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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">If S is a finite set of positive real numbers, then the diamond of S, Diamond(S), is the set {octave-reduce(u/v) | u,v in S}; that is, the set of all ratios of any two elements of S, reduced to the octave. The diamond of a set is usually considered in connection with just intonation, in which case S is a set of rational numbers. ~~The diamond though can be based on melodic intervals as has been illustrated in its use with various All-Interval sets (13 & 31) .~~ The important special case where S is the set of odd integers less than or equal to an odd n is called the //tonality diamond//, and is often taken as the set of theoretical consonances in the n odd limit. This can be justified on the grounds that these are just the intervals appearing in the "chord of nature", or overtone series, hence objecting to 17/16 on the grounds it isn't actually very consonant doesn't take account of the fact that the integers up to 17, a "chord of nature", contain this interval.

<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">If S is a finite set of positive real numbers, then the diamond of S, Diamond(S), is the set {octave-reduce(u/v) | u,v in S}; that is, the set of all ratios of any two elements of S, reduced to the octave. The diamond of a set is usually considered in connection with just intonation, in which case S is a set of rational numbers. The important special case where S is the set of odd integers less than or equal to an odd n is called the //tonality diamond//, and is often taken as the set of theoretical consonances in the n odd limit. This can be justified on the grounds that these are just the intervals appearing in the "chord of nature", or overtone series, hence objecting to 17/16 on the grounds it isn't actually very consonant doesn't take account of the fact that the integers up to 17, a "chord of nature", contain this interval.

The Diamond can also be thought of as being formed by the common tone modulations of all the elements in a set. It is also known as a Lambdoma

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonality_diamond|Tonality diamond -- Wikipedia]]</pre></div>

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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Diamonds</title></head><body>If S is a finite set of positive real numbers, then the diamond of S, Diamond(S), is the set {octave-reduce(u/v) | u,v in S}; that is, the set of all ratios of any two elements of S, reduced to the octave. The diamond of a set is usually considered in connection with just intonation, in which case S is a set of rational numbers. ~~The diamond though can be based on melodic intervals as has been illustrated in its use with various All-Interval sets (13 &amp; 31) .~~ The important special case where S is the set of odd integers less than or equal to an odd n is called the <em>tonality diamond</em>, and is often taken as the set of theoretical consonances in the n odd limit. This can be justified on the grounds that these are just the intervals appearing in the &quot;chord of nature&quot;, or overtone series, hence objecting to 17/16 on the grounds it isn't actually very consonant doesn't take account of the fact that the integers up to 17, a &quot;chord of nature&quot;, contain this interval.<br />

<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Diamonds</title></head><body>If S is a finite set of positive real numbers, then the diamond of S, Diamond(S), is the set {octave-reduce(u/v) | u,v in S}; that is, the set of all ratios of any two elements of S, reduced to the octave. The diamond of a set is usually considered in connection with just intonation, in which case S is a set of rational numbers. The important special case where S is the set of odd integers less than or equal to an odd n is called the <em>tonality diamond</em>, and is often taken as the set of theoretical consonances in the n odd limit. This can be justified on the grounds that these are just the intervals appearing in the &quot;chord of nature&quot;, or overtone series, hence objecting to 17/16 on the grounds it isn't actually very consonant doesn't take account of the fact that the integers up to 17, a &quot;chord of nature&quot;, contain this interval.<br />

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The Diamond can also be thought of as being formed by the common tone modulations of all the elements in a set. It is also known as a Lambdoma<br />

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-<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">If S is a finite set of positive real numbers, then the diamond of S, Diamond(S), is the set {octave-reduce(u/v) | u,v in S}; that is, the set of all ratios of any two elements of S, reduced to the octave. The diamond of a set is usually considered in connection with just intonation, in which case S is a set of rational numbers. The diamond though can be based on melodic intervals as has been illustrated in its use with various All-Interval sets (13 &amp; 31) . The important special case where S is the set of odd integers less than or equal to an odd n is called the //tonality diamond//, and is often taken as the set of theoretical consonances in the n odd limit. This can be justified on the grounds that these are just the intervals appearing in the "chord of nature", or overtone series, hence objecting to 17/16 on the grounds it isn't actually very consonant doesn't take account of the fact that the integers up to 17, a "chord of nature", contain this interval.
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 The Diamond can also be thought of as being formed by the common tone modulations of all the elements in a set. It is also known as a Lambdoma
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 * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonality_diamond|Tonality diamond -- Wikipedia]]</pre></div>
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 The Diamond can also be thought of as being formed by the common tone modulations of all the elements in a set. It is also known as a Lambdoma&lt;br /&gt;