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By a | By a family of scales is meant a certain set of scales, finite or infinite, generated according to a regular and exactly specified method. Examples of scale families include: | ||
=== | === Just Intonation === | ||
* | * Just intonated scales | ||
** | **Chord cubes | ||
** | **Combination product sets | ||
*** | ***Dekanies | ||
*** | ***Eikosanies | ||
*** | ***Hexanies | ||
*** | ***Pentadekanies | ||
** | **Crystal balls | ||
** | **Highschool scales | ||
** | **Homothetic JI scales | ||
** | **Overtone scales (AFDOs) | ||
*** | ***Primodal scales | ||
** | **Tritriadic scales | ||
** | **Tonality diamonds | ||
*** | ***Breed diamonds | ||
*** | ***Diaconv scales | ||
=== | === Temperament === | ||
* | *Temperaments | ||
** | **Clippers | ||
** | **Dwarves | ||
*** | ***Especially tempered dwarves | ||
*** | ***Marvelous dwarves | ||
** | **Elves | ||
** | **Essentially tempered scales | ||
** | **Hobbits | ||
*** | ***Moment of symmetry scales | ||
** | **Lesfip scales | ||
** | **Regular temperaments | ||
*** | *** Rank-1 temperaments / Equal-step tunings | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the octave (EDOs or ED2s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the third harmonic (EDTs or ED3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the fourth harmonic (ED4s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the fifth harmonic (ED5s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the sixth harmonic (ED6s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the seventh harmonic (ED7s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the eighth harmonic (ED8s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the ninth harmonic (ED9s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the tenth harmonic (ED10s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the eleventh harmonic (ED11s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the perfect fifth (ED3/2s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the perfect fourth (ED4/3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the major sixth (ED5/3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the major third (ED5/4s) | ||
*** | *** Rank-2 temperaments / Linear temperaments | ||
**** | ****Moment of symmetry scales | ||
*** | *** Rank-3 temperaments | ||
*** | *** Rank-4 temperaments | ||
=== | === Harmonotonicity === | ||
* | *Harmonotonic tunings | ||
** | **Arithmetic tunings | ||
*** | ***Equal-step tunings | ||
**** | ****Equal divisions of the octave (EDOs) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the third harmonic (EDTs or ED3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the fourth harmonic (ED4s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the fifth harmonic (ED5s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the sixth harmonic (ED6s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the seventh harmonic (ED7s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the eighth harmonic (ED8s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the ninth harmonic (ED9s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the tenth harmonic (ED10s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the eleventh harmonic (ED11s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the perfect fifth (ED3/2s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the perfect fourth (ED4/3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the major sixth (ED5/3s) | ||
**** | **** Equal divisions of the major third (ED5/4s) | ||
*** | ***Overtone scales (AFDOs) | ||
**** | ****Primodal scales | ||
*** | ***Xenharmonic series | ||
=== | === Miscellaneous structures === | ||
* | *Cartesian scales | ||
* | *Compound scales | ||
* | *Euler-Fokker genera | ||
* | *Fokker blocks | ||
** | **Wakalixes | ||
* | *Generator-offset scales | ||
* | *Maximal harmony epimorphic scales | ||
* | *Omniconsonant scales | ||
* | *Scale products and scale powers | ||
* | *Step-nested scales | ||
** | **Moment of symmetry scales | ||
* | *Yantras | ||
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[[Category:Lists of scales]] | [[Category:Lists of scales]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:52, 15 April 2023
By a family of scales is meant a certain set of scales, finite or infinite, generated according to a regular and exactly specified method. Examples of scale families include:
Just Intonation
- Just intonated scales
- Chord cubes
- Combination product sets
- Dekanies
- Eikosanies
- Hexanies
- Pentadekanies
- Crystal balls
- Highschool scales
- Homothetic JI scales
- Overtone scales (AFDOs)
- Primodal scales
- Tritriadic scales
- Tonality diamonds
- Breed diamonds
- Diaconv scales
Temperament
- Temperaments
- Clippers
- Dwarves
- Especially tempered dwarves
- Marvelous dwarves
- Elves
- Essentially tempered scales
- Hobbits
- Moment of symmetry scales
- Lesfip scales
- Regular temperaments
- Rank-1 temperaments / Equal-step tunings
- Equal divisions of the octave (EDOs or ED2s)
- Equal divisions of the third harmonic (EDTs or ED3s)
- Equal divisions of the fourth harmonic (ED4s)
- Equal divisions of the fifth harmonic (ED5s)
- Equal divisions of the sixth harmonic (ED6s)
- Equal divisions of the seventh harmonic (ED7s)
- Equal divisions of the eighth harmonic (ED8s)
- Equal divisions of the ninth harmonic (ED9s)
- Equal divisions of the tenth harmonic (ED10s)
- Equal divisions of the eleventh harmonic (ED11s)
- Equal divisions of the perfect fifth (ED3/2s)
- Equal divisions of the perfect fourth (ED4/3s)
- Equal divisions of the major sixth (ED5/3s)
- Equal divisions of the major third (ED5/4s)
- Rank-2 temperaments / Linear temperaments
- Moment of symmetry scales
- Rank-3 temperaments
- Rank-4 temperaments
- Rank-1 temperaments / Equal-step tunings
Harmonotonicity
- Harmonotonic tunings
- Arithmetic tunings
- Equal-step tunings
- Equal divisions of the octave (EDOs)
- Equal divisions of the third harmonic (EDTs or ED3s)
- Equal divisions of the fourth harmonic (ED4s)
- Equal divisions of the fifth harmonic (ED5s)
- Equal divisions of the sixth harmonic (ED6s)
- Equal divisions of the seventh harmonic (ED7s)
- Equal divisions of the eighth harmonic (ED8s)
- Equal divisions of the ninth harmonic (ED9s)
- Equal divisions of the tenth harmonic (ED10s)
- Equal divisions of the eleventh harmonic (ED11s)
- Equal divisions of the perfect fifth (ED3/2s)
- Equal divisions of the perfect fourth (ED4/3s)
- Equal divisions of the major sixth (ED5/3s)
- Equal divisions of the major third (ED5/4s)
- Overtone scales (AFDOs)
- Primodal scales
- Xenharmonic series
- Equal-step tunings
- Arithmetic tunings
Miscellaneous structures
- Cartesian scales
- Compound scales
- Euler-Fokker genera
- Fokker blocks
- Wakalixes
- Generator-offset scales
- Maximal harmony epimorphic scales
- Omniconsonant scales
- Scale products and scale powers
- Step-nested scales
- Moment of symmetry scales
- Yantras