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== Freivald's description ==
== Freivald's description ==
"This was an experiment with something I jokingly call "trithagorean" -- a 3/1-repeating scale based on repeated stackings of perfect 5/3s and 9/5s. That can give you an MOS at 13 or 15 notes, but I only used about 10 of them. There are no octaves anywhere in this scale.
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This was an experiment with something I jokingly call "trithagorean" -- a 3/1-repeating scale based on repeated stackings of perfect 5/3s and 9/5s. That can give you an MOS at 13 or 15 notes, but I only used about 10 of them. There are no octaves anywhere in this scale.


In [[cents]], that's this:
In [[cents]], that's this:
0.000 unison, perfect prime
* 0.000 unison, perfect prime
133.238 large limma, BP small semitone
* 133.238 large limma, BP small semitone
266.475 two (large limma, BP small semitone)
* 266.475 two (large limma, BP small semitone)
399.713
* 399.713
617.884
* 617.884
751.121
* 751.121
884.359 major sixth, BP sixth
* 884.359 major sixth, BP sixth
1017.596 just minor seventh, BP seventh
* 1017.596 just minor seventh, BP seventh
1150.834 octave - maximal diesis
* 1150.834 octave - maximal diesis
1284.071
* 1284.071
1502.242
* 1502.242
1635.480
* 1635.480
1768.717 classic augmented eleventh, BP twelfth
* 1768.717 classic augmented eleventh, BP twelfth
1901.955 perfect 12th"
* 1901.955 perfect 12th
"


== Scala file ==
== Scala file ==

Revision as of 01:42, 27 September 2025

Trithagorean or freivaldthree is a just intonation, tritave-repeating nonoctave scale invented by Jake Freivald in 2011. It has 13 unequal tones per tritave.

Freivald's description

"

This was an experiment with something I jokingly call "trithagorean" -- a 3/1-repeating scale based on repeated stackings of perfect 5/3s and 9/5s. That can give you an MOS at 13 or 15 notes, but I only used about 10 of them. There are no octaves anywhere in this scale.

In cents, that's this:

  • 0.000 unison, perfect prime
  • 133.238 large limma, BP small semitone
  • 266.475 two (large limma, BP small semitone)
  • 399.713
  • 617.884
  • 751.121
  • 884.359 major sixth, BP sixth
  • 1017.596 just minor seventh, BP seventh
  • 1150.834 octave - maximal diesis
  • 1284.071
  • 1502.242
  • 1635.480
  • 1768.717 classic augmented eleventh, BP twelfth
  • 1901.955 perfect 12th

"

Scala file

! freivaldthree.scl
!
JI tritave repeating scale, similar to ennon13
! Mode of the 13-note tritave MOS of ennealimmal
13
!
27/25
729/625
19683/15625
3125/2187
125/81
5/3
9/5
243/125
6561/3125
15625/6561
625/243
25/9
3/1

As (3, 5) monzos: |3 -2> |6 -4> |9 -6> |5 -7> |3 -4> |-1 1> |2 -1> |5 -3> |8 -5> |-6 8> |-5 6> |-2 2> |1 0>

Music

Jake Freivald