User:BudjarnLambeth/Moon dust - Revision history

BudjarnLambeth at 03:37, 14 April 2026

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	{{Editable user page\|Don't remove anything (unless it's offensive or factually incorrect), but feel free to add any observations about the scale, subsets, music examples, etc., and feel free to improve the formatting or layout as long as you don't remove information.}}		{{Editable user page\|Don't remove anything (unless it's offensive or factually incorrect), but feel free to add any observations about the scale, subsets, music examples, etc., and feel free to improve the formatting or layout as long as you don't remove information.}}

			[[File:Moon-dust.png\|thumb\|Moon dust scale (circle diagram).]]
	The '''moon dust scale'''{{idio}} is a 16-tone [[JI]] scale, with a period of [[16/1]] (four octaves), invented by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2025.		The '''moon dust scale'''{{idio}} is a 16-tone [[JI]] scale, with a period of [[16/1]] (four octaves), invented by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2025.

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			{{Editable user page\|Don't remove anything (unless it's offensive or factually incorrect), but feel free to add any observations about the scale, subsets, music examples, etc., and feel free to improve the formatting or layout as long as you don't remove information.}}

	The '''moon dust scale'''{{idio}} is a 16-tone [[JI]] scale, with a period of [[16/1]] (four octaves), invented by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2025.		The '''moon dust scale'''{{idio}} is a 16-tone [[JI]] scale, with a period of [[16/1]] (four octaves), invented by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] in 2025.

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Keyboard mapping

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	== Practical techniques ==		== Practical techniques ==
	=== Keyboard mapping ===		=== Keyboard mapping ===
	When using the scale on an isomorphic keyboard such as the [[Lumatone]] or [[Scale Workshop]], it is recommended to have one axis ascend by 1 step at a time, and the other axis ascend by 5 steps at a time.		When using the scale on an isomorphic keyboard such as the [[Lumatone]] or [[Scale Workshop]], it is recommended to have one axis ascend by 1 step at a time, and the other axis ascend by 3, 4 or 5 steps at a time.

	==== Scale Workshop ====		==== Scale Workshop ====

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Chord voicing

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	=== Chord voicing ===		=== Chord voicing ===
	When voicing chords, Lambeth recommends that the two lowest notes of the chord should be at least 4 scale steps apart.		When voicing chords, Lambeth recommends that the two lowest notes of the chord should be at least 4 scale steps apart (eg step 0 and step 4).

	Above this foundation, you can then add any higher notes you wish as chord extensions.		Above this foundation, you can then add any higher notes you wish as chord extensions.

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Chord voicing

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	=== Chord voicing ===		=== Chord voicing ===
	When voicing chords, Lambeth recommends that the two lowest notes of the chord should be 5 scale steps apart.		When voicing chords, Lambeth recommends that the two lowest notes of the chord should be at least 4 scale steps apart.

	Above this foundation, you can then add any higher notes you wish as chord extensions.		Above this foundation, you can then add any higher notes you wish as chord extensions.

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Frequency in Hz

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	=== Frequency in Hz ===		=== Frequency in Hz ===
	Lambeth usually sets the frequency of the [[tonic]] note - note 0 of the scale - to F#2, that is 92.4986 Hz.		Lambeth usually sets the frequency of the [[tonic]] note - note 0 of the scale - around F#2, that is 92.4986 Hz.

	He recommends setting it anywhere between ~~75Hz~~ and 260Hz, or anywhere between D2 and C4.		He recommends setting it anywhere between 65Hz and 260Hz, or anywhere between C2 and C4.

	=== Chord voicing ===		=== Chord voicing ===

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Frequency in Hz

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	Lambeth usually sets the frequency of the [[tonic]] note - note 0 of the scale - to F#2, that is 92.4986 Hz.		Lambeth usually sets the frequency of the [[tonic]] note - note 0 of the scale - to F#2, that is 92.4986 Hz.

	He recommends setting it anywhere between 75Hz and ~~120Hz~~, or anywhere between D2 and ~~A#2~~.		He recommends setting it anywhere between 75Hz and 260Hz, or anywhere between D2 and C4.

	=== Chord voicing ===		=== Chord voicing ===

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Scale Workshop

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	==== Scale Workshop ====		==== Scale Workshop ====
	* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/scale/PDtH3GHLF The moon dust scale in Scale Workshop]		* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/scale/PDtH3GHLF The moon dust scale in Scale Workshop]
			* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/scale/SDtyHZrce Alt version with a different timbre]

	=== Frequency in Hz ===		=== Frequency in Hz ===

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	== Theory ==		== Theory ==
	~~== Properties ==~~
	=== Primodality ===		=== Primodality ===
	Through the lens of [[primodality]] theory, the moon dust scale is an over-7 scale.		Through the lens of [[primodality]] theory, the moon dust scale is an over-7 scale.