253edo

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253 tone equal temperament[edit]

253-EDO or 253-tET divides the octave into 253 equal steps of 4.743083 cents each. It approximates the fifth by 148\253, which is 701.976285 cents, a mere 0.004487 cents sharp. The primes from 5 to 17 are all slightly flat. It tempers out 32805/32768 in the 5-limit; 2401/2400 in the 7-limit; 385/384, 1375/1372 and 4000/3993 in the 11-limit; 325/324, 1575/1573 and 2200/2197 in the 13-limit; 375/374 and 595/594 in the 17-limit. It provides a good tuning for higher-limit sesquiquartififths temperament.

253 tone equal modes:

63 32 63 63 32: Pentatonic

43 43 19 43 43 43 19: Pythagorean tuning

41 41 24 41 41 41 24: Meantonic tuning

24 19 19 24 19 24 19 24 19 19 24 19: Pythagorean chromatic

17 24 24 17 24 17 24 17 24 24 17 24: Meantone chromatic

19 22 21 20 23 19 23 20 21 22 19 24: Well temperament (fifth Pythagorean comma on C-G-D-A-E-B)

35 35 35 35 35 35 35 8: Porcupine tuning

33 33 33 11 33 33 33 33 11: "The Hendecapliqued superdiatonic of the Icositriphony"

31 31 31 18 31 31 31 31 18: Superdiatonic tuning in the way of Mavila

26 26 15 26 26 26 15 26 26 26 15: Sensi tuning

20 20 20 11 20 20 20 20 11 20 20 20 20 11: Ketradektriatoh tuning

PRIME FACTORIZATION:

253 = 11 * 23