17ed9/2

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Prime factorization 17 (prime)
Step size 153.171 ¢ 
Octave 8\17ed9/2 (1225.37 ¢)
Twelfth 12\17ed9/2 (1838.05 ¢)
Consistency limit 2
Distinct consistency limit 2

17 equal divisions of 9/2 (abbreviated 17ed9/2) is a nonoctave tuning system that divides the interval of 9/2 into 17 equal parts of about 153 ¢ each. Each step represents a frequency ratio of (9/2)1/17, or the 17th root of 9/2.

This tuning tempers out 9/8 in the 3-limit, 25/24 and 27/25 in the 5-limit, and 21/20, 35/32, 36/35, and 15/14 in the 7-limit.

Harmonics

Approximation of harmonics in 17ed9/2
Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Error Absolute (¢) +25.4 -63.9 +50.7 -29.2 -38.5 +0.9 +76.1 +25.4 -3.9 -15.7 -13.2
Relative (%) +16.6 -41.7 +33.1 -19.1 -25.2 +0.6 +49.7 +16.6 -2.5 -10.2 -8.6
Steps
(reduced)
8
(8)
12
(12)
16
(16)
18
(1)
20
(3)
22
(5)
24
(7)
25
(8)
26
(9)
27
(10)
28
(11)