Xen concepts for beginners: Difference between revisions
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For every number of steps, the scale has at most two interval sizes with that number of steps. | For every number of steps, the scale has at most two interval sizes with that number of steps. | ||
The scale can be made by stacking a certain fixed interval called the ''generator'' (and reducing by an interval called the ''period'', usually the octave or some equal division of it such as 1\2 or 1\3), over and over, stopping at some point where there are two step sizes distributed as evenly as possible. | The scale can be made by stacking a certain fixed interval called the ''[[periods and generators|generator]]'' (and reducing by an interval called the ''[[periods and generators|period]]'', usually the octave or some equal division of it such as 1\2 or 1\3), over and over, stopping at some point where there are two step sizes distributed as evenly as possible. | ||
Every MOS scale with m large steps and n small steps is a mode of some pattern. This is why you only need to write mL ns for an octave-equivalent MOS scale and specify the mode (using [[UDP]] for example). For example, every 5L3s MOS scale is a mode of the pattern LLsLLsLs. | Every MOS scale with m large steps and n small steps is a mode of some pattern. This is why you only need to write mL ns for an octave-equivalent MOS scale and specify the mode (using [[UDP]] for example). For example, every 5L3s MOS scale is a mode of the pattern LLsLLsLs. | ||