Glossary of scale properties: Difference between revisions
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: A class of intervals which fall on the same scale degrees. In diatonic, these classes are the set of seconds, the set of thirds, the set of fifths, etc. Generic intervals can also be likened to distances between note-heads on a traditional staff. A generic interval composed of ''k'' scale steps in any scale, diatonic or not, | : A class of intervals which fall on the same scale degrees. In diatonic, these classes are the set of seconds, the set of thirds, the set of fifths, etc. Generic intervals can also be likened to distances between note-heads on a traditional staff. A generic interval composed of ''k'' scale steps in any scale, diatonic or not, can be called a "''k''-step" (terminology taken from [[TAMNAMS]]). | ||
== Properties == | == Properties == | ||