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'''Irvian mode''' is the mode of the [[maximal evenness]] scale where the notes are symmetrically arranged.
'''Irvian mode''' is the mode of the [[maximal evenness]] scale where the notes are symmetrically arranged.


The term was proposed in 2021 by Eliora, and it is named after a calendar designer Irvin Bromberg, whose Sym454 calendar's leap year patterns are arranged in the same way.  
The term was proposed in 2021 by [[Eliora]], and it is named after a calendar designer Irvin Bromberg, whose Sym454 calendar's leap year patterns are arranged in the same way.  


==History==
==History==
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''K'' = (''C''-1)/2 if ''C'' is odd, can choose between (''C''-1)/2 and ''C''/2 if ''C'' is even</blockquote>
''K'' = (''C''-1)/2 if ''C'' is odd, can choose between (''C''-1)/2 and ''C''/2 if ''C'' is even</blockquote>


In addition, there's two more numbers in this math - ''U'' and the ''accumulator''. The number corresponds to the [[Mathematics of MOS|generator]] in MOS theory. Bromberg does not provide a name for it, and the reason for this is unknown. Accumulator is the amount of generators for a given note, counting from the tonic.
In addition, there's two more numbers in this math - ''U'' and the ''accumulator''. The ''U'' number corresponds to the [[Mathematics of MOS|generator]] in MOS theory. Bromberg does not provide a name for it, and the reason for this is unknown. Accumulator is the amount of generators for a given note, counting from the tonic.


The current, "canonical" usage of the cycle is that of 52 leap week years in 293 years - year is leap if the remainder of (52 x Year + 146)/293 is less than 52. Musically, this would correspond to a [[33L 19s]] MOS scale of [[293edo]]. In addition, if the remainder of the leap year is less than the count of long intervals in the MOS, the next year will be in a long interval, otherwise in a short interval. For example here, this means if remainder is less than 33, next leap year (or key) will be 6 years later (6 steps above), otherwise 5 years later. The ''U'' of this cycle is equal to 62, and it represends a mode of a [[maximal evenness]] 62\293 scale.
The current, "canonical" usage of the cycle is that of 52 leap week years in 293 years - year is leap if the remainder of (52 x Year + 146)/293 is less than 52. Musically, this would correspond to a [[33L 19s]] MOS scale of [[293edo]]. In addition, if the remainder of the leap year is less than the count of long intervals in the MOS, the next year will be in a long interval, otherwise in a short interval. For example here, this means if remainder is less than 33, next leap year (or key) will be 6 years later (6 steps above), otherwise 5 years later. The ''U'' of this cycle is equal to 62, and it represends a mode of a [[maximal evenness]] 62\293 scale.
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== See also ==
* [[Maximal evenness]]
* [[Concoctic]] - a scale where ''U'' is equal to ''L''
== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/leap/52-293-sym454-leap-years.htm 52/293 Symmetry454 Leap Years]
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/leap/52-293-sym454-leap-years.htm 52/293 Symmetry454 Leap Years]
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/leap/index.htm#slc Solar Calendar Leap Rules - subsection Symmetrical Leap Cycles]
* [http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/leap/index.htm#slc Solar Calendar Leap Rules - subsection Symmetrical Leap Cycles]


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