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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">=MOS scales=  
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An important class of scales are MOS scales (MOS "Moment of symmetry").
An important class of scales are MOS scales (MOS "Moment of symmetry"). These were invented by Erv Wilson. His original paper can be found here [[Moments of Symmetry|http://anaphoria.com/mos.PDF]] . There is also an introduction h [[introduction|http://anaphoria.com/wilsonintroMOS.html]]
An MOS scale is a scale whose basic steps come in 2 different sizes. This is an interesting property because two basic scales of classical music theory have it: the diatonic scale (whole tone and semitone) and the pentatonic scale (minor third and whole tone).
An MOS scale is a scale whose basic steps come in 2 different sizes. This is an interesting property because two basic scales of classical music theory have it: the diatonic scale (whole tone and semitone) and the pentatonic scale (minor third and whole tone).
For more information of the background and why it is called "moment of symmetry", see
 
[[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/m/mos.aspx|Joe Monzo's encyclopedia of microtonal music theory]]


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[[OctatonicMOS|Octatonic MOS]]
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[[NonatonicMOS|Nonatonic MOS]]
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[[DecatonicMOS|Decatonic MOS]]
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=MOS As Applied To Rhythms=  
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MOS structures and thinking can be applied to the design of rhythms as well. See [[MOS Rhythm Tutorial]]</pre></div>
MOS structures and thinking can be applied to the design of rhythms as well. See [[MOS Rhythm Tutorial]]</pre></div>
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An important class of scales are MOS scales (MOS &amp;quot;Moment of symmetry&amp;quot;).&lt;br /&gt;
An important class of scales are MOS scales (MOS &amp;quot;Moment of symmetry&amp;quot;). These were invented by Erv Wilson. His original paper can be found here &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Moments%20of%20Symmetry"&gt;http://anaphoria.com/mos.PDF&lt;/a&gt; . There is also an introduction h &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/introduction"&gt;http://anaphoria.com/wilsonintroMOS.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
An MOS scale is a scale whose basic steps come in 2 different sizes. This is an interesting property because two basic scales of classical music theory have it: the diatonic scale (whole tone and semitone) and the pentatonic scale (minor third and whole tone).&lt;br /&gt;
An MOS scale is a scale whose basic steps come in 2 different sizes. This is an interesting property because two basic scales of classical music theory have it: the diatonic scale (whole tone and semitone) and the pentatonic scale (minor third and whole tone).&lt;br /&gt;
For more information of the background and why it is called &amp;quot;moment of symmetry&amp;quot;, see&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://tonalsoft.com/enc/m/mos.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Joe Monzo's encyclopedia of microtonal music theory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  MOS structures and thinking can be applied to the design of rhythms as well. See &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MOS%20Rhythm%20Tutorial"&gt;MOS Rhythm Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
  MOS structures and thinking can be applied to the design of rhythms as well. See &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MOS%20Rhythm%20Tutorial"&gt;MOS Rhythm Tutorial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
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