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42 zeta peak index (abbreviated 42zpi), is the equal-step tuning system obtained from the 42nd peak of the Riemann zeta function.

Tuning Strength Closest edo Integer limit
ZPI Steps
per 8ve
Step size
(cents)
Height Integral Gap Edo Octave (cents) Consistent Distinct
Size Stretch
42zpi 13.900253 86.329367 4.592177 0.984037 14.097244 14edo 1208.611136 8.611136 7 5

Theory

42zpi is the closest zeta peak index to 14edo. It is effectively a stretched version of 14edo which improves on its tuning of most primes.

Harmonic series

Approximation of harmonics in 42zpi
Harmonic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Error Absolute (¢) +8.6 -2.7 +17.2 -23.8 +5.9 -2.0 +25.8 -5.4 -15.2 -7.5 +14.5 -37.7 +6.6 -26.5 +34.4
Relative (%) +10.0 -3.1 +19.9 -27.5 +6.8 -2.3 +29.9 -6.3 -17.6 -8.7 +16.8 -43.7 +7.7 -30.7 +39.9
Steps 14 22 28 32 36 39 42 44 46 48 50 51 53 54 56
Approximation of harmonics in 42zpi
Harmonic 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Error Absolute (¢) +15.8 +3.2 -4.1 -6.6 -4.7 +1.1 +10.5 +23.1 +38.8 -29.1 -8.1 +15.2 +40.8 -17.9 +11.7 +43.1
Relative (%) +18.3 +3.7 -4.7 -7.6 -5.4 +1.3 +12.1 +26.8 +44.9 -33.7 -9.4 +17.7 +47.3 -20.7 +13.5 +49.9
Steps 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 65 66 67 68 68 69 70

Scala file

! 42zpi.scl
! Created using Scale Workshop 3.1.0
!
! https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/scale/g8qoINpGf
!
42nd zeta peak index
 14
!
 86.329
 172.659
 258.988
 345.317
 431.647
 517.976
 604.306
 690.635
 776.964
 863.294
 949.623
 1035.952
 1122.282
 1208.611
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