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The ''pitch-class group'' of a scale word ''w'' in letters {{nowrap|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}} with [[step signature]] {{nowrap|'''e''' ∈ ℤ<sup>''r''</sup>{{angbr|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}}}} is the abelian group {{nowrap|C(''w'') :{{=}} ℤ<sup>''r''</sup>{{angbr|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}}/{{angbr|'''e'''}}.}} The pitch-class group is associated with a canonical map π that sends every step vector to its pitch class. | The ''pitch-class group'' of a scale word ''w'' in letters {{nowrap|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}} with [[step signature]] {{nowrap|'''e''' ∈ ℤ<sup>''r''</sup>{{angbr|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}}}} is the abelian group {{nowrap|C(''w'') :{{=}} ℤ<sup>''r''</sup>{{angbr|'''x'''<sub>1</sub>, ..., '''x'''<sub>''r''</sub>}}/{{angbr|'''e'''}}.}} The pitch-class group is associated with a canonical map π that sends every step vector to its pitch class. | ||
Below we take it as known that | Below we take it as known that the gcd of the coordinates ''v''<sub>''i''</sub> of '''v''' ∈ ℤ<sup>''r''</sup> is 1 iff the quotient group ℤ<sup>''r''</sup>/{{angbr|'''v'''}} is torsion-free; this can be proven using Bézout's identity. | ||
=== Parallelogram scale === | === Parallelogram scale === | ||
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#* Conjecture: If the template MOS of a MOS substitution scale has m > 1 periods, the step signature's gcd = 1, and the filling MOS is a multiMOS, then the scale is a parallelogram scale. (But the filling MOS need not be a multiMOS for a parallelogram scale: LLmLLsLLmLLsLLs is of type 10L(2m3s)) | #* Conjecture: If the template MOS of a MOS substitution scale has m > 1 periods, the step signature's gcd = 1, and the filling MOS is a multiMOS, then the scale is a parallelogram scale. (But the filling MOS need not be a multiMOS for a parallelogram scale: LLmLLsLLmLLsLLs is of type 10L(2m3s)) | ||
#* Conjecture: If a MOS substitution scale's template MOS is a multiMOS, and its step signature's gcd = 1, then its generator structure is a (possibly) *shifted* full parallelogram, i.e. either a full parallelogram or the first and last rows' lengths add up to the full row length. | #* Conjecture: If a MOS substitution scale's template MOS is a multiMOS, and its step signature's gcd = 1, then its generator structure is a (possibly) *shifted* full parallelogram, i.e. either a full parallelogram or the first and last rows' lengths add up to the full row length. | ||
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