6edt
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6 Equal Divisions of the Tritave[edit]
| Degrees | Cents | ApproximateRatios |
| 0 | 0 | 1/1 |
| 1 | 316.993 | 6/5, 65/54 |
| 2 | 633.985 | 13/9 |
| 3 | 950.978 | 19/11, 26/15 |
| 4 | 1267.970 | 27/13 |
| 5 | 1584.963 | 5/2 (5/4 plus an octave) |
| 6 | 1901.955 | 3/1 |
Since 6edt contains 1 intervals of 2edt and 2 intervals of 3edt, it only introduces 2 new notes. These new notes happen to approximate 6/5 and 5/2 quite well.
6edt is therefore smallest edt other than 5edt to accurately approximate 5-limit harmony. 6edt allows for construction of chords chords such as 2:5:6:15:18:26:31:45:54...