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'''22edo''', or 22 equal divisions of the octave, is the equal tuning featuring steps of (1200/22) ~= 54.5 cents, 22 of which stack to the perfect octave [[2/1]]. It is not a meantone system, but it is a functional 11-limit system, with 3 at ~709 cents, 5 at ~382 cents, 7 at ~982 cents, and 11 at ~545 cents.
'''22edo''', or 22 equal divisions of the octave (sometimes called '''22-TET''' or '''22-tone equal temperament'''), is the [[equal tuning]] with a step size of 1200/22 ~= 54.5 [[cents]], dividing [[2/1]] into 22 steps.


Note: Interval names in this article use the [[ADIN]] system.
22edo is the fourth-smallest EDO with a diatonic ([[5L 2s]]) MOS scale formed by a [[chain of fifths]], which has a [[hardness]] of 4:1. It achieves this with a [[perfect fifth]] tuned sharpward (~709{{c}}) so that the same interval comprises [[9/8]] and [[8/7]]. Its logic is therefore that of [[Archy]] (or Superpyth) temperament, rather than [[Meantone]]: that is, the minor and major thirds available in the diatonic MOS approximate the [[2.3.7 subgroup|septal]] thirds, [[7/6]] and [[9/7]], often called "subminor" and "supermajor" (including in the [[ADIN]] system for melodic qualities, which will be used in the remainder of this article).  


== Theory ==
As an even EDO, 22edo includes the 600{{c}} tritone familiar from [[12edo]], but it divides neither the [[perfect fourth]] nor fifth in half, meaning that it does not include [[semifourth]]s or [[neutral third]]s. It divides the perfect fourth (9\22) in three, however, implying that a [[tetrachord]] of three equal intervals is possible in 22edo. 22edo also includes [[11edo]] as a subset, and similarly to [[6edo]] (the whole-tone scale)'s relation to 12edo, 11edo does not include a fifth; however, 22edo's approximations to intervals of 7, 9, 11, 15, and 17 come from 11edo.


==== Edostep interpretations ====
22edo distinguishes its native subminor and supermajor thirds from approximations to [[5-limit]] intervals, [[6/5]] and [[5/4]] (called "nearminor" and "nearmajor" thirds in ADIN). As a result, 22 is perhaps the smallest EDO that can be considered to include full [[7-limit]] harmony, as it is the first to distinctly (and [[consistent]]ly) represent the intervals 8/7, 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, 9/7, and 4/3, each one step apart. Additionally, 22edo contains a representation of the [[11/8|11th harmonic]], although many [[11-limit]] intervals are not distinguished from 5-limit intervals (e.g. [[11/9]] is mapped to the same interval as 6/5), as well as the 17th.
22edo's edostep has the following interpretations in the 2...11.17 subgroup:


* 36/35 (the difference between 5/4 and 9/7)
== General theory ==
* 81/80 (the difference between 5/4 and 81/64)
=== JI approximation ===
22edo's tuning of the 7-limit is marked by the sharpness of primes 3 and 7, and the slight flatness of prime 5. The combination of flat 5 and sharp 3, in particular, implies that [[25/24]], the chroma separating the classical major triad [[4:5:6]] and its complement, is considerably narrowed to the size of a quartertone. Meanwhile, as 7 is sharp, [[49/48]], the chroma separating [[6:7:8]] from its complement, is exaggerated, in fact to the same size as 25/24. This gives [[7/5]] the most damage out of the 7-[[odd-limit]], tuning it (and thus [[10/7]]) to the semioctave at 600{{c}}. One notable interval that 22edo (via 11edo) approximates very well, however, is 9/7, tuned only about 1.3{{c}} sharp.
 
22edo also approximates the interval [[11/10]] to within 1.4{{c}}, as 3 steps. Thus prime 11 is tuned flatward, similarly to prime 5, and even though 22edo equates the intervals 6/5 and 11/9, its approximation to prime 11 still allows for convincingly smooth temperings of chords low in the harmonic series that contain the 11th harmonic.
 
Among the higher primes, 22edo approximates [[17/16]] as two steps and [[32/29]] as three steps, and one step of 22edo is extremely close to [[32/31]]. It is worth mentioning that prime 29 in particular allows for an interpretation of 22edo's nearminor third (6\22) as [[29/24]], which is only about 0.35{{c}} off. This leaves only 13, 19, and 23 out of the 31-limit as primes not approximated by 22edo in some way.
{{Harmonics in ED|22|31|0}}
 
=== Edostep interpretations ===
22edo's edostep has the following interpretations in the 7-limit:
* 25/24 (the difference between 5/4 and 6/5)
* 25/24 (the difference between 5/4 and 6/5)
* 28/27 (the difference between 9/7 and 4/3, or 9/8 and 7/6)
* 36/35 (the difference between 7/6 and 6/5, or 5/4 and 9/7)
* 49/48 (the difference between 8/7 and 7/6)
* 49/48 (the difference between 8/7 and 7/6)
* 33/32 (the difference between 4/3 and 11/8)
* 81/80 (the difference between [[10/9]] and 9/8)
* 34/33 (the difference between 17/16 and 33/32)


==== JI approximation ====
Including prime 11, it additionally serves as:
22edo is comparable in accuracy in the 7-limit to 12edo in the 5-limit. Because it is not a meantone system, a better diatonic to use for 5-limit harmony is the Zarlino diatonic scale (LMsLMLs), tuned in 22edo as 4-3-2-4-3-4-2, which is 22edo's tempering of Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale. However, 22edo also features a [[MOS]] diatonic of 4-4-1-4-4-4-1, which (unlike the Zarlino scale) contains no wolf fifth.
* 22/21 (the difference between 7/6 and [[11/9]], or [[14/11]] and 4/3)
 
* 33/32 (the difference between 4/3 and 11/8, or [[12/11]] and 9/8)
Even though 22edo equates the intervals 6/5 and 11/9, its approximation to prime 11 still allows for convincingly smooth temperings of chords low in the harmonic series that contain the 11th harmonic.
* 45/44 (the difference between 11/9 and 5/4, or 11/10 and 9/8)
{{Harmonics in ED|22|31|0}}
* 56/55 (the difference between 5/4 and 14/11, or 11/8 and [[7/5]]).
Instead of just offering minor and major chords, 22edo offers four types of chords bounded by a perfect fifth and containing a third--subminor, (penta)minor, (penta)major, and supermajor.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Thirds in 22edo
!Quality
|'''Subminor'''
|Pentaminor
|Pentamajor
|'''Supermajor'''
|-
!Cents
|'''273'''
|327
|382
|'''436'''
|-
!Just interpretation
|'''7/6'''
|6/5
|5/4
|'''9/7'''
|}
Thirds available in the diatonic MOS scale are bolded.  


==== Chords ====
=== Intervals and notation ===
Because it approximates the 7-limit, 22edo supports the [[harmonic tetrad]] 4:5:6:7, tuned as [0 7 13 18], and because 5/4 and 7/4 are separated by half an octave, it also supports an alteration shared with any [[jubilic]] temperament in which the 5 and 7 are both flattened by a chroma, resulting in the "minor harmonic tetrad" [0 6 13 17], approximating [1/1 6/5 3/2 12/7]. As a consequence, the distance between 5/4 and 6/5 is narrowed, and the distance between 7/4 and 12/7 is widened.
As 22edo is not a meantone system, the notes labeled with the standard diatonic names differ significantly in function from how these notes are treated in common-practice harmony. It is thus important to understand the many faces of each of 22edo's pitches (which some might consider as a downside of using the Pythagorean system, but can make notation easier to read when written on the staff).


==== Scales ====
The "native-fifths" system mentioned here is the most commonly used system, and the one that most microtonal notation systems support by default. It is derived through stacking 22edo's tempered version of 3/2 and assigning names accordingly. As a result, the nominals (C, D, E, F, G, ...) follow the diatonic MOS, where the distances between the large steps (C-D, D-E, F-G, G-A, A-B) are 4 EDO steps, and the distances between the small steps (E-F, B-C) are 1 EDO step. Therefore, a sharp corresponds to +3 EDO steps while a flat corresponds to -3 (representing the diatonic chroma in each case). Each sharp or flat can be split into three distinct notes, so we use the accidental ^ to raise by one EDO step and v to lower by one EDO step.  
A scale in 22edo with similar properties to 12edo's diatonic that takes advantage of the important structural role of the semioctave in the aforementioned tetrads is [[jaric]] (2L 8s), with the tuning 2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3. This means that 22edo can be usefully thought of as not just adding more qualities to existing ordinals, but adding three new ordinals with their own qualities, roughly surrounding 8/7, the semioctave, and 7/4. This has the function of giving the simplest 7-limit intervals their own category separate from sixths and sevenths, much as the simplest 5-limit intervals have their own diatonic category in the form of thirds.


From a diatonic perspective, 22edo has four varieties of third: subminor (7/6, 5\22), pentaminor (6/5, 6\22), pentamajor (5/4, 7\22), and supermajor (9/7, 8\22).
In the other proposed notation systems aside from native fifths, a sharp corresponds to +1 EDO step, while a flat corresponds to -1. The Zarlino notation here uses the [[ternary]] Zarlino scale (see [[#Zarlino diatonic]]), or Ptolemy's intense diatonic, as its basic scale (which prioritizes the 5-limit, whereas native fifths prioritize 2.3.7), and uses to its advantage the fact that one step of 22edo maps to both 25/24 and 81/80 (a property of Porcupine temperament). Pajara uses the 10-note Pajara scale (see [[#Pajara]]) as its basis, which is generated by a perfect fifth but splits the octave in two to reach intervals of the full 7-limit relatively easily; the scale has four 2-step and one 3-step intervals per half-octave, which differ in size by a diatonic minor second, which is 1 step in 22edo.


== Notation ==
The ADIN system uses the labels "nearminor" and "nearmajor" for intervals that may otherwise be called "classic(al)", "pental", or "ptolemaic" minor/major, which are terms used to describe the simple 5-limit intervals to which they correspond. Note also that as "subminor" and "supermajor" intervals are the minor and major intervals of the diatonic MOS in 22edo, unqualified "major" and "minor" should by default refer to these.
This section provides the standard diatonic notation for 22edo, which takes as a basis the Pythagorean diatonic scale (4-4-1-4-4-4-1) and uses the standard accidentals # and b to raise and lower by 3 edosteps respectively, and the accidentals ^ and v to raise and lower by a single edostep.


=== Pythagorean notation ===
JI approximations of steps in 22edo, as well as ways of notating 22edo, are detailed in the table below. Intervals within 5 cents are in [brackets], and odd harmonics are bolded.
In 22edo, the space between each of the notes that is separated by 2 steps in 12edo is instead 4 steps; notes separated by a single step remain that way. As a result, each sharp or flat can be split into three distinct notes. It is important to understand the usage of enharmonic equivalence here; unlike in systems such as 31edo where each note has an easily derivable "canonical" notation, it is important to understand the many faces of each of 22edo's pitches (which some might consider as a downside of using the Pythagorean system).
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!
! rowspan="2" | Edostep !! rowspan="2" | Cents !! rowspan="2" | 11-limit add-17 <br> JI approximation !! colspan="3" | Notation !! rowspan="2" | Interval category <br> (ADIN)
!
|-
! rowspan="1" | Native-fifths <br> (ups & downs) !! rowspan="1" | Blackdye/Zarlino <br> (Vector) !! rowspan="1" | Pajara <br> decatonic
|-
|0
|0
|1/1
|C
|C
|0
|Perfect unison
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |D
|1
|55
|25/24, 28/27, ['''33/32'''], 36/35
|^C, Db
|C#
|1b
|(Sub)minor second
|-
|-
|Eb
|2
|^D
|109
|[16/15], 15/14, 18/17, ['''17/16''']
|vC#, ^Db
|Db
|1
|Nearminor second
|-
|-
|^Eb
|3
|vD#
|164
|10/9, [11/10], 12/11
|C#, vD
|D
|1#
|Nearmajor second
|-
|-
|vE
|4
|218
|8/7, '''9/8''', 17/15
|D
|D#
|D#
|2
|(Super)major second
|-
|5
|273
|7/6
|^D, Eb
|Ebb / Dx
|2#
|(Sub)minor third
|-
|6
|327
|6/5, 11/9, 17/14
|vD#, ^Eb
|Eb
|3b
|Nearminor third
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |E
|7
|}
|382
 
|'''[5/4]'''
==== Accidentals ====
|D#, vE
22edo's accidentals, as mentioned and demonstrated previously, consist of sharps and flats, as well as up and down accidentals. A sharp moves up three steps, a flat moves down three steps, and as a result ups and downs have a nice sequence to them when combined with multiple sharps and flats. A sharp is one step less than a whole tone, meaning that the diatonic and chromatic semitones straddle the true "semitone" of 22edo.
|E
{| class="wikitable"
|3
|+
|Nearmajor third
!Accidental
!Steps
!Interval
|-
|-
|vbb
|8
| -7
|436
|Pentamajor Third
|[9/7], 14/11, 32/25
|E
|E#
|4b
|(Super)major third
|-
|-
|bb
|9
| -6
|491
|Pentaminor Third
|4/3
|F
|F
|4
|Perfect fourth
|-
|-
|^bb
|10
| -5
|545
|Subminor Third
|'''11/8''', 15/11
|^F, Gb
|F#
|4#
|Near fourth
|-
|-
|vb
|11
| -4
|600
|Supermajor Second / Whole Tone
|7/5, 10/7, [17/12]
|vF#, ^Gb
|Gbb / Fx
|5
|Tritone
|-
|-
|b
|12
| -3
|655
|Pentamajor Second
|16/11, 22/15
|F#, vG
|Gb
|6b
|Near fifth
|-
|-
|^b
|13
| -2
|709
|Pentaminor Second
|'''3/2'''
|G
|G
|6
|Perfect fifth
|-
|-
|v
|14
| -1
|764
|Subminor Second
|[14/9], 11/7, '''25/16'''
|^G, Ab
|G#
|6#
|(Sub)minor sixth
|-
|-
|Natural
|15
|0
|818
|Unison
|[8/5]
|vG#, ^Ab
|Ab
|7
|Nearminor sixth
|-
|-
|^
|16
|1
|873
|Subminor Second
|5/3, 18/11, 28/17
|G#, vA
|A
|7#
|Nearmajor sixth
|-
|-
|v#
|17
|2
|927
|Pentaminor Second
|12/7
|A
|A#
|8b
|(Super)major sixth
|-
|-
|#
|18
|3
|982
|Pentamajor Second
|'''7/4''', 16/9, 30/17
|^A, Bb
|Bbb / Ax
|8
|(Sub)minor seventh
|-
|-
|^#
|19
|4
|1036
|Supermajor Second / Whole Tone
|9/5, [20/11], 11/6
|vA#, ^Bb
|Bb
|9b
|Nearminor seventh
|-
|-
|vx
|20
|5
|1091
|Subminor Third
|['''15/8'''], 28/15, 17/9, [32/17]
|A#, vB
|B
|9
|Nearmajor seventh
|-
|-
|x
|21
|6
|1145
|Pentaminor Third
|48/25, 27/14, [64/33], 35/18
|B
|Cb
|9#
|(Super)major seventh
|-
|-
|^x
|22
|7
|1200
|Pentamajor Third
|2/1
|C
|C
|10
|Octave
|}
|}


==== Example: The C Major Scale ====
== Tempering properties ==
The scale consists of diatonic semitones and whole tones. The diatonic semitones are between E and F, as well as between B and C. Meanwhile, the remaining steps in the scale are whole tones.
=== Tempered commas ===
Important [[comma]]s tempered out by the 11-limit of 22et include:
* [[50/49]] (jubilismic), equating 7/5 and 10/7 to exactly half an octave.
* [[55/54]] (telepath), equating 6/5 with 11/9
* [[64/63]] (archytas), equating 9/8 with 8/7 and a stack of two 4/3s to [[7/4]]
* [[99/98]] (mothwellsmic), equating 14/11 with 9/7
* [[100/99]] (ptolemismic), equating 10/9 with 11/10, and a stack of two 6/5s to [[16/11]]
* [[121/120]] (biyatismic), splitting 6/5 into 11/10~12/11, and equating 11/8 with [[15/11]]
* [[176/175]] (valinorsmic), equating a stack of two 5/4s to [[11/7]]
* [[225/224]] (marvel), splitting 8/7 into 15/14~16/15 and equating a stack of two 5/4s to [[14/9]]
* [[245/243]] (sensamagic), equating a stack of two 9/7s to [[5/3]]
* [[250/243]] (porcupine), equating a stack of two 10/9s to 6/5 (splitting 4/3 in three)
 
[[Regular temperament]]s associated with these are discussed in [[#Notable structural chains]]. In addition to the equivalences mentioned above, we can find that three 16/15s form 6/5 (diaschismic), three 6/5s form 7/4 (keemic), and three 7/6s form [[8/5]] (orwellismic). {{Adv|In terms of [[S-expression]]s, 22et equates S5, S6, S7, and S9 all to one step, and tempers out S8, S10, S11, and S15, as well as S16 and S17 if prime 17 is considered.}}
 
=== Arithmetic progressions ===
22et in the 2.3.5.7.11.17.29.31 subgroup can be specified entirely by equalizing an arithmetic division of 4/3: 27:28:29:30:31:32:33:34:35:36 is mapped to a chain of single steps of 22edo. Subsets of this division include 9:10:11:12 (porcupine) every 3 steps and 14:15:16:17:18 (pajara) every 2 steps.
 
{{Adv|This chain can be extended further to 26::39, an arithmetic subdivision of 3/2 into 13 parts, which is mapped to a chain of single steps in the 22fh [[val]] (with primes 13 and 19 tuned over-critically sharp instead of near-critically flat). This is the largest arithmetic equal division of 3/2 that can be mapped onto a logarithmic equal division, and is the basis for forming '''Ringer 22fh''': 26:27:28:29:30:31:32:33:34:35:36:37:38:(39~40):41:42:44:45:46:48:(49~50):51:52.}}
 
=== Notable structural chains ===
22edo has five distinct intervals that [[generator|generate]] octave-periodic temperaments, not counting temperaments of 11edo. These are 1\22 (the subminor second), 3\22 (the nearmajor second), 5\22 (the subminor third), 7\22 (the nearmajor third), and 9\22 (the perfect fourth).
 
3\22 serves as 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11 simultaneously. The temperament associated with this equivalence is '''[[Porcupine]]''', where the nearminor third (11/9~6/5) is found at two generators and the perfect fourth is found at three. Further on, the nearminor sixth (8/5) is found at five generators, and the minor seventh consisting of two stacked fourths is equated to 7/4. MOS scales produced by Porcupine include the equitetrachordal heptatonic (1L 6s) and its octatonic extension (7L 1s). This structure is shared with EDOs like [[15edo|15]] and [[37edo|37]], as well as [[29edo]] aside from the mapping of 7.
 
5\22 represents a sharply tempered 7/6. Three of these represent 8/5 in '''[[Orwell]]''' temperament, while if stacked further, four 7/6s are made to reach [[15/8]], so that [[3/1]] is split into seven. Orwell also includes 11-limit equivalences by virtue of two generators forming 15/11 simultaneously with 11/8, and six generators forming 14/11 simultaneously with 9/7. MOS scales produced by Orwell include an enneatonic (4L 5s) and its tridecatonic extension to 9L 4s. This structure is shared with EDOs like [[31edo|31]] and [[53edo]], though note that the 11-limit is less accurate than the 7-limit component in general.
 
7\22 represents a flattened 5/4, five of which stack to 3/1, which is '''[[Magic]]''' temperament. The deficit between the octave and three 5/4s, [[128/125]], is here equated to 25/24, which is tuned to half of 16/15. As far as the 7-limit goes, two generators reach the interval of 14/9, and its complement 9/7 divides 5/3 in two; the 7th harmonic itself is eventually found at 12 generators. This structure is shared with EDOs like [[19edo|19]] and [[41edo]].
 
Finally, 9\22 represents 4/3, two of which stack to 7/4 in '''Archy/Superpyth''' temperament. The next two fourths give us 7/6 and 14/9, the subminor third and sixth. 22edo, by virtue of 9/7 being tuned nearly just, is close to the 1/4-comma tuning of Archy, with other important tunings generally having a sharper fifth than 22edo. The MOS scales produced by Archy include the native diatonic (5L 2s) and chromatic (5L 7s) scales. Note that 22edo tempers out 245/243, so that twice 9/7 gives 5/3, and this is how 5 is mapped in Superpyth as tuned also in [[27edo|27]] and [[49edo]]; this is not shared with even sharper tunings of Archy, such as 37edo.
 
22edo also supports temperaments where the octave is split in half. The most notable one of these found in 22edo is '''[[Pajara]]''', generated by a perfect fifth or equivalently half a wholetone (identifiable as 16/15~17/16~18/17), against the half-octave. A wholetone (two generators) below the half octave gives 5/4. As the octave less a wholetone is 7/4 specifically in Archy, Pajara maps the half-octave to 7/5. MOS scales produced by Pajara include the decatonic (2L 8s) and dodecatonic (10L 2s) scales. This provides a very simple way of traversing the 7-limit, though it is rather high in damage as a temperament beyond 22edo specifically (and its trivial tunings [[10edo]] and 12edo). This general structure without prime 7, known as [[Diaschismic]], however, is supported by notable EDOs such as [[34edo|34]] and [[46edo]].
 
== Compositional theory ==
'''PENDING REORGANIZATION FOLLOWING CONSENSUS OF XENGROVE'''


Note that half of a 22edo whole tone is not the diatonic semitone being used here. The diatonic semitone is the same size as a quarter-tone, and the complementary chromatic semitone is a 3/4-tone. So, in 22edo, a "semitone" may refer to any interval smaller than a whole tone.
=== Tertian structure ===
22edo has four clear qualities of "thirds" that can serve as mediants in a chord bounded by a fifth. These are the subminor (273{{c}}, 5\22), nearminor (327{{c}}, 6\22), nearmajor (382{{c}}, 7\22), and supermajor (436{{c}}, 8\22) thirds, which reflect the intervals 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, and 9/7 respectively. As the gap between 6/5 and 5/4 is the same as that between 7/6 and 6/5 (or 5/4 and 9/7), 22edo's tertian structure is [[875/864|keemic]].


The enharmonic equivalents of 22edo are not the same as in 12edo. Eb is lower than D# by half of a whole tone. However, ^Eb and vD# are the same pitch.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Thirds in 22edo
!Quality
|'''Subminor'''
|Nearminor
|Nearmajor
|'''Supermajor'''
|-
!Cents
|'''273'''
|327
|382
|'''436'''
|-
!Just interpretation
|'''7/6''' (+5.9{{c}})
|6/5 (+11.6{{c}})
|5/4 (-4.5{{c}})
|'''9/7''' (+1.3{{c}})
|}
Diatonic thirds are bolded.


== Scales ==
=== Scales ===
22edo has no one perfectly obvious counterpart to the diatonic scale found in 12edo. Instead, there are two heptatonic scales with diatonic-like behavior, the Pythagorean diatonic and the zarlino diatonic. The distinction between the two diatonic scales arises from how the diatonic in 12edo is interpreted. 12edo's diatonic can be viewed as a simplification of 5-limit harmony, in which case 22edo, as a system that does not make the same simplifications, must make distinctions that 12edo does not. This gives rise to the distinction between the two sizes of whole tone, and the Zarlino diatonic of 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. Alternatively, one can choose to retain the MOS (moment of symmetry) structure of 12edo's diatonic, which yields the Pythagorean diatonic of 4-4-1-4-4-4-1. However, either you have to use the 5-limit accidental consistently, or notation gets irregular (as when you use Zarlino as your nominals).
22edo has no one perfectly obvious counterpart to the diatonic scale found in 12edo. Instead, there are two heptatonic scales with diatonic-like behavior, the Pythagorean diatonic and the zarlino diatonic. The distinction between the two diatonic scales arises from how the diatonic in 12edo is interpreted. 12edo's diatonic can be viewed as a simplification of 5-limit harmony, in which case 22edo, as a system that does not make the same simplifications, must make distinctions that 12edo does not. This gives rise to the distinction between the two sizes of whole tone, and the Zarlino diatonic of 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. Alternatively, one can choose to retain the MOS (moment of symmetry) structure of 12edo's diatonic, which yields the Pythagorean diatonic of 4-4-1-4-4-4-1. However, either you have to use the 5-limit accidental consistently, or notation gets irregular (as when you use Zarlino as your nominals).


One way to resolve the issue is to ditch diatonic entirely, and instead use another scale as your base set of notes, which functions somewhat like, or is derived from, diatonic. These scales usually have more notes to account for the greater harmonic complexity of 22edo compared to 12edo.
One way to resolve the issue is to ditch diatonic entirely, and instead use another scale as your base set of notes, which functions somewhat like, or is derived from, diatonic. These scales usually have more notes to account for the greater harmonic complexity of 22edo compared to 12edo.


=== Pythagorean diatonic ===
==== Pythagorean diatonic ====
This is the diatonic scale most directly analogous in structure to the 12edo diatonic, given its MOS form. Advantages of using it include the fact that all steps are what they appear to be - for example, D-G and G-C are both perfect fifths - and that it appears as a subset of the chain of fifths itself. One key difference is that the major and minor thirds do not get mapped to the expected 5-limit interpretations, but rather to the supermajor and subminor thirds of 22edo. This is good for septimal harmony, not so much for 5-limit harmony (to get 5-limit thirds, you have to go 9 steps up!). A downside, or more generally a significant awkwardness, to using this system is the fact that due to the minor second being so small, the chromatic semitone is massive - closer to a whole tone than a proper semitone (in fact, it is enharmonic to the small whole-tone used in the Zarlino system). This can make interval classifications somewhat unintuitive if ups and downs are not used - for instance, a pentamajor triad, 0-7-13, is C-D#-G (meaning that a third-sized interval is technically a second) - and in fact 22edo is the first edo other than 15edo (which is strange in its own right) to require ups and downs to notate all intervals without problems with intuition like this (Edos like 17 and 10 utilize semisharps and semiflats, which 22edo cannot use as it does not have neutral intervals.)
This is the diatonic scale most directly analogous in structure to the 12edo diatonic, given its MOS form. Advantages of using it include the fact that all steps are what they appear to be - for example, D-G and G-C are both perfect fifths - and that it appears as a subset of the chain of fifths itself. One key difference is that the major and minor thirds do not get mapped to the expected 5-limit interpretations, but rather to the supermajor and subminor thirds of 22edo. This is good for septimal harmony, not so much for 5-limit harmony (to get 5-limit thirds, you have to go 9 steps up!). A downside, or more generally a significant awkwardness, to using this system is the fact that due to the minor second being so small, the chromatic semitone is massive - closer to a whole tone than a proper semitone (in fact, it is enharmonic to the small whole-tone used in the Zarlino system). This can make interval classifications somewhat unintuitive if ups and downs are not used - for instance, a Nearmajor triad, 0-7-13, is C-D#-G (meaning that a third-sized interval is technically a second) - and in fact 22edo is the first edo other than 15edo (which is strange in its own right) to require ups and downs to notate all intervals without problems with intuition like this (Edos like 17 and 10 utilize semisharps and semiflats, which 22edo cannot use as it does not have neutral intervals.)
 
==== Zarlino diatonic ====
A faithful way of representing the 5-limit diatonic structure in 22edo (which, unlike its just counterpart, keeps the 7-limit convenient to access) is to use 5/4 as the scale's major third, and likewise 5/3 and 15/8 as the major sixth and seventh respectively. The scale pattern for zarlino is 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. This encounters problems with existing familiarity with notation (for example, one of D-G and G-C must now be a flat 5th, called a "wolf fifth" and representing 16/11 as opposed to 3/2), however it does have one thing going for it: in 22edo in particular (and a family of edos including 15, 29, and 37), the interval which separates Pythagorean intervals from their 5-limit counterparts is the exact same as the interval separating 5-limit major and minor intervals. This means that, if # and b are used to represent this interval as an accidental, no additional accidentals are necessary. This is why the 3-step interval is a "Nearmajor second" along with being a chromatic semitone.


=== Zarlino diatonic ===
==== Blackdye ====
A faithful way of representing the 5-limit diatonic structure in 22edo (which, unlike its just counterpart, keeps the 7-limit convenient to access) is to use 5/4 as the scale's major third, and likewise 5/3 and 15/8 as the major sixth and seventh respectively. The scale pattern for zarlino is 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. This encounters problems with existing familiarity with notation (for example, one of D-G and G-C must now be a flat 5th, called a "wolf fifth" and representing 16/11 as opposed to 3/2), however it does have one thing going for it: in 22edo in particular (and a family of edos including 15, 29, and 37), the interval which separates Pythagorean intervals from their 5-limit counterparts is the exact same as the interval separating 5-limit major and minor intervals. This means that, if # and b are used to represent this interval as an accidental, no additional accidentals are necessary. This is why the 3-step interval is a "pentamajor second" along with being a chromatic semitone.
Blackdye is a rank-3 scale similar to zarlino diatonic, which attempts to compromise between zarlino and Pythagorean diatonic in a way, by including a few intervals from both at once. Blackdye can be thought of as dividing each 4-step whole tone into a 3-step tone and a single step called an [[aberrisma]], which separates zarlino and Pythagorean intervals. The blackdye scale pattern is 3-1-3-2-3-1-3-1-3-2. One way to use blackdye is to essentially treat it as multiple overlapping diatonics, which one can modulate between.


=== Pajara ===
==== Pajara ====
Note that the 1-step interval which serves as the 3-limit diatonic semitone is the very same as the 5-limit chromatic semitone, and that the 3-step interval serving as the 3-limit chromatic semitone also happens to map to a certain kind of large 5-limit diatonic semitone (such that it and the chromatic semitone stack to the 4-step whole tone). This suggests that if there was a way to swap the diatonic and chromatic semitones, we could faithfully represent the full 7-limit, including 5.
Note that the 1-step interval which serves as the 3-limit diatonic semitone is the very same as the 5-limit chromatic semitone, and that the 3-step interval serving as the 3-limit chromatic semitone also happens to map to a certain kind of large 5-limit diatonic semitone (such that it and the chromatic semitone stack to the 4-step whole tone). This suggests that if there was a way to swap the diatonic and chromatic semitones, we could faithfully represent the full 7-limit, including 5.


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To extend to the 11-limit, Pajara[12] (1-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2) can be easily used, which has the same number of notes as 12edo's chromatic scale, but with two of the semitones from 12edo replaced with quartertones. This gives major and minor thirds separate interval categories (allowing both to be played on certain scale degrees), and the 11th harmonic can be found as the major 5-step.
To extend to the 11-limit, Pajara[12] (1-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2) can be easily used, which has the same number of notes as 12edo's chromatic scale, but with two of the semitones from 12edo replaced with quartertones. This gives major and minor thirds separate interval categories (allowing both to be played on certain scale degrees), and the 11th harmonic can be found as the major 5-step.


== Tables ==
'''PENDING REORGANIZATION FOLLOWING CONSENSUS OF XENGROVE'''
=== Pajara ===
==== Symmetric scale ====
==== Symmetric scale ====
One possible scale of 22edo, as mentioned previously, is the Pajara[10] decatonic scale, represented as {{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200}}. The modes of this scale (in order of both brightness and rotation) are as follows.
One possible scale of 22edo, as mentioned previously, is the Pajara[10] decatonic scale, represented as {{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200}}. This scale can be explored [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/?n=22EDO%20jaric%20ssLssssLss%204%7C4%282%29%20soft&l=2Bm_4Bm_7Bm_9Bm_bBm_dBm_fBm_iBm_kBm_mBm&c=&w=r&a=i&y=pi&s=0&r=2o&b=hs&g=gh&version=2.5.7 here]. Below is a chart of its five modes, ordered by rotation. Some names are from [https://web.archive.org/web/20180927081411/http://lumma.org/tuning/erlich/erlich-decatonic.pdf Paul Erlich].
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!
!Chart
!Chart
!2
!2
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!Mode on fourth
|-
|-
|
|Dynamic minor
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|
|Static minor
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|
|-
|-
|
|Static major
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|
|-
|-
|
|Dynamic major
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 250, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 250, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|
|-
|-
|
|Augmented
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 150, 250, 400, 500, 600, 750, 850, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 150, 250, 400, 500, 600, 750, 850, 1000, 1100, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|}
|}
Note that minor and major are swapped compared to standard heptatonic modes.


==== Pentachordal scale ====
==== Pentachordal scale ====
This scale is constructed from two identical "pentachords" and the semioctave. Unlike the symmetric scale, there are ten distinct modes of the pentachordal scale. Ordered by rotation, they are as follows:
This scale is constructed from two identical "pentachords" and the semioctave, and is represented as {{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 550, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}. Unlike the symmetric scale, there are ten distinct modes of the pentachordal scale. Ordered by rotation, they are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!
!Chart
!Chart
!2
!2
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!Mode on fourth
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|-
|Bediyic
|(Minor)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 550, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 550, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|minor
|minor
|minor
|Hininic
|
| -
|
|-
|-
|Skoronic
|Alternate minor
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 700, 800, 950, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 450, 600, 700, 800, 950, 1100, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|minor
|minor
|major
|major
|Aujalic
|
| -
|
|-
|-
|Moriolic
|(Minor)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 320, 500, 600, 700, 830, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 320, 500, 600, 700, 830, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|major
|major
|major
|major
|Mielauic
|
|Hininic
|
|-
|-
|Staimosic
|Standard major
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 370, 500, 600, 700, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 370, 500, 600, 700, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|major
|major
|major
|major
|Prathuic
|
|Aujalic
|
|-
|-
|Sebaic
|(Major)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 270, 370, 500, 600, 770, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 270, 370, 500, 600, 770, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|major
|major
|major
|major
| -
|
|Mielauic
|
|-
|-
|Awanic
|(Major)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 270, 370, 500, 670, 770, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 270, 370, 500, 670, 770, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|major
|major
|major
| -
|
|Prathuic
|
|-
|-
|Hininic
|Standard minor
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1050, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|minor
|minor
|minor
|minor
|Moriolic
|
|Bediyic
|
|-
|-
|Aujalic
|(Major)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 360, 500, 600, 700, 800, 920, 1110, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 360, 500, 600, 700, 800, 920, 1110, 1200}}
|minor
|minor
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|minor
|minor
|major
|major
|Staimosic
|
|Skoronic
|
|-
|-
|Mielauic
|Alternate major
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 270, 360, 500, 600, 700, 800, 970, 1110, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 270, 360, 500, 600, 700, 800, 970, 1110, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|major
|major
|major
|major
|Sebaic
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|Moriolic
|
|-
|-
|Prathuic
|(Major)
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 270, 360, 500, 600, 700, 870, 970, 1110, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 270, 360, 500, 600, 700, 870, 970, 1110, 1200}}
|major
|major
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|major
|major
|major
|major
|Awanic
|
|Staimosic
|
|}
|}
The mode names are taken from ten of Leriendil's eleven Neiran tribes, as they are derivative of mode names for the Tellurian {{Interval ruler|22|0, 100, 200, 320, 370, 500, 600, 700, 800, 870, 990, 1100, 1200}} scale, which was inspired by Leriendil's music theory.
Some names are from [https://web.archive.org/web/20180927081411/http://lumma.org/tuning/erlich/erlich-decatonic.pdf Paul Erlich].
 
=== Blackdye ===
Blackdye is a rank-3 scale similar to zarlino diatonic, which attempts to compromise between zarlino and Pythagorean diatonic in a way, by including a few intervals from both at once. 22edo can do this because the difference between 3- and 5-limit intervals is exaggerated so much. Blackdye can be thought of as dividing each 4-step whole tone into a 3-step tone and a single step called an [[aberrisma]], which separates zarlino and Pythagorean intervals. The blackdye scale pattern is 3-1-3-2-3-1-3-1-3-2. The most useful way to use blackdye is to essentially treat it as multiple overlapping diatonics, which you modulate between based on necessity. You can somewhat see it as the 22edo counterpart of the two forms of B in old choir music, or of the raised seventh degree in the 12edo minor scale. The best notation for blackdye in 22edo in particular is just the same as the Zarlino diatonic notation, where a # or b represents an aberrisma as well as a chromatic semitone. (In the general case, you'd notate the aberrisma with a + or - sign.)


=== Other scales ===
=== Other scales ===
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|Onyx
|Onyx
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 330, 500, 700, 870, 1030, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 170, 330, 500, 700, 870, 1030, 1200}}
|Greek scale (equable diatonic), onyx, basic MOS of Porcupine.
|Approximate Greek scale (equable diatonic), basic MOS of Porcupine.
|-
|-
|Gramitonic (4L5s)
|Gramitonic (4L5s)
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|{{Interval ruler|22|0,  330, 500, 700, 1030, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0,  330, 500, 700, 1030, 1200}}
|One possible pentatonic analog to the Zarlino diatonic.
|One possible pentatonic analog to the Zarlino diatonic.
|-
|Blackdye
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 110, 270, 330, 500, 550, 700, 800, 980, 1030, 1200}}
|22edo analog of 15edo Porcupine Blackwood scale
|-
|[[Collection of scales|Kee'ra]]
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 110, 170, 320, 500, 600, 700, 800, 870, 1000, 1200}}
|The Chair of Mr. Bob.
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|-
|Pentic
|Pentic
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|Basic MOS of Superpyth
|}
|}
=== Comparison of notation systems ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+The accidentals in all proposed notation systems except Pythagorean diatonic.
!Accidental
!Steps
!Interval
|-
|bb
| -2
|Pentaminor Second
|-
|b
| -1
|Subminor Second
|-
|Natural
|0
|Unison
|-
|#
|1
|Subminor Second
|-
|x
|2
|Pentaminor Second
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Edostep
!Cents
!Interval name (ADIN)
!Just Intonation
!Pajara
!Mosdiatonic
!Blackdye/Zarlino
|-
|0
|0
|Perfect 1sn
|1/1
|0
|C
|C
|-
|1
|55
|Subminor 2nd
|36/35, 25/24
|1b
|Db
|C#
|-
|2
|109
|Pentaminor 2nd
|16/15
|1
|vC#, ^Db
|Db
|-
|3
|164
|Pentamajor 2nd
|10/9
|1#
|C#
|D
|-
|4
|218
|Supermajor 2nd
|9/8, 8/7
|2
|D
|D#
|-
|5
|273
|Subminor 3rd
|7/6
|2#
|Eb
|Ebb / Dx
|-
|6
|327
|Pentaminor 3rd
|6/5
|3b
|vD#, ^Eb
|Eb
|-
|7
|382
|Pentamajor 3rd
|5/4
|3
|D#
|E
|-
|8
|436
|Supermajor 3rd
|9/7
|4b
|E
|E#
|-
|9
|491
|Perfect 4th
|4/3
|4
|F
|F
|-
|10
|545
|Penta4th
|11/8
|4#
|Gb
|F#
|-
|11
|600
|Tritone
|7/5, 10/7
|5
|vF#, ^Gb
|Gbb / Fx
|-
|12
|655
|Penta5th
|16/11
|6b
|F#
|Gb
|-
|13
|709
|Perfect 5th
|3/2
|6
|G
|G
|-
|14
|764
|Subminor 6th
|14/9
|6#
|Ab
|G#
|-
|15
|818
|Pentaminor 6th
|8/5
|7
|vG#, ^Ab
|Ab
|-
|16
|873
|Pentamajor 6th
|5/3
|7#
|G#
|A
|-
|17
|927
|Supermajor 6th
|12/7
|8b
|A
|A#
|-
|18
|982
|Subminor 7th
|7/4, 16/9
|8
|Bb
|Bbb / Ax
|-
|19
|1036
|Pentaminor 7th
|9/5
|9b
|vA#, ^Bb
|Bb
|-
|20
|1091
|Pentamajor 7th
|15/8
|9
|A#
|B
|-
|21
|1145
|Supermajor 7th
|48/25, 35/18
|9#
|B
|Cb
|-
|22
|1200
|Octave
|2/1
|10
|C
|C
|}
== Triads and tetrads ==


=== Triads bounded by P5 ===
=== Triads bounded by P5 ===
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|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 430, 700}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 430, 700}}
|-
|-
|Pentamajor triad
|Nearmajor triad
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Perfect 5th
|Perfect 5th
|[0 7 13]
|[0 7 13]
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 380, 700}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 380, 700}}
|-
|-
|Pentaminor triad
|Nearminor triad
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Perfect 5th
|Perfect 5th
|[0 6 13]
|[0 6 13]
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!Chart
!Chart
|-
|-
|Pentamajor harmonic tetrad
|Nearmajor harmonic tetrad
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Subminor 3rd
|Subminor 3rd
|Supermajor 2nd
|Supermajor 2nd
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|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 380, 700, 980, 1200}}
|-
|-
|Pentaminor harmonic tetrad
|Nearminor harmonic tetrad
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Supermajor 2nd
|Supermajor 2nd
|Subminor 3rd
|Subminor 3rd
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|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 430, 700, 1150, 1200}}
|-
|-
|Pentamajor diatonic tetrad
|Nearmajor diatonic tetrad
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Perfect 5th
|Perfect 5th
|Pentamajor 7th
|Nearmajor 7th
|[0 7 13 20]
|[0 7 13 20]
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 380, 700, 1080, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 380, 700, 1080, 1200}}
|-
|-
|Pentaminor diatonic tetrad
|Nearminor diatonic tetrad
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Pentamajor 3rd
|Nearmajor 3rd
|Pentaminor 3rd
|Nearminor 3rd
|Perfect 5th
|Perfect 5th
|Pentaminor 7th
|Nearminor 7th
|[0 6 13 19]
|[0 6 13 19]
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 320, 700, 1020, 1200}}
|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 320, 700, 1020, 1200}}
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|{{Interval ruler|22|0, 210, 700, 920, 1200}}
|}
|}
=== Other triads ===
22edo contains the essentially tempered chord [0 8 16], where the intervals from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 are ~9/7, and the interval from 1 to 3 is ~5/3.
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22edo, or 22 equal divisions of the octave (sometimes called 22-TET or 22-tone equal temperament), is the equal tuning with a step size of 1200/22 ~= 54.5 cents, dividing 2/1 into 22 steps.

22edo is the fourth-smallest EDO with a diatonic (5L 2s) MOS scale formed by a chain of fifths, which has a hardness of 4:1. It achieves this with a perfect fifth tuned sharpward (~709¢) so that the same interval comprises 9/8 and 8/7. Its logic is therefore that of Archy (or Superpyth) temperament, rather than Meantone: that is, the minor and major thirds available in the diatonic MOS approximate the septal thirds, 7/6 and 9/7, often called "subminor" and "supermajor" (including in the ADIN system for melodic qualities, which will be used in the remainder of this article).

As an even EDO, 22edo includes the 600¢ tritone familiar from 12edo, but it divides neither the perfect fourth nor fifth in half, meaning that it does not include semifourths or neutral thirds. It divides the perfect fourth (9\22) in three, however, implying that a tetrachord of three equal intervals is possible in 22edo. 22edo also includes 11edo as a subset, and similarly to 6edo (the whole-tone scale)'s relation to 12edo, 11edo does not include a fifth; however, 22edo's approximations to intervals of 7, 9, 11, 15, and 17 come from 11edo.

22edo distinguishes its native subminor and supermajor thirds from approximations to 5-limit intervals, 6/5 and 5/4 (called "nearminor" and "nearmajor" thirds in ADIN). As a result, 22 is perhaps the smallest EDO that can be considered to include full 7-limit harmony, as it is the first to distinctly (and consistently) represent the intervals 8/7, 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, 9/7, and 4/3, each one step apart. Additionally, 22edo contains a representation of the 11th harmonic, although many 11-limit intervals are not distinguished from 5-limit intervals (e.g. 11/9 is mapped to the same interval as 6/5), as well as the 17th.

General theory

JI approximation

22edo's tuning of the 7-limit is marked by the sharpness of primes 3 and 7, and the slight flatness of prime 5. The combination of flat 5 and sharp 3, in particular, implies that 25/24, the chroma separating the classical major triad 4:5:6 and its complement, is considerably narrowed to the size of a quartertone. Meanwhile, as 7 is sharp, 49/48, the chroma separating 6:7:8 from its complement, is exaggerated, in fact to the same size as 25/24. This gives 7/5 the most damage out of the 7-odd-limit, tuning it (and thus 10/7) to the semioctave at 600¢. One notable interval that 22edo (via 11edo) approximates very well, however, is 9/7, tuned only about 1.3¢ sharp.

22edo also approximates the interval 11/10 to within 1.4¢, as 3 steps. Thus prime 11 is tuned flatward, similarly to prime 5, and even though 22edo equates the intervals 6/5 and 11/9, its approximation to prime 11 still allows for convincingly smooth temperings of chords low in the harmonic series that contain the 11th harmonic.

Among the higher primes, 22edo approximates 17/16 as two steps and 32/29 as three steps, and one step of 22edo is extremely close to 32/31. It is worth mentioning that prime 29 in particular allows for an interpretation of 22edo's nearminor third (6\22) as 29/24, which is only about 0.35¢ off. This leaves only 13, 19, and 23 out of the 31-limit as primes not approximated by 22edo in some way.

Approximation of prime harmonics in 22edo
Harmonic 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31
Error Absolute (¢) 0.0 +7.1 -4.5 +13.0 -5.9 -22.3 +4.1 -24.8 +26.3 +6.8 +0.4
Relative (%) 0.0 +13.1 -8.2 +23.8 -10.7 -41.0 +7.6 -45.4 +48.2 +12.4 +0.8
Steps

(reduced)

22

(0)

35

(13)

51

(7)

62

(18)

76

(10)

81

(15)

90

(2)

93

(5)

100

(12)

107

(19)

109

(21)

Edostep interpretations

22edo's edostep has the following interpretations in the 7-limit:

  • 25/24 (the difference between 5/4 and 6/5)
  • 28/27 (the difference between 9/7 and 4/3, or 9/8 and 7/6)
  • 36/35 (the difference between 7/6 and 6/5, or 5/4 and 9/7)
  • 49/48 (the difference between 8/7 and 7/6)
  • 81/80 (the difference between 10/9 and 9/8)

Including prime 11, it additionally serves as:

  • 22/21 (the difference between 7/6 and 11/9, or 14/11 and 4/3)
  • 33/32 (the difference between 4/3 and 11/8, or 12/11 and 9/8)
  • 45/44 (the difference between 11/9 and 5/4, or 11/10 and 9/8)
  • 56/55 (the difference between 5/4 and 14/11, or 11/8 and 7/5).

Intervals and notation

As 22edo is not a meantone system, the notes labeled with the standard diatonic names differ significantly in function from how these notes are treated in common-practice harmony. It is thus important to understand the many faces of each of 22edo's pitches (which some might consider as a downside of using the Pythagorean system, but can make notation easier to read when written on the staff).

The "native-fifths" system mentioned here is the most commonly used system, and the one that most microtonal notation systems support by default. It is derived through stacking 22edo's tempered version of 3/2 and assigning names accordingly. As a result, the nominals (C, D, E, F, G, ...) follow the diatonic MOS, where the distances between the large steps (C-D, D-E, F-G, G-A, A-B) are 4 EDO steps, and the distances between the small steps (E-F, B-C) are 1 EDO step. Therefore, a sharp corresponds to +3 EDO steps while a flat corresponds to -3 (representing the diatonic chroma in each case). Each sharp or flat can be split into three distinct notes, so we use the accidental ^ to raise by one EDO step and v to lower by one EDO step.

In the other proposed notation systems aside from native fifths, a sharp corresponds to +1 EDO step, while a flat corresponds to -1. The Zarlino notation here uses the ternary Zarlino scale (see #Zarlino diatonic), or Ptolemy's intense diatonic, as its basic scale (which prioritizes the 5-limit, whereas native fifths prioritize 2.3.7), and uses to its advantage the fact that one step of 22edo maps to both 25/24 and 81/80 (a property of Porcupine temperament). Pajara uses the 10-note Pajara scale (see #Pajara) as its basis, which is generated by a perfect fifth but splits the octave in two to reach intervals of the full 7-limit relatively easily; the scale has four 2-step and one 3-step intervals per half-octave, which differ in size by a diatonic minor second, which is 1 step in 22edo.

The ADIN system uses the labels "nearminor" and "nearmajor" for intervals that may otherwise be called "classic(al)", "pental", or "ptolemaic" minor/major, which are terms used to describe the simple 5-limit intervals to which they correspond. Note also that as "subminor" and "supermajor" intervals are the minor and major intervals of the diatonic MOS in 22edo, unqualified "major" and "minor" should by default refer to these.

JI approximations of steps in 22edo, as well as ways of notating 22edo, are detailed in the table below. Intervals within 5 cents are in [brackets], and odd harmonics are bolded.

Edostep Cents 11-limit add-17
JI approximation
Notation Interval category
(ADIN)
Native-fifths
(ups & downs)
Blackdye/Zarlino
(Vector)
Pajara
decatonic
0 0 1/1 C C 0 Perfect unison
1 55 25/24, 28/27, [33/32], 36/35 ^C, Db C# 1b (Sub)minor second
2 109 [16/15], 15/14, 18/17, [17/16] vC#, ^Db Db 1 Nearminor second
3 164 10/9, [11/10], 12/11 C#, vD D 1# Nearmajor second
4 218 8/7, 9/8, 17/15 D D# 2 (Super)major second
5 273 7/6 ^D, Eb Ebb / Dx 2# (Sub)minor third
6 327 6/5, 11/9, 17/14 vD#, ^Eb Eb 3b Nearminor third
7 382 [5/4] D#, vE E 3 Nearmajor third
8 436 [9/7], 14/11, 32/25 E E# 4b (Super)major third
9 491 4/3 F F 4 Perfect fourth
10 545 11/8, 15/11 ^F, Gb F# 4# Near fourth
11 600 7/5, 10/7, [17/12] vF#, ^Gb Gbb / Fx 5 Tritone
12 655 16/11, 22/15 F#, vG Gb 6b Near fifth
13 709 3/2 G G 6 Perfect fifth
14 764 [14/9], 11/7, 25/16 ^G, Ab G# 6# (Sub)minor sixth
15 818 [8/5] vG#, ^Ab Ab 7 Nearminor sixth
16 873 5/3, 18/11, 28/17 G#, vA A 7# Nearmajor sixth
17 927 12/7 A A# 8b (Super)major sixth
18 982 7/4, 16/9, 30/17 ^A, Bb Bbb / Ax 8 (Sub)minor seventh
19 1036 9/5, [20/11], 11/6 vA#, ^Bb Bb 9b Nearminor seventh
20 1091 [15/8], 28/15, 17/9, [32/17] A#, vB B 9 Nearmajor seventh
21 1145 48/25, 27/14, [64/33], 35/18 B Cb 9# (Super)major seventh
22 1200 2/1 C C 10 Octave

Tempering properties

Tempered commas

Important commas tempered out by the 11-limit of 22et include:

  • 50/49 (jubilismic), equating 7/5 and 10/7 to exactly half an octave.
  • 55/54 (telepath), equating 6/5 with 11/9
  • 64/63 (archytas), equating 9/8 with 8/7 and a stack of two 4/3s to 7/4
  • 99/98 (mothwellsmic), equating 14/11 with 9/7
  • 100/99 (ptolemismic), equating 10/9 with 11/10, and a stack of two 6/5s to 16/11
  • 121/120 (biyatismic), splitting 6/5 into 11/10~12/11, and equating 11/8 with 15/11
  • 176/175 (valinorsmic), equating a stack of two 5/4s to 11/7
  • 225/224 (marvel), splitting 8/7 into 15/14~16/15 and equating a stack of two 5/4s to 14/9
  • 245/243 (sensamagic), equating a stack of two 9/7s to 5/3
  • 250/243 (porcupine), equating a stack of two 10/9s to 6/5 (splitting 4/3 in three)

Regular temperaments associated with these are discussed in #Notable structural chains. In addition to the equivalences mentioned above, we can find that three 16/15s form 6/5 (diaschismic), three 6/5s form 7/4 (keemic), and three 7/6s form 8/5 (orwellismic). In terms of S-expressions, 22et equates S5, S6, S7, and S9 all to one step, and tempers out S8, S10, S11, and S15, as well as S16 and S17 if prime 17 is considered.

Arithmetic progressions

22et in the 2.3.5.7.11.17.29.31 subgroup can be specified entirely by equalizing an arithmetic division of 4/3: 27:28:29:30:31:32:33:34:35:36 is mapped to a chain of single steps of 22edo. Subsets of this division include 9:10:11:12 (porcupine) every 3 steps and 14:15:16:17:18 (pajara) every 2 steps.

This chain can be extended further to 26::39, an arithmetic subdivision of 3/2 into 13 parts, which is mapped to a chain of single steps in the 22fh val (with primes 13 and 19 tuned over-critically sharp instead of near-critically flat). This is the largest arithmetic equal division of 3/2 that can be mapped onto a logarithmic equal division, and is the basis for forming Ringer 22fh: 26:27:28:29:30:31:32:33:34:35:36:37:38:(39~40):41:42:44:45:46:48:(49~50):51:52.

Notable structural chains

22edo has five distinct intervals that generate octave-periodic temperaments, not counting temperaments of 11edo. These are 1\22 (the subminor second), 3\22 (the nearmajor second), 5\22 (the subminor third), 7\22 (the nearmajor third), and 9\22 (the perfect fourth).

3\22 serves as 10/9, 11/10, and 12/11 simultaneously. The temperament associated with this equivalence is Porcupine, where the nearminor third (11/9~6/5) is found at two generators and the perfect fourth is found at three. Further on, the nearminor sixth (8/5) is found at five generators, and the minor seventh consisting of two stacked fourths is equated to 7/4. MOS scales produced by Porcupine include the equitetrachordal heptatonic (1L 6s) and its octatonic extension (7L 1s). This structure is shared with EDOs like 15 and 37, as well as 29edo aside from the mapping of 7.

5\22 represents a sharply tempered 7/6. Three of these represent 8/5 in Orwell temperament, while if stacked further, four 7/6s are made to reach 15/8, so that 3/1 is split into seven. Orwell also includes 11-limit equivalences by virtue of two generators forming 15/11 simultaneously with 11/8, and six generators forming 14/11 simultaneously with 9/7. MOS scales produced by Orwell include an enneatonic (4L 5s) and its tridecatonic extension to 9L 4s. This structure is shared with EDOs like 31 and 53edo, though note that the 11-limit is less accurate than the 7-limit component in general.

7\22 represents a flattened 5/4, five of which stack to 3/1, which is Magic temperament. The deficit between the octave and three 5/4s, 128/125, is here equated to 25/24, which is tuned to half of 16/15. As far as the 7-limit goes, two generators reach the interval of 14/9, and its complement 9/7 divides 5/3 in two; the 7th harmonic itself is eventually found at 12 generators. This structure is shared with EDOs like 19 and 41edo.

Finally, 9\22 represents 4/3, two of which stack to 7/4 in Archy/Superpyth temperament. The next two fourths give us 7/6 and 14/9, the subminor third and sixth. 22edo, by virtue of 9/7 being tuned nearly just, is close to the 1/4-comma tuning of Archy, with other important tunings generally having a sharper fifth than 22edo. The MOS scales produced by Archy include the native diatonic (5L 2s) and chromatic (5L 7s) scales. Note that 22edo tempers out 245/243, so that twice 9/7 gives 5/3, and this is how 5 is mapped in Superpyth as tuned also in 27 and 49edo; this is not shared with even sharper tunings of Archy, such as 37edo.

22edo also supports temperaments where the octave is split in half. The most notable one of these found in 22edo is Pajara, generated by a perfect fifth or equivalently half a wholetone (identifiable as 16/15~17/16~18/17), against the half-octave. A wholetone (two generators) below the half octave gives 5/4. As the octave less a wholetone is 7/4 specifically in Archy, Pajara maps the half-octave to 7/5. MOS scales produced by Pajara include the decatonic (2L 8s) and dodecatonic (10L 2s) scales. This provides a very simple way of traversing the 7-limit, though it is rather high in damage as a temperament beyond 22edo specifically (and its trivial tunings 10edo and 12edo). This general structure without prime 7, known as Diaschismic, however, is supported by notable EDOs such as 34 and 46edo.

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Tertian structure

22edo has four clear qualities of "thirds" that can serve as mediants in a chord bounded by a fifth. These are the subminor (273¢, 5\22), nearminor (327¢, 6\22), nearmajor (382¢, 7\22), and supermajor (436¢, 8\22) thirds, which reflect the intervals 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, and 9/7 respectively. As the gap between 6/5 and 5/4 is the same as that between 7/6 and 6/5 (or 5/4 and 9/7), 22edo's tertian structure is keemic.

Thirds in 22edo
Quality Subminor Nearminor Nearmajor Supermajor
Cents 273 327 382 436
Just interpretation 7/6 (+5.9¢) 6/5 (+11.6¢) 5/4 (-4.5¢) 9/7 (+1.3¢)

Diatonic thirds are bolded.

Scales

22edo has no one perfectly obvious counterpart to the diatonic scale found in 12edo. Instead, there are two heptatonic scales with diatonic-like behavior, the Pythagorean diatonic and the zarlino diatonic. The distinction between the two diatonic scales arises from how the diatonic in 12edo is interpreted. 12edo's diatonic can be viewed as a simplification of 5-limit harmony, in which case 22edo, as a system that does not make the same simplifications, must make distinctions that 12edo does not. This gives rise to the distinction between the two sizes of whole tone, and the Zarlino diatonic of 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. Alternatively, one can choose to retain the MOS (moment of symmetry) structure of 12edo's diatonic, which yields the Pythagorean diatonic of 4-4-1-4-4-4-1. However, either you have to use the 5-limit accidental consistently, or notation gets irregular (as when you use Zarlino as your nominals).

One way to resolve the issue is to ditch diatonic entirely, and instead use another scale as your base set of notes, which functions somewhat like, or is derived from, diatonic. These scales usually have more notes to account for the greater harmonic complexity of 22edo compared to 12edo.

Pythagorean diatonic

This is the diatonic scale most directly analogous in structure to the 12edo diatonic, given its MOS form. Advantages of using it include the fact that all steps are what they appear to be - for example, D-G and G-C are both perfect fifths - and that it appears as a subset of the chain of fifths itself. One key difference is that the major and minor thirds do not get mapped to the expected 5-limit interpretations, but rather to the supermajor and subminor thirds of 22edo. This is good for septimal harmony, not so much for 5-limit harmony (to get 5-limit thirds, you have to go 9 steps up!). A downside, or more generally a significant awkwardness, to using this system is the fact that due to the minor second being so small, the chromatic semitone is massive - closer to a whole tone than a proper semitone (in fact, it is enharmonic to the small whole-tone used in the Zarlino system). This can make interval classifications somewhat unintuitive if ups and downs are not used - for instance, a Nearmajor triad, 0-7-13, is C-D#-G (meaning that a third-sized interval is technically a second) - and in fact 22edo is the first edo other than 15edo (which is strange in its own right) to require ups and downs to notate all intervals without problems with intuition like this (Edos like 17 and 10 utilize semisharps and semiflats, which 22edo cannot use as it does not have neutral intervals.)

Zarlino diatonic

A faithful way of representing the 5-limit diatonic structure in 22edo (which, unlike its just counterpart, keeps the 7-limit convenient to access) is to use 5/4 as the scale's major third, and likewise 5/3 and 15/8 as the major sixth and seventh respectively. The scale pattern for zarlino is 4-3-2-4-3-4-2. This encounters problems with existing familiarity with notation (for example, one of D-G and G-C must now be a flat 5th, called a "wolf fifth" and representing 16/11 as opposed to 3/2), however it does have one thing going for it: in 22edo in particular (and a family of edos including 15, 29, and 37), the interval which separates Pythagorean intervals from their 5-limit counterparts is the exact same as the interval separating 5-limit major and minor intervals. This means that, if # and b are used to represent this interval as an accidental, no additional accidentals are necessary. This is why the 3-step interval is a "Nearmajor second" along with being a chromatic semitone.

Blackdye

Blackdye is a rank-3 scale similar to zarlino diatonic, which attempts to compromise between zarlino and Pythagorean diatonic in a way, by including a few intervals from both at once. Blackdye can be thought of as dividing each 4-step whole tone into a 3-step tone and a single step called an aberrisma, which separates zarlino and Pythagorean intervals. The blackdye scale pattern is 3-1-3-2-3-1-3-1-3-2. One way to use blackdye is to essentially treat it as multiple overlapping diatonics, which one can modulate between.

Pajara

Note that the 1-step interval which serves as the 3-limit diatonic semitone is the very same as the 5-limit chromatic semitone, and that the 3-step interval serving as the 3-limit chromatic semitone also happens to map to a certain kind of large 5-limit diatonic semitone (such that it and the chromatic semitone stack to the 4-step whole tone). This suggests that if there was a way to swap the diatonic and chromatic semitones, we could faithfully represent the full 7-limit, including 5.

And as it turns out, there is a way to do that. We start with the pentatonic scale, not only because it's closer to even but because the interval between its small and large steps is exactly the 1-step interval we want to function as our chroma. Then, we add another pentatonic scale that is offset by a tritone from the first one. This results in the decatonic "Pajara[10]" scale (3-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2), where every note has a corresponding note a tritone apart. It solves the problem of representing intervals of both 5 and 7 by introducing three new ordinal classes to provide space for 7-limit intervals to fit on their own degrees of the scale. That way, 7/4 isn't a subminor seventh, it's a major version of the Pajara 8-step. One can even define a notation system for Pajara, wherein the notes are numbered 0-9 and # and b represent alterations by a single step. Pajara retains the property where most notes have a fifth over them.

To extend to the 11-limit, Pajara[12] (1-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2) can be easily used, which has the same number of notes as 12edo's chromatic scale, but with two of the semitones from 12edo replaced with quartertones. This gives major and minor thirds separate interval categories (allowing both to be played on certain scale degrees), and the 11th harmonic can be found as the major 5-step.

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Pajara

Symmetric scale

One possible scale of 22edo, as mentioned previously, is the Pajara[10] decatonic scale, represented as ├─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┤. This scale can be explored here. Below is a chart of its five modes, ordered by rotation. Some names are from Paul Erlich.

Chart 2 3 4 6 8 9 Mode on fifth Mode on fourth
Dynamic minor ├─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┤ minor minor dim perfect minor minor
Static minor ├─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┤ minor minor perfect perfect minor major
Static major ├─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┤ minor major perfect perfect major major
Dynamic major ├─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┤ major major perfect perfect major major
Augmented ├──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┤ major major perfect aug major major

Pentachordal scale

This scale is constructed from two identical "pentachords" and the semioctave, and is represented as ├─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┤. Unlike the symmetric scale, there are ten distinct modes of the pentachordal scale. Ordered by rotation, they are as follows:

Chart 2 3 4 6 8 9 Mode on fifth Mode on fourth
(Minor) ├─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┤ minor minor dim perfect minor minor
Alternate minor ├─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┤ minor minor dim perfect minor major
(Minor) ├─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┤ minor minor perfect perfect major major
Standard major ├─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┤ minor major perfect perfect major major
(Major) ├─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┤ major major perfect aug major major
(Major) ├──┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┤ major major perfect aug major major
Standard minor ├─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┤ minor minor perfect perfect minor minor
(Major) ├─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┤ minor major perfect perfect minor major
Alternate major ├─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┤ major major perfect perfect major major
(Major) ├──┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┤ major major perfect perfect major major

Some names are from Paul Erlich.

Other scales

Name Chart Notes
Onyx ├──┴──┴──┴───┴──┴──┴──┤ Approximate Greek scale (equable diatonic), basic MOS of Porcupine.
Gramitonic (4L5s) ├──┴─┴──┴─┴──┴─┴──┴─┴─┤ Basic MOS of Orwell temperament.
Zarlino diatonic ├─┴───┴──┴───┴─┴───┴──┤ Greek scale (intense diatonic). Zarlino rank-3 diatonic.
Mosdiatonic ├┴───┴───┴───┴┴───┴───┤ Greek scale (Pythagorean or Archytas diatonic). Basic MOS of Superpyth.
Zarlino pentatonic ├─────┴──┴───┴─────┴──┤ One possible pentatonic analog to the Zarlino diatonic.
Pentic ├────┴───┴───┴────┴───┤ Basic MOS of Superpyth

Triads bounded by P5

Name 1 2 Bounding interval Edostep Chart
Sus4 triad Perfect 4th Supermajor 2nd Perfect 5th [0 9 13] ├────────┴───┴────────┐
Supermajor triad Supermajor 3rd Subminor 3rd Perfect 5th [0 8 13] ├───────┴────┴────────┐
Nearmajor triad Nearmajor 3rd Nearminor 3rd Perfect 5th [0 7 13] ├──────┴─────┴────────┐
Nearminor triad Nearminor 3rd Nearmajor 3rd Perfect 5th [0 6 13] ├─────┴──────┴────────┐
Subminor triad Subminor 3rd Supermajor 3rd Perfect 5th [0 5 13] ├────┴───────┴────────┐
Sus2 triad Supermajor 2nd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th [0 4 13] ├───┴────────┴────────┐

Tetrads with P5th

Harmonic tetrads

These represent the conventional structure of a 4:5:6:7 harmonic tetrad, but generalized such that any middle interval (and thus any top interval) can be used. They take the form of a fifth-bounded triad, with an additional note a perfect median above the middle note. This is the characteristic kind of chord found in Pajara temperament, and can also be thought of the stacking of a fifth-bounded triad and a fourth-bounded triad.

Name 1 2 3 4 Bounding interval 1 Bounding interval 2 Bounding interval 3 Edostep Chart
Nearmajor harmonic tetrad Nearmajor 3rd Nearminor 3rd Subminor 3rd Supermajor 2nd Perfect 5th Subminor 7th Perfect 8ve [0 7 13 18] ├──────┴─────┴────┴───┤
Nearminor harmonic tetrad Nearminor 3rd Nearmajor 3rd Supermajor 2nd Subminor 3rd Perfect 5th Supermajor 6th Perfect 8ve [0 6 13 17] ├─────┴──────┴───┴────┤

Diatonic tetrads

These represent the conventional structure of an 8:10:12:15 diatonic major tetrad, but generalized such that any middle interval (and thus any top interval) can be used. They take the form of a fifth-bounded triad, with an additional note a perfect fifth above the middle note. The sus4 diatonic tetrad is the same as the triad version up to inversion.

Name 1 2 3 Bounding interval 1 Bounding interval 2 Edostep Chart
Supermajor diatonic tetrad Supermajor 3rd Subminor 3rd Supermajor 3rd Perfect 5th Supermajor 7th [0 8 13 21] ├───────┴────┴───────┴┤
Nearmajor diatonic tetrad Nearmajor 3rd Nearminor 3rd Nearmajor 3rd Perfect 5th Nearmajor 7th [0 7 13 20] ├──────┴─────┴──────┴─┤
Nearminor diatonic tetrad Nearminor 3rd Nearmajor 3rd Nearminor 3rd Perfect 5th Nearminor 7th [0 6 13 19] ├─────┴──────┴─────┴──┤
Subminor diatonic tetrad Subminor 3rd Supermajor 3rd Subminor 3rd Perfect 5th Subminor 7th [0 5 13 18] ├────┴───────┴────┴───┤
Sus2 diatonic tetrad Supermajor 2nd Perfect 4th Supermajor 2nd Perfect 5th Supermajor 6th [0 4 13 17] ├───┴────────┴───┴────┤

Other triads

22edo contains the essentially tempered chord [0 8 16], where the intervals from 1 to 2 and from 2 to 3 are ~9/7, and the interval from 1 to 3 is ~5/3.