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This is a front-end for the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, made by Christian Perfect. The idea is to provide OEIS entries in non-ancient HTML, and then to think about how they're presented visually. The source code is on GitHub.

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A116474 Equal divisions of the octave with progressively increasing consistency levels.

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1, 3, 4, 5, 22, 26, 29, 58, 80, 94, 282, 311, 17461
Offset: 3

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Keenan Pepper, Mar 17 2006

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An equal temperament is consistent at level N (odd integer) if all the intervals in the N-limit tonality diamond (set of ratios with odd factors of numerator and denominator not exceeding N) are approximated consistently, i.e. the composition of the approximations is the closest approximation of the composition.
These EDOs are not necessarily any good for musical purposes. Even though 4-EDO is consistent through the 7 limit, no one would seriously consider using it for 7-limit music because the approximations are so bad.
While for the smallest values these EDOs are not directly usable, their consistency is even so a valuable feature. For example, 4-EDO is consistent through the 7 limit, but is not usable directly for 7-limit music. However, indirectly, by means of subsequently adjusting the harmony, it can be and has been useful as a compositional tool for composing music in the 7-limit. The same comment applies to 3 in the 5-limit and 5 in the 9-limit. Any of the values above 5 are usable directly as equal temperament approximations to the corresponding limit. - Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

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			3-EDO is consistent through the 5 limit because 6/5, 5/4 and 4/3 map to 1 step and 3/2, 8/5 and 5/3 map to 2 steps and all the compositions work out, for example 6/5 * 5/4 = 3/2 and 1 step + 1 step = 2 steps. It is not consistent through the 7 limit because 8/7 and 7/6 both map to 1 step, but 8/7 * 7/6 = 4/3 also maps to 1 step.
		

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More terms from Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

A116475 Equal divisions of the octave with progressively increasing consistency limits and distinct approximations for all the ratios in the tonality diamond of that limit.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 9, 27, 41, 58, 87, 111, 149, 217, 282, 388, 1323, 1600, 2554, 17461
Offset: 1

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Keenan Pepper, Mar 17 2006

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Since the 1-division is distinct and consistent in the 1-limit, the sequence starts there. From a purely musical point of view one might prefer to begin the sequence at 3. - Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

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			9-EDO is consistent and distinct through the 5 limit because 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, 3/2, 8/5 and 5/3 map to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 steps respectively and all the compositions of those intervals are consistent.
		

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More terms from Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

A117577 Equal divisions of the octave with nondecreasing consistency levels.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 19, 22, 26, 29, 41, 58, 72, 80, 94, 282, 311, 2554, 12348, 14842, 17461
Offset: 1

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Gene Ward Smith, Mar 29 2006

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An equal temperament is consistent at level N (odd integer) if all the intervals in the N-limit tonality diamond (set of ratios with odd factors of numerator and denominator not exceeding N) are approximated consistently, i.e. the composition of the approximations is the closest approximation of the composition.

Examples

			3-EDO is consistent through the 5 limit because 6/5, 5/4 and 4/3 map to 1 step and 3/2, 8/5 and 5/3 map to 2 steps and all the compositions work out, for example 6/5 * 5/4 = 3/2 and 1 step + 1 step = 2 steps. It is not consistent through the 7 limit because 8/7 and 7/6 both map to 1 step, but 8/7 * 7/6 = 4/3 also maps to 1 step.
		

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Programs

  • Maple
    with(padic, ordp): diamond := proc(n) # tonality diamond for odd integer n local i, j, s; s := {}; for i from 1 by 2 to n do for j from 1 by 2 to n do s := s union {r2d2(i/j)} od od; sort(convert(s, list)) end: r2d2 := proc(q) # octave reduction of rational number q 2^(-floor(evalf(ln(q)/ln(2))))*q end: plim := proc(q) # prime limit of rational number q local r, i, p; r := 1; i := 0; while not (r=q) do i := i+1; p := ithprime(i); r := r*p^ordp(q, p) od; i end: vai := proc(n,i) # mapping of i-th prime by patent val for n round(evalf(n*ln(ithprime(i))/ln(2))) end: via := proc(n,l) # the patent val for n of length l local i,v; for i from 1 to l do v[i] := vai(n,i) od; convert(convert(v,array),list) end: h := proc(n, q) # mapping of interval q by patent val n if q=1 then RETURN(0) fi; dotprod(vec(q), via(n,plim(q))) end: consis := proc(n, s) # consistency of edo n with respect to consonance set s local i; for i from 1 to nops(s) do if not h(n, s[i])=round(n*l2(s[i])) then RETURN(false) fi od; RETURN(true) end: consl := proc(n) # highest odd-limit consistency for edo n local c; c := 3; while consis(n, diamond(c)) do c := c+2 od; c-2 end:
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