Hobbled scale: Difference between revisions

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'''23-EDO hobbled diatonic''': 4-4-2-4-4-4-1

This creates a scale that sounds largely diatonic but with one ~~subtly~~ altered interval, providing a "normal" ~~sounding~~ scale with ~~microtonal~~ character. In this example alone you have 7 different options to choose from, as you could hobble a large step as well, creating a 4-4-2-(3)-4-4-2 scale for instance.

This creates a scale that sounds largely diatonic but with one altered interval, providing a "normal" scale with familiar structure yet xenharmonic character. In this example alone you have 7 different options to choose from, as you could hobble a large step as well, creating a 4-4-2-(3)-4-4-2 scale for instance.

From this you have a rank-3 scale with a large variety of chords. By climbing the 'circle of fifths' you alternate between a sharp and a flat fifth (as 23edo is a dual-fifth system). By choosing which note to hobble, you not only nudge the melodic movement (for instance, choosing to have a smaller leading tone by hobbling the last step) but also change harmonic qualities of chords throughout your scale. If you want your tonic chord to have a flat fifth, you would choose to hobble a note that occurs below the fifth, and you would choose a note above if you wanted a sharper fifth.

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 '''23-EDO hobbled diatonic''': 4-4-2-4-4-4-1
-This creates a scale that sounds largely diatonic but with one subtly altered interval, providing a "normal" sounding scale with microtonal character. In this example alone you have 7 different options to choose from, as you could hobble a large step as well, creating a 4-4-2-(3)-4-4-2 scale for instance.
+This creates a scale that sounds largely diatonic but with one altered interval, providing a "normal" scale with familiar structure yet xenharmonic character. In this example alone you have 7 different options to choose from, as you could hobble a large step as well, creating a 4-4-2-(3)-4-4-2 scale for instance.
 From this you have a rank-3 scale with a large variety of chords. By climbing the 'circle of fifths' you alternate between a sharp and a flat fifth (as 23edo is a dual-fifth system). By choosing which note to hobble, you not only nudge the melodic movement (for instance, choosing to have a smaller leading tone by hobbling the last step) but also change harmonic qualities of chords throughout your scale. If you want your tonic chord to have a flat fifth, you would choose to hobble a note that occurs below the fifth, and you would choose a note above if you wanted a sharper fifth.