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}}A '''moment-of-symmetry scale''' (also called '''moment-of-symmetry''', commonly abbreviated as '''MOS scale''', or '''MOS''', pronounced "em-oh-ess"; also spelled as '''mos''' or '''MOSS''', pronounced "moss"; plural '''MOS scales''', '''MOSes''', or '''mosses''') is a type of [[binary]], [[Periods and generators|periodic scale constructed using a generator]]. The concept of moment-of-symmetry scales were originally invented by [[Erv Wilson]]. | }}A '''moment-of-symmetry scale''' (also called '''moment-of-symmetry''', commonly abbreviated as '''MOS scale''', or '''MOS''', pronounced "em-oh-ess"; also spelled as '''mos''' or '''MOSS''', pronounced "moss"; plural '''MOS scales''', '''MOSes''', or '''mosses''') is a type of [[binary]], [[Periods and generators|periodic scale constructed using a generator]]. The concept of moment-of-symmetry scales were originally invented by [[Erv Wilson]]. | ||
== | == An example with the diatonic scale == | ||
== Definition ''(for advanced page)'' == | |||
=== Erv Wilson's original definition === | === Erv Wilson's original definition === | ||
Erv Wilson first described the concept in 1975 in ''Moments of Symmetry''. A moment-of-symmetry scale consists of: | Erv Wilson first described the concept in 1975 in ''Moments of Symmetry''. A moment-of-symmetry scale consists of: | ||