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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">Below are ranges of generators for various L-s patterns of MOS, with the number of steps in the scale from 2 to 22. The ranges are given in fractions of the interval of equivalence, which is normally an octave. The tables give the range of possible generators in the second column, normalized so that the lower end of the range is where L/s = 1 (Nedo.) The third column gives the range of propriety, where the proper MOS reside.

Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u < g < v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q < Pg < a/b, where C is the number of the [[Interval class|generic interval]] to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N < g, and hence C/Q < Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q < Pg < a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. If there are e large steps and f small steps, ~~then eL~~ + fs = ~~1, so~~ L = (1 - fs)/~~e = 1/P - a + bg~~.

Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u < g < v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q < Pg < a/b, where C is the number of the [[Interval class|generic interval]] to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N < g, and hence C/Q < Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q < Pg < a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. C/Q is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediant_(mathematics)|mediant]] between (C-a)/(Q-b) and a/b, and so there are b large steps and Q-b small steps to a period, so that bL + (Q-b)s = !/P and hence L = (1 - (Q-b)(a-gb))/bP.

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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>Generator ranges of MOS</title></head><body>Below are ranges of generators for various L-s patterns of MOS, with the number of steps in the scale from 2 to 22. The ranges are given in fractions of the interval of equivalence, which is normally an octave. The tables give the range of possible generators in the second column, normalized so that the lower end of the range is where L/s = 1 (Nedo.) The third column gives the range of propriety, where the proper MOS reside.<br />

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Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &lt; g &lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, where C is the number of the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20class">generic interval</a> to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &lt; g, and hence C/Q &lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. If there are e large steps and f small steps, ~~then eL~~ + fs = ~~1, so~~ L = (1 - fs)/~~e = 1/P - a + bg~~.<br />

Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &lt; g &lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, where C is the number of the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20class">generic interval</a> to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &lt; g, and hence C/Q &lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. C/Q is the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediant_(mathematics)" rel="nofollow">mediant</a> between (C-a)/(Q-b) and a/b, and so there are b large steps and Q-b small steps to a period, so that bL + (Q-b)s = !/P and hence L = (1 - (Q-b)(a-gb))/bP.<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">Below are ranges of generators for various L-s patterns of MOS, with the number of steps in the scale from 2 to 22. The ranges are given in fractions of the interval of equivalence, which is normally an octave. The tables give the range of possible generators in the second column, normalized so that the lower end of the range is where L/s = 1 (Nedo.) The third column gives the range of propriety, where the proper MOS reside.
-Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &lt; g &lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, where C is the number of the [[Interval class|generic interval]] to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &lt; g, and hence C/Q &lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. If there are e large steps and f small steps, then eL + fs = 1, so L = (1 - fs)/e = 1/P - a + bg.
+Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &lt; g &lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, where C is the number of the [[Interval class|generic interval]] to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &lt; g, and hence C/Q &lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &lt; Pg &lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. C/Q is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediant_(mathematics)|mediant]] between (C-a)/(Q-b) and a/b, and so there are b large steps and Q-b small steps to a period, so that bL + (Q-b)s = !/P and hence L = (1 - (Q-b)(a-gb))/bP.
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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">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Generator ranges of MOS&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Below are ranges of generators for various L-s patterns of MOS, with the number of steps in the scale from 2 to 22. The ranges are given in fractions of the interval of equivalence, which is normally an octave. The tables give the range of possible generators in the second column, normalized so that the lower end of the range is where L/s = 1 (Nedo.) The third column gives the range of propriety, where the proper MOS reside.&lt;br /&gt;
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-Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &amp;lt; g &amp;lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &amp;lt; Pg &amp;lt; a/b, where C is the number of the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20class"&gt;generic interval&lt;/a&gt; to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &amp;lt; g, and hence C/Q &amp;lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &amp;lt; Pg &amp;lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. If there are e large steps and f small steps, then eL + fs = 1, so L = (1 - fs)/e = 1/P - a + bg.&lt;br /&gt;
+Suppose we have a scale of N steps to the interval of repetition, with Q steps to a period, so that there are P = N/Q periods to the repetition interval (usually, an octave.) If the generator range in question is u &amp;lt; g &amp;lt; v, then we may multiply by P to get C/Q &amp;lt; Pg &amp;lt; a/b, where C is the number of the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20class"&gt;generic interval&lt;/a&gt; to which the generator g belongs, and both C/Q and a/b are reduced to lowest terms. We have normalized so that C/N &amp;lt; g, and hence C/Q &amp;lt; Pg, with C/N being the lower end of the range of possible generators, where L=s. If the range is C/Q &amp;lt; Pg &amp;lt; a/b, then when Pg = a/b, s has decreased to zero with increasing g, so s = (a - bg)/P. C/Q is the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediant_(mathematics)" rel="nofollow"&gt;mediant&lt;/a&gt; between (C-a)/(Q-b) and a/b, and so there are b large steps and Q-b small steps to a period, so that bL + (Q-b)s = !/P and hence L = (1 - (Q-b)(a-gb))/bP.&lt;br /&gt;
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