Template:MOS mode degrees/doc: Difference between revisions

=== Usage ===

The typical use of this template is for showing a table of scale degrees for each mode of a mos or modmos, a step pattern that deviates from the true mos pattern. Scale degrees are referred to as mosdegrees and are indexed starting at 0, per [[TAMNAMS]] parlance.

<pre>{{MOS mode degrees}}</pre>

==== Using a different scale signature ====

A scale signature different from the page's title can be entered as shown.

<pre>{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s}}</pre>

==== Using a different mos prefix ====

By default, the mos prefix is "mos". For TAMNAMS-named mosses, the mos prefix will be automatically added. For non-TAMNAMS mosses that have prefixes, enter it using the parameter "MOS Prefix", as shown.

<pre>{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s

==== Using a modmos's step pattern ====

The modes of a modified step pattern, or modmos, can be entered instead. This changes the table to display the closest true mos modes, as well as display the modes in rotational order rather than in decreasing modal brightness.

<pre>{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s

==== Using mode names ====

The mode names can be entered as shown below. The number of names must exactly match the number of modes, and each mode must be separated with a semicolon.

<pre>{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=4L 3s

| Scale Signature=4L 3s

| Mode Names=Nerevarine; Vivecan; Lorkhanic; Sothic; Kagrenacan; Almalexian; Dagothic}}

Mode names for 5L 2s and its modmos LLsLsAs are provided by the template automatically.

{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s}}

{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s

==== Entering modmosses ====

The step pattern for a modmos uses the characters L and s, either arranged differently from the true mos pattern or may include the characters A, c, and d. Each character has a value represented in large and small steps. It is recommended to use a step pattern whose value of L's and s's matches that of the true mos pattern. The table below shows the sizes of each supported step type.

|-

! Character !! Case-sensitive? || Step name !! Size in L's and s's

This doesn't always produce the mode that one may expect; for example, melodic minor (step pattern LsLLLLs) can be thought of as the Aeolian mode with a natural-6 and natural-7 (or major 5- and 6-mosdegrees, in TAMNAMS parlance), but the template calculates the closest mode to be Dorian (UDP 3|3) with a major 7th (6-mosstep).

{{MOS mode degrees

| Scale Signature=5L 2s

The use of the brightest mode is a tradeoff between using the brightest mode as a tiebreaker versus the darkest mode.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Comparison of UDP and alterations of LsLLLLs

| 0<nowiki>|</nowiki>6 d3md || 0<nowiki>|</nowiki>6 d3md || sLsLLLL || Locrian bb4 (Altered dominant, super-locrian) || Brightest

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Comparison of UDP and alterations of sLLLLLs