Generator-offset property: Difference between revisions

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The [[Zarlino]] (3L 2M 2S) JI scale is an example of a generator-offset scale, because it is built by stacking alternating 5/4 and 6/5 generators. The 7-limit version of [[diasem]] (5L 2M 2S) is another example, with generators 7/6 and 8/7.

Generator-offset is a conception developed by [[User:ks26|ground fault]], and generalizes the notion of [[dipentatonic scale|dipentatonic]] and [[diheptatonic scale|diheptatonic]] scales to scales of all sizes. A related notion ~~which is, however, often used subtly differently~~ is [[alternating generator sequence]]. While scales produced using the generator-offset procedure can be seen as a result of an alternating generator sequence of 2 alternants, the generator-offset perspective views the sum of the two alternants as the "canonical" generator, and the alternants as rather being possible choices of the offset which are effectively equivalent up to chirality. While a well-formed AGS scale requires each alternant in the AGS to subtend the same number of steps, the generator-offset property only requires each (aggregate) generator to subtend the same number of steps.

Generator-offset is a conception developed by [[User:ks26|ground fault]], and generalizes the notion of [[dipentatonic scale|dipentatonic]] and [[diheptatonic scale|diheptatonic]] scales to scales of all sizes. A related but distinct notion is [[alternating generator sequence]]. While scales produced using the generator-offset procedure can be seen as a result of an alternating generator sequence of 2 alternants, the generator-offset perspective views the sum of the two alternants as the "canonical" generator, and the alternants as rather being possible choices of the offset which are effectively equivalent up to chirality. While a well-formed AGS scale requires each alternant in the AGS to subtend the same number of steps, the generator-offset property only requires each (aggregate) generator to subtend the same number of steps.

== Mathematical definition ==

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 The [[Zarlino]] (3L 2M 2S) JI scale is an example of a generator-offset scale, because it is built by stacking alternating 5/4 and 6/5 generators. The 7-limit version of [[diasem]] (5L 2M 2S) is another example, with generators 7/6 and 8/7.
-Generator-offset is a conception developed by [[User:ks26|ground fault]], and generalizes the notion of [[dipentatonic scale|dipentatonic]] and [[diheptatonic scale|diheptatonic]] scales to scales of all sizes. A related notion which is, however, often used subtly differently is [[alternating generator sequence]]. While scales produced using the generator-offset procedure can be seen as a result of an alternating generator sequence of 2 alternants, the generator-offset perspective views the sum of the two alternants as the "canonical" generator, and the alternants as rather being possible choices of the offset which are effectively equivalent up to chirality. While a well-formed AGS scale requires each alternant in the AGS to subtend the same number of steps, the generator-offset property only requires each (aggregate) generator to subtend the same number of steps.
+Generator-offset is a conception developed by [[User:ks26|ground fault]], and generalizes the notion of [[dipentatonic scale|dipentatonic]] and [[diheptatonic scale|diheptatonic]] scales to scales of all sizes. A related but distinct notion is [[alternating generator sequence]]. While scales produced using the generator-offset procedure can be seen as a result of an alternating generator sequence of 2 alternants, the generator-offset perspective views the sum of the two alternants as the "canonical" generator, and the alternants as rather being possible choices of the offset which are effectively equivalent up to chirality. While a well-formed AGS scale requires each alternant in the AGS to subtend the same number of steps, the generator-offset property only requires each (aggregate) generator to subtend the same number of steps.
 == Mathematical definition ==