User:BudjarnLambeth/Table of stretched 42edo tunings

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42edo has almost 50% relative error on harmonics 3/1 and 5/1. This means that whether one stretches or compresses the octave, either way it will improve 42edo’s approximations of JI, but in opposite directions.

This table provides a detailed comparison of three stretched- and three compressed-octave tunings for 42edo.

Tuning 42ed257/128 APS720jot 189zpi 42edo APS715jot 191zpi 42ed255/128
Steps / octave ~41.77 ~41.81 ~41.83 42.00 ~42.10 ~42.19 ~42.24
Step size ~28.73¢ ~28.70¢ ~28.69¢ ~28.57¢ ~28.50¢ ~28.44¢ ~28.41¢
Overview ex: 5
gd: 2, 3, 7
ok:
ba: 11, 13
ex: 5
gd: 2, 3
ok: 7, 11, 13
ba:
ex: 5
gd: 2, 13
ok: 3, 11
ba: 7
ex: 2, 7
gd:
ok: 11
ba: 3, 5, 13
ex: 2
gd: 5, 7, 13
ok: 3, 11
ba:
ex: 5, 11, 13
gd: 2, 3
ok:
ba: 7
ex: 3, 5, 11
gd: 2
ok: 13
ba: 7
2/1 error +23.5%
(6.7¢)
+19.0%
(5.5¢)
+17.2%
(4.9¢)
0.0%
(0.0¢)
-10.2%
(2.9¢)
−18.8%
(5.3¢)
−23.9%
(6.8¢)
3/1 error −19.6%
(5.6¢)
−26.7%
(7.7¢)
−29.6%
(8.5¢)
+43.2%
(12.3¢)
+27.0%
(7.7¢)
+13.4%
(3.8¢)
+5.4%
(1.5¢)
5/1 error +2.4%
(0.7¢)
−7.9%
(2.3¢)
−12.2%
(3.5¢)
+47.9%
(13.7¢)
+24.2%
(6.9¢)
+4.3%
(1.2¢)
−7.5%
(2.1¢)
7/1 error −24.9%
(7.2¢)
−37.5%
(10.8¢)
−42.6%
(12.2¢)
+9.1%
(2.6¢)
-19.6%
(5.6¢)
−43.6%
(12.4¢)
+42.2%
(12.0¢)
11/1 error −48.3%
(13.9¢)
+36.2%
(10.4¢)
+29.8%
(8.6¢)
−29.6%
(8.5¢)
+35.1%
(10.0¢)
+5.5%
(1.6¢)
−12.1%
(3.4¢)
13/1 error +45.1%
(13.0¢)
+28.6%
(8.2¢)
+21.7%
(6.2¢)
−41.8%
(12.0¢)
+20.4%
(5.8¢)
−11.3%
(3.2¢)
−30.1%
(8.6¢)
17/1 error +28.7%
(8.2¢)
+10.4%
(3.0¢)
+2.9%
(0.8¢)
+32.7%
(9.3¢)
-9.1%
(2.5¢)
-44.0%
(12.5¢)
+35.2%
(10.0¢)
2/1 val
(& reduced)
42
(0)
42
(0)
42
(0)
42
(0)
42
(0)
42
(0)
42
(0)
3/1 val 66
(24)
66
(24)
66
(24)
67
(25)
67
(25)
67
(25)
67
(25)
5/1 val 97
(13)
97
(13)
97
(13)
98
(14)
98
(14)
98
(14)
98
(14)
7/1 val 117
(33)
117
(33)
117
(33)
118
(34)
118
(34)
118
(34)
118
(34)
11/1 val 144
(18)
145
(19)
145
(19)
145
(19)
146
(20)
146
(20)
146
(20)
13/1 val 155
(29)
155
(29)
155
(29)
155
(29)
156
(30)
156
(30)
156
(30)
17/1 val 171
(3)
171
(3)
171
(3)
172
(4)
172
(4)
172
(4)
173
(5)
ex = “excellent”, 0-13% relative error • gd = “good”, 13-27% • ok = “okay”, 27-40% • bd = “bad”, 40-50%