96-EDO was first advocated by Julián Carrillo in 1924, with a 16th-tone piano. It was also advocated more recently by Pascale Criton and Vincent-Olivier Gagnon.[1]
Since 96 = 24 × 4, quarter-tone notation can be used, and split into four parts.
C, C{{music|up}}, C{{music|up}}{{music|up}}/C{{music|t}}{{music|down}}{{music|down}}, C{{music|t}}{{music|down}}, C{{music|t}}, ..., C{{music|down}}, C
Since it can get confusing with so many accidentals, Julián Carrillo proposed referring to notes by step number from C (e.g. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 95, 0)
Below are some intervals in 96-EDO and how well they approximate just intonation.
interval name | size (steps) | size (cents) | midi | just ratio | just (cents) | midi | error (cents) | octave | 96 | 1200 | Perfect octave on C.mid|play}} | 2:1 | 1200.00 | Perfect octave on C.mid|play}} | {{0|+0}}0.00 |
semidiminished octave | 92 | 1150 | Supermajor seventh on C.mid|play}} | 35:18 | 1151.23 | Septimal supermajor seventh on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.23 |
supermajor seventh | 91 | 1137.5 | 27:14 | 1137.04 | Septimal major seventh on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}0.46 |
major seventh | 87 | 1087.5 | 15:8{{0}} | 1088.27 | Just major seventh on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}0.77 |
neutral seventh, major tone | 84 | 1050 | Neutral seventh on C.mid|play}} | 11:6{{0}} | 1049.36 | Undecimal neutral seventh on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}0.64 |
neutral seventh, minor tone | 83 | 1037.5 | 20:11 | 1035.00 | Lesser undecimal neutral seventh on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}2.50 |
large just minor seventh | 81 | 1012.5 | 9:5 | 1017.60 | Greater just minor seventh on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}5.10 |
small just minor seventh | 80 | 1000 | Minor seventh on C.mid|play}} | 16:9{{0}} | {{0}}996.09 | Lesser just minor seventh on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}3.91 |
supermajor sixth/subminor seventh | 78 | {{0}}975 | 7:4 | {{0}}968.83 | Harmonic seventh on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}6.17 |
major sixth | 71 | {{0}}887.5 | 5:3 | {{0}}884.36 | Just major sixth on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}3.14 |
neutral sixth | 68 | {{0}}850 | Neutral sixth on C.mid|play}} | 18:11 | {{0}}852.59 | Undecimal neutral sixth on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}2.59 |
minor sixth | 65 | {{0}}812.5 | 8:5 | {{0}}813.69 | Just minor sixth on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.19 |
subminor sixth | 61 | {{0}}762.5 | 14:9{{0}} | {{0}}764.92 | Septimal minor sixth on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}2.42 |
perfect fifth | 56 | {{0}}700 | Perfect fifth on C.mid|play}} | 3:2 | {{0}}701.96 | Just perfect fifth on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.96 |
minor fifth | 52 | {{0}}650 | Thirteen quarter tones on C.mid|play}} | 16:11 | {{0}}648.68 | Eleventh harmonic inverse on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}1.32 |
lesser septimal tritone | 47 | {{0}}587.5 | 7:5 | {{0}}582.51 | Lesser septimal tritone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}4.99 |
major fourth | 44 | {{0}}550 | Eleven quarter tones on C.mid|play}} | 11:8{{0}} | {{0}}551.32 | Eleventh harmonic on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.32 |
perfect fourth | 40 | {{0}}500 | Perfect fourth on C.mid|play}} | 4:3 | {{0}}498.04 | Just perfect fourth on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}1.96 |
tridecimal major third | 36 | {{0}}450 | Nine quarter tones on C.mid|play}} | 13:10 | {{0}}454.21 | Tridecimal major third on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}4.21 |
septimal major third | 35 | {{0}}437.5 | 9:7 | {{0}}435.08 | Septimal major third on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}2.42 |
major third | 31 | {{0}}387.5 | 5:4 | {{0}}386.31 | Just major third on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}1.19 |
undecimal neutral third | 28 | {{0}}350 | Neutral third on C.mid|play}} | {{0}}11:9 | {{0}}347.41 | Undecimal neutral third on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}2.59 |
Superminor third | 27 | {{0}}337.5 | {{0}}17:14 | {{0}}336.13 | Superminor third on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}1.37 |
77th harmonic | 26 | {{0}}325 | 13 steps in 48-et on C.mid|play}} | {{0}}77:64 | {{0}}320.14 | Seventy-seventh harmonic on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}4.86 |
minor third | 25 | {{0}}312.5 | 6:5 | {{0}}315.64 | Just minor third on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}3.14 |
Second septimal minor third | 24 | {{0}}300 | Minor third on C.mid|play}} | 25:21 | {{0}}301.85 | Second septimal minor third on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.85 |
Tridecimal minor third | 23 | {{0}}287.5 | 13:11 | {{0}}289.21 | Tridecimal minor third on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.71 |
augmented second, just | 22 | {{0}}275 | 11 steps in 48-et on C.mid|play}} | 75:64 | {{0}}274.58 | Just augmented second on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}0.42 |
septimal minor third | 21 | {{0}}262.5 | 7:6 | {{0}}266.87 | Septimal minor third on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}4.37 |
tridecimal five-quarter tone | 20 | {{0}}250 | Five quarter tones on C.mid|play}} | 15:13 | {{0}}247.74 | Tridecimal five-quarter tone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}2.26 |
septimal whole tone | 18 | {{0}}225 | 8:7 | {{0}}231.17 | Septimal major second on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}6.17 |
major second, major tone | 16 | {{0}}200 | Major second on C.mid|play}} | 9:8 | {{0}}203.91 | Major tone on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}3.91 |
major second, minor tone | 15 | {{0}}187.5 | 10:9{{0}} | {{0}}182.40 | Minor tone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}5.10 |
neutral second, greater undecimal | 13 | {{0}}162.5 | 11:10 | {{0}}165.00 | Greater undecimal neutral second on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}2.50 |
neutral second, lesser undecimal | 12 | {{0}}150 | Neutral second on C.mid|play}} | 12:11 | {{0}}150.64 | Lesser undecimal neutral second on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}0.64 |
Greater tridecimal ⅔-tone | 11 | {{0}}137.5 | 13:12 | {{0}}138.57 | Greater tridecimal two-third tone on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.07 |
Septimal diatonic semitone | 10 | {{0}}125 | 5 steps in 48-et on C.mid|play}} | 15:14 | {{0}}119.44 | Septimal diatonic semitone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}5.56 |
diatonic semitone, just | {{0}}9 | {{0}}112.5 | 16:15 | {{0}}111.73 | Just diatonic semitone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}0.77 |
Undecimal minor second (121st subharmonic) | {{0}}8 | {{0}}100 | Minor second on C.mid|play}} | 128:121 | {{0|00}}97.36 | 121st subharmonic on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}2.64 |
Septimal chromatic semitone | {{0}}7 | {{0}}87.5 | 21:20 | {{0|00}}84.47 | Septimal chromatic semitone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}3.03 |
Just chromatic semitone | {{0}}6 | {{0}}75 | 1 step in 16-et on C.mid|play}} | 25:24 | {{0|00}}70.67 | Just chromatic semitone on C.mid|play}} | +{{0}}4.33 |
Septimal minor second | {{0}}5 | {{0}}62.5 | 28:27 | {{0|00}}62.96 | Septimal minor second on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}0.46 |
Undecimal quarter-tone (33rd harmonic) | {{0}}4 | {{0|00}}50 | Quarter tone on C.mid|play}} | 33:32 | {{0|00}}53.27 | Thirty-third harmonic on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}3.27 |
Undecimal diesis | {{0}}3 | {{0|00}}37.5 | 45:44 | {{0|00}}38.91 | Undecimal diesis on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.41 |
septimal comma | {{0}}2 | {{0|00}}25 | Eighth-tone on C.mid|play}} | 64:63 | {{0|00}}27.26 | Septimal comma on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}2.26 |
septimal semicomma | {{0}}1 | {{0|00}}12.5 | Sixteenth-tone on C.mid|play}} | 126:125 | {{0|00}}13.79 | Septimal semicomma on C.mid|play}} | −{{0}}1.29 |
unison | {{0}}0 | {{0|000}}0 | Middle C.mid|play}} | 1:1 | {{0|000}}0.00 | Middle C.mid|play}} | {{0|+0}}0.00 |
Moving from 12-EDO to 96-EDO allows the better approximation of a number of intervals, such as the minor third and major sixth.
96-EDO contains all of the 12-EDO modes. However, it contains better approximations to some intervals (such as the minor third).
1. ^{{cite web |last1=Monzo |first1=Joe |title=Equal-Temperament |url=http://tonalsoft.com/enc/e/equal-temperament.aspx#edo-table |website=Tonalsoft Encyclopedia of Microtonal Music Theory |publisher=Joe Monzo |accessdate=26 February 2019 |date=2005}}