Tuning Methods

Prime Limit Otonal Tunings

5-limit Exact

Scale
Degree
Num:DenQuotientCentsTuning
Table
Rounded
Tuning
Table
Note
Name
11:110.001.441C
2135:1281.054687592.18-6.38-6C#
39:81.125203.915.355D
475:641.171875274.58-23.97-24D#
55:41.25386.31-12.24-12E
681:641.265625407.82-90.74-91F
745:321.40625590.22-8.33-8F#
83:21.5701.963.403G
925:161.5625772.63-25.93-26G#
1027:161.6875905.877.317A
1115:81.8751088.2789.7190A#
12125:641.9531251158.9460.3860B

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Largest step size:182.40 c (10:9)
Smallest step size:21.51 c (81:80)
Number of step sizes:7 

Odd limit 135, much lower than the Full version
HC = 9.2

This tuning makes a reasonably well balanced 2-D matrix:

125        
|        
25--75      
| |      
5--15--45--135  
| | | |  
1--3--9--27--81

 
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