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6 Equal Divisions of the Octave[edit]
"whole tone"[edit]
6-edo divides the 1200-cent octave into 6 equal parts, making its smallest interval exactly 200¢, or the sixth root of 2.
Related EDOs[edit]
Notation[edit]
- Notatable on a five-line staff with standard,
but not in plaintext.
Music[edit]
Dvandva by Milan Guštar.
The Good Boundless by Chris Vaisvil
Commas[edit]
6 EDO tempers out the following commas. (Note: This assumes val < 6 10 14 17 21 22 |.)
| Comma | Value (cents) | Name | Second Name | Val |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32/27 | 294.13 | Pythagorean minor third | | 5 -3 > | |
| 128/125 | 41.06 | Diesis | Augmented Comma | | 7 0 -3 > |
| 3125/3072 | 29.61 | Small Diesis | Magic Comma | | -10 -1 5 > |
| 393216/390625 | 11.45 | Wuerschmidt Comma | | 17 1 -8 > | |
| 2783927/2773137 | 6.72 | Mutt Comma | | -44 -3 21 > | |
| 49/48 | 35.70 | Slendro Diesis | | -4 -1 0 2 > | |
| 50/49 | 34.98 | Tritonic Diesis | Jubilisma | | 1 0 2 -2 > |
| 3136/3125 | 6.08 | Hemimean | | 6 0 -5 2 > | |
| 6144/6125 | 5.36 | Porwell | | 11 1 -3 -2 > | |
| 2401/2400 | 0.72 | Breedsma | | -5 -1 -2 4 > | |
| 121/120 | 14.37 | Biyatisma | | -3 -1 -1 0 2 > | |
| 176/175 | 9.86 | Valinorsma | | 4 0 -2 -1 1 > | |
| 385/384 | 4.50 | Keenanisma | | -7 -1 1 1 1 > | |
| 25/24 | about, uh, seventy | chromatic semitone a specific one | | -3 -1 2 > | |