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link to 17edo added, in some places clarified the meaning of the initial author (which was I so far)
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sorry Inthar, I got the author wrong, hopefully this can be rephrased to something more readable
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=== modes of 7-note neutral scale ===
=== modes of 7-note neutral scale ===


Naturally, with seven notes we have seven modes, depending on which note we make the starting pitch (tonic) of the scale. I ([[User:IlL|Inthar]]) have given these modes a one-syllable name for my own use. Feel free to name (or not name) these modes as you see fit:
Naturally, with seven notes we have seven modes, depending on which note we make the starting pitch (tonic) of the scale. I ([[Andrew Heathwaite]]) have given these modes a one-syllable name for my own use. Feel free to name (or not name) these modes as you see fit:


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== Some brief note on the 3, 7 and 10 note MOS ==
== Some brief note on the 3, 7 and 10 note MOS ==


You can also take call the neutral sixth the generator, which I ([[User:IlL|Inthar]]) personally favour as it is an (approximate) harmonic rather than a subharmonic. But that's because it's how I use it, you might not. If you see it this way, the 3rd harmonic is harmonically opposite to the 13th harmonic, because, (13/8)^2 ~ 4/3, the perfect fourth being an upside down perfect fifth.
You can also take call the neutral sixth the generator, which I ([[Andrew Heathwaite]]) personally favour as it is an (approximate) harmonic rather than a subharmonic. But that's because it's how I use it, you might not. If you see it this way, the 3rd harmonic is harmonically opposite to the 13th harmonic, because, (13/8)^2 ~ 4/3, the perfect fourth being an upside down perfect fifth.


You might also find that the 10-note scale can be formed by two 17-tone pythagoresque pentatonic scales a neutral interval apart, implying something of a different approach. And one of the loveliest things I find about them is the ease with which one can play 8:11:13 chords, so there are some frightening blues licks in this decatonic scale. R'lyeh blues anyone?
You might also find that the 10-note scale can be formed by two 17-tone pythagoresque pentatonic scales a neutral interval apart, implying something of a different approach. And one of the loveliest things I find about them is the ease with which one can play 8:11:13 chords, so there are some frightening blues licks in this decatonic scale. R'lyeh blues anyone?