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* Experiment with using different pitches as the "tonic" of the scale (eg. '''sol lu ta do re mi fu sol''', which could be taken as the 7-note scale starting on '''sol'''). | * Experiment with using different pitches as the "tonic" of the scale (eg. '''sol lu ta do re mi fu sol''', which could be taken as the 7-note scale starting on '''sol'''). | ||
* Take subsets of larger scales, which are not strict adjacent overtone scales (eg. '''do re fe sol ta do'''). | * Take subsets of larger scales, which are not strict adjacent overtone scales (eg. '''do re fe sol ta do'''). | ||
* Learn the inversions of these scales, which would be | * Learn the inversions of these scales, which would be[[undertone scales]]. (Undertone scales would have smaller steps at the bottom of the scale, which would get larger as one ascends.) | ||
* Borrow overtones & undertones from the overtones & undertones of the fundamental -- this process can produce rich fields of interlocking harmonic series, and is often the sort of thing that composers do when they're composing in just intonation. [[Harry Partch]]'s "Monophonic Fabric," which consists of 43 unequal tones per octave, is one famous example. | * Borrow overtones & undertones from the overtones & undertones of the fundamental -- this process can produce rich fields of interlocking harmonic series, and is often the sort of thing that composers do when they're composing in just intonation. [[Harry Partch]]'s "Monophonic Fabric," which consists of 43 unequal tones per octave, is one famous example. | ||