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=== 4L 3s === | === 4L 3s === | ||
The [[4L 3s]] scale can be thought of as an alteration of the Harmonic Minor scale, which is unique to 29edo. If we notice that the augmented second is precisely three steps larger than a major second, we can distribute this error amongst the three semitones that occur in the scale, which reduces the scale to a maximum variety of two. We may also notice that this scale's pattern creates a circle of augmented seconds, which can be used to quantify the brightness of the seven modes. | The [[4L 3s]] scale can be thought of as an alteration of the Harmonic Minor scale, which is unique to 29edo. If we notice that the augmented second is precisely three steps larger than a major second, we can distribute this error amongst the three semitones that occur in the scale, which reduces the scale to a maximum variety of two. We may also notice that this scale's pattern creates a circle of augmented seconds, which can be used to quantify the brightness of the seven modes. | ||
See [[User:Unque/Dietic Minor|Dietic Minor]] for a more in-depth discussion of how the Harmonic Minor structure can be treated in 29edo, and how this idea generalizes to other tuning systems. | |||
The mode names for this scale are given by [[User:Ayceman|Ayceman]]. | The mode names for this scale are given by [[User:Ayceman|Ayceman]]. | ||
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29edo has three unique types of leading tones: from narrowest to widest, they are the [[Pythagorean comma|diesis]] (1\29), the [[256/243|semitone]] (2\29), and the [[2187/2048|chroma]] (3\29). Of the three, the semitone has the strongest pull; it is narrow enough to create tension (whereas the wider chroma is often more recognizable as a regular melodic small step) while being wide enough to be recognized as a distinct interval (whereas the diesis acts more like an enharmonic alteration of the same note). | 29edo has three unique types of leading tones: from narrowest to widest, they are the [[Pythagorean comma|diesis]] (1\29), the [[256/243|semitone]] (2\29), and the [[2187/2048|chroma]] (3\29). Of the three, the semitone has the strongest pull; it is narrow enough to create tension (whereas the wider chroma is often more recognizable as a regular melodic small step) while being wide enough to be recognized as a distinct interval (whereas the diesis acts more like an enharmonic alteration of the same note). | ||
Finally, it is important to recognize certain tense intervals that resolve via contrary motion to certain perfect consonances. Notably, 14th century composer and theorist [[wikipedia:Marchetto_da_Padova|Marchetto de Padova]] used the interordinal intervals as counterpoint dissonances: two notes a semisixth apart (11\29) can resolve outwards by a chroma (or more accurately, the enharmonically equivalent upminor second) to create a perfect fifth, and two notes a semifourth apart ( | Finally, it is important to recognize certain tense intervals that resolve via contrary motion to certain perfect consonances. Notably, 14th century composer and theorist [[wikipedia:Marchetto_da_Padova|Marchetto de Padova]] used the interordinal intervals as counterpoint dissonances: two notes a semisixth apart (11\29) can resolve outwards by a chroma (or more accurately, the enharmonically equivalent upminor second) to create a perfect fifth, and two notes a semifourth apart (6\29) can resolve outwards by a chroma to reach a perfect fourth, or outwards to reach a unison. These paradigms can be reversed to account for the octave complements of those notes. | ||
=== Example: Progression in C Vivecan === | === Example: Progression in C Vivecan === | ||