Is 12EDO the Same As 12TET?

Bill Flavell

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Flavell" <bill_flavell@e...> wrote:

They have the same notes, at any rate. Saying "12-tone equal
temperament" focuses attention on the system as a temperament, and
hence on its representation of just intonation and its place within
the history of Western tuning practice, its relationship to meantone,
and so forth.

I told you it's confusing.

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* David Beardsley
* microtonal guitar
* http://biink.com/db

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...>
wrote:
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Flavell" <bill_flavell@e...>
wrote:
>
> They have the same notes, at any rate. Saying "12-tone
> equal temperament" focuses attention on the system as
> a temperament, and hence on its representation of
> just intonation and its place within the history of
> Western tuning practice, its relationship to meantone,
> and so forth.

Whereas referring to it as 12-edo is more non-committal:
that name simply indicates that the octave is divided into
12 logarithmically (i.e., audibly) equal parts. This name
carries no connotation of any relationship to just-intonation,
meantone, or indeed any other type of harmonic reference.

Dan Stearns originated the "edo" designation, because
many of his compositions use various equal divisions of
the octave and do not refer to any "typical" harmonic
concepts, being based instead on the manipulations and
combinations of the different equal divisions.

-monz
http://tonalsoft.com
Tonescape microtonal music software

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith@s...> wrote:
>
> They have the same notes, at any rate. Saying "12-tone equal
> temperament" focuses attention on the system as a temperament, and
> hence on its representation of just intonation and its place within
> the history of Western tuning practice, its relationship to meantone,
> and so forth.

Then to focus more on the equalness of the
scale steps would it be better to say
"12-tone equal scale steps" or
"12-tone equidistant", to try and avoid the
historical connotations?

Bill Flavell
>

I like that EDO designation. It sounds more
objective and less past-centric. But I still don't
understand whah the "EDO" stands for or is an acronym of.

Bill Flavell

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@t...> wrote:
>
> Whereas referring to it as 12-edo is more non-committal:
> that name simply indicates that the octave is divided into
> 12 logarithmically (i.e., audibly) equal parts. This name
> carries no connotation of any relationship to just-intonation,
> meantone, or indeed any other type of harmonic reference.
>
> Dan Stearns originated the "edo" designation, because
> many of his compositions use various equal divisions of
> the octave and do not refer to any "typical" harmonic
> concepts, being based instead on the manipulations and
> combinations of the different equal divisions.
>
>
>
> -monz
> http://tonalsoft.com
> Tonescape microtonal music software
>