Neutral and interordinal intervals in MOS scales: Difference between revisions

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 *** Also, (C+D)-(A+B) ≤ 2*ceil(μ)-2 = 2(ceil(μ)-1) = 2*floor(μ). This is a contradiction: as 3/2 < μ < 2, we have floor(2μ) - 2*floor(μ) = 1.
 * As s is the chroma of bL(a-b)s, it *would* be the difference between major and minor intervals in the parent mos, assuming these interval sizes (smaller k+1-step, larger k-step) occur in the parent; so kX(k+1) would become neutral or semiperfect.
-* To show that these actually occur in bL(a-b)s, consider smaller and larger j-steps ( 1 ≤ j ≤ a-1) in the parent mos. These intervals also occur in the mos aLbs separated by s, and the number of j’s (“junctures”) that correspond to these places in aLbs is exactly a-1. Note that we are considering “junctures” between k-steps and k+1-steps in aLbs, excluding k = 0 and k = a+b-1, so the total number of “junctures” to consider is a+b-2. This proves part (1).
+* To show that these actually occur in bL(a-b)s, consider smaller and larger j-steps ( 1 ≤ j ≤ a-1) in the parent mos. These intervals also occur in the mos aLbs separated by s, and the number of j’s (“junctures”) that correspond to these places in aLbs is exactly a-1. These j's correspond to values of k such that larger k-step < smaller k+1-step. Note that we are considering “junctures” between k-steps and k+1-steps in aLbs, excluding k = 0 and k = a+b-1, so the total number of “junctures” to consider is finite, namely a+b-2. This proves part (1).
-Part (2) is easier to see: where basic aLbs is improper, larger k-step = smaller k+1-step, and larger k+1-step - smaller k-step = 2(L-s) = 2s = L. But the step L is 4 steps in 2n-edo.
+Part (2) is easier to see: when larger k-step = smaller k+1-step, larger k+1-step - smaller k-step = 2(L-s) = 2s = L. The step L is 4 steps in 2n-edo.