" href="/cents">cent</a> octave into 5 equal parts, making its smallest interval exactly <a class="wiki_link" href="/240%C2%A2">240¢</a>, or the fifth root of 2.<br />
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5-edo is the smallest <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo">edo</a> containing xenharmonic intervals! (1edo 2edo 3edo 4edo are all subsets of 12edo)<br />
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<table class="wiki_table">
    <tr>
        <td><strong>Interval,<br />
in fifths of<br />
an octave</strong><br />
</td>
        <td><strong>Interval<br />
in ¢</strong><br />
</td>
        <td><strong>Closest<br />
diatonic<br />
interval name</strong><br />
</td>
        <td><strong>The &quot;neighborhood&quot; of just intervals</strong><br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>0<br />
</td>
        <td>0.0<br />
</td>
        <td>unison / prime<br />
</td>
        <td>exactly 1/1<br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>1<br />
</td>
        <td>240.0<br />
</td>
        <td>second / third<br />
</td>
        <td>+8.826 c from septimal second 8/7<br />
-4.969 c from diminished third 144/125<br />
-13.076 c from augmented second 125/108<br />
-26.871 c from septimal minor third 7/6<br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>2<br />
</td>
        <td>480.0<br />
</td>
        <td>fourth<br />
</td>
        <td>+9.219 c from narrow fourth 21/16<br />
-0.686 c from smaller fourth 33/25<br />
-18.045 c from just fourth 4/3<br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>3<br />
</td>
        <td>720.0<br />
</td>
        <td>fifth<br />
</td>
        <td>+18.045 c from just fifth 3/2<br />
+0.686 c from bigger fifth 50/33<br />
-9.219 c from wide fifth 32/21<br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>4<br />
</td>
        <td>960.0<br />
</td>
        <td>sixth, seventh<br />
</td>
        <td>26.871 c from septimal major sixth 12/7<br />
13.076 c from diminished seventh 216/125<br />
4.969 c from augmented sixth 125/72<br />
-8.826 c from septimal seventh 7/4<br />
</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>5<br />
</td>
        <td>1200.0<br />
</td>
        <td>eighth<br />
</td>
        <td>exactly 2/1<br />
</td>
    </tr>
</table>

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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc3"><a name="x5 Equal Divisions of the Octave: Theory-Related scales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 -->Related scales</h2>
 <ul><li>By its cardinality, 5-edo is related to other <a class="wiki_link" href="/pentatonic">pentatonic</a> scales, and it is especially close in sound to many Indonesian <a class="wiki_link" href="/slendro">slendros</a>.</li><li>Due to the interest around the &quot;fifth&quot; interval size, there are many <a class="wiki_link" href="/nonoctave">nonoctave</a> &quot;stretch sisters&quot; to 5-edo: square root of 4/3, cube root of 3/2, 8th root of 3, etc.</li><li>For the same reason there are many &quot;circle sisters&quot;:<ul><li>Make a chain of five &quot;bigger fifths&quot; (50/33), which makes three octaves 3.227¢ flat. (50/33)^5=7.985099.</li></ul></li></ul><br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc4"><a name="x5 Equal Divisions of the Octave: Theory-As a temperament"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 -->As a temperament</h2>
 If 5-edo is regarded as a temperament, which is to say as 5-et, then the most salient fact is that 16/15 is tempered out. This means in 5-et the major third and the fourth, and the minor sixth and the fifth, are not distinguished; this is 5-limit <a class="wiki_link" href="/Trienstonic%20clan">father temperament</a>. This is at the very edge what can sensibly be called temperament, but it does make sense and can be used.<br />
<br />
Also tempered out is 27/25, if we temper this out in preference to 16/15 we obtain <a class="wiki_link" href="/Bug%20family">bug temperament</a>, which equates 10/9 with 6/5: it is a little more perverse even than father. Because these intervals are so large, this sort of analysis is less significant with 5 than it becomes with larger and more accurate divisions, but it still plays a role. For example, I-IV-V-I is the same as 1-III-V-I and involves triads with common intervals because of fourth-thirds equivalence.<br />
<br />
Despite its lack of accuracy, 5EDO is the second Zeta function integral tuning, after 2EDO. See <!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:248:http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A117538 --><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A117538" rel="nofollow">http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A117538</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:248 --><br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:10:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc5"><a name="x5 Equal Divisions of the Octave: Theory-Cycles, Divisions"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 -->Cycles, Divisions</h2>
 5 is a prime number so 5-edo contains no sub-edos. Only simple cycles:<br />
Cycle of seconds: 0-1-2-3-4-0<br />
Cycle of fourths: 0-2-4-1-3-0<br />
Cycle of fifths: 0-3-1-4-2-0<br />
Cycle of sevenths: 0-4-3-2-1-0<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc6"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->5-edo in Musicmaking</h1>
 <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc7"><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 --> </h2>
 <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:16:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc8"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking-Compositions, improvisations"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 --><strong>Compositions</strong>, improvisations</h2>
 <ul><li>Brian McLaren: various and sundry</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Eteamouse/daybreak-vsc.mp3" rel="nofollow">Herman Miller</a>: <em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Eteamouse/daybreak-vsc.mp3" rel="nofollow">Daybreak on Slendro Mountain</a></em> (2000)</li><li>Paul Rubenstein: various, with electric guitars in 10- and 15-edo</li><li>Aaron K. Johnson: <em><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/5tet_funk.mp3" rel="nofollow">5tet funk</a></em> (2004)</li><li>Bill Sethares: <em>5-tet funk</em> (2004), <em>Pentacle</em> (2004)</li><li>X.J.Scott: <em>Sleeping Through It All</em> (2004)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=122613&amp;songID=1519939" rel="nofollow">Andrew Heathwaite: //Pinta Penta// (2004)</a> (rendered in 6 alternative pentatonics as well)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Hans%20Straub">Hans Straub</a>: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.datacomm.ch/straub/mamuth/5tet_e.html#asimchomsaia" rel="nofollow">Asîmchômsaia</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Brian%20Wong">Brian Wong</a>: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://bwong.ca/template1.php?sub=3" rel="nofollow">Slendronica#1b</a></li></ul><br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc9"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking-Notation"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Notation</h2>
 <ul><li>via Reinhard's cents notation</li><li>Sagittal: naturals on a five-line staff, with enharmonics (used interchangably) E=F and B=C</li><li>a four-line hybrid treble/bass staff.</li></ul><br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:20:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc10"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking-Harmony"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Harmony</h2>
 Scale does not have any strong consonance nor dissonance. Interval 240,000 c can serve as major second or minor third. Interval 960,000 c can serve as major sixth or minor seventh. Fourth is about 18 c flat than just fourth, it is rather &quot;dirty&quot;but recognizable. Fifth is about 18 c sharp than just fifth, it is more dissonant than the fourth but still easily recognizable.<br />
<br />
Important chords:<br />
0+1+3<br />
0+2+3<br />
0+1+3+4<br />
0+2+3+4<br />
<br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc11"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking-Melody"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Melody</h2>
 First from edos which can be use for melodies in &quot;standard&quot; way. Relatively large step of 240.00 c can be used as major second for the melody construction. The scale has whole-tone as well as pentatonic character.<br />
<br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:24:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc12"><a name="x5-edo in Musicmaking-Chord or scale?"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:24 -->Chord or scale?</h2>
 Either way, it is hard to wander very far from where you start. However, it has the scale-like feature that there are (barely) enough notes to create melody, in the form of an equal version of pentatonic.</body></html>