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Another way to write this would be 5:6:7:8:9:10, which shows that the tones form both a scale and a chord; indeed, it is a [[9-odd-limit]] [[pentad]] with 5 in the bass. [[Denny Genovese]] would call the above scale "mode 5 of the | Another way to write this would be 5:6:7:8:9:10, which shows that the tones form both a scale and a chord; indeed, it is a [[9-odd-limit]] [[pentad]] with 5 in the bass. [[Denny Genovese]] would call the above scale "mode 5 of the harmonic series," or "mode 5" for short. Further examples will be given with a mode number indicated. | ||
A [[mode]] in other musical contexts is usually a different rotation of the same intervals. In the case of different harmonic modes, that is not exactly the case. However, in some sense it is a reasonable comparison, because as you slide the subset of harmonics around, you are essentially sampling different segments of integers whose prime factorizations follow simple, constant patterns (every 2nd number has a 2, every 3rd number has a 3, every 5th number has a 5) and therefore the full internal interval set (all dyads, triads, tetrads, etc.) from one mode to the next is more alike than it is different. | A [[mode]] in other musical contexts is usually a different rotation of the same intervals. In the case of different harmonic modes, that is not exactly the case. However, in some sense it is a reasonable comparison, because as you slide the subset of harmonics around, you are essentially sampling different segments of integers whose prime factorizations follow simple, constant patterns (every 2nd number has a 2, every 3rd number has a 3, every 5th number has a 5) and therefore the full internal interval set (all dyads, triads, tetrads, etc.) from one mode to the next is more alike than it is different. | ||
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Mode 30 in particular is interesting because 30 is the product of the first three primes, so it is a fairly good choice if we want a tonic that is not a power of two. It contains modes 6 and 10 as subsets. We have the classic minor triad (from 10), the subminor triad (from 6), two major triads in 30:37:45 and 30:38:45, and the Barbados triad of 30:39:45. Chords not based on the tonic include the harmonic seventh chord (32:40:48:56). A good 13-limit subset with 16 notes in it is 30:32:33:35:36:39:40:42:44:45:48:49:50:54:55:56:60. | Mode 30 in particular is interesting because 30 is the product of the first three primes, so it is a fairly good choice if we want a tonic that is not a power of two. It contains modes 6 and 10 as subsets. We have the classic minor triad (from 10), the subminor triad (from 6), two major triads in 30:37:45 and 30:38:45, and the Barbados triad of 30:39:45. Chords not based on the tonic include the harmonic seventh chord (32:40:48:56). A good 13-limit subset with 16 notes in it is 30:32:33:35:36:39:40:42:44:45:48:49:50:54:55:56:60. | ||
== Solfege systems == | == Solfege systems == | ||