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== Modes == | == Modes == | ||
Diasem has 18 modes, 9 modes of LH diasem and 9 modes of RH diasem. Fourteen of these modes are versions of diatonic modes which come in LH and RH pairs; four are less diatonic-like. | Diasem has 18 modes, 9 modes of LH diasem and 9 modes of RH diasem. Modes with LLS are left-handed; modes with LLM are right-handed. Fourteen of these modes are versions of diatonic modes which come in LH and RH pairs; four are less diatonic-like. | ||
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== In JI and similar tunings == | == In JI and similar tunings == | ||
Like [[superpyth]], diasem is great for diatonic melodies in the 2.3.7 subgroup; however, it does not temper 64/63, adding two diesis-sized steps to what would normally be a diatonic scale. Not tempering 64/63 is actually quite useful, because it's the difference between only two 4/3 and a 7/4, so the error is spread over just two perfect fourths. On the other hand, the syntonic comma where the error is spread out over four perfect fifths. As a result, the results of tempering out [[81/80]] are not as bad, because each fifth only needs to be bent by about half as much to achieve the same optimization for the 5-limit. So in the case of 2.3.7, it may actually be worth it to accept the addition of small step sizes in order to improve tuning accuracy. Another advantage of detempering the septimal comma is that it allows one to use both 9/8 and 8/7, as well as 21/16 and 4/3, in the same scale. Semaphore in a sense does the opposite of what superpyth does, exaggerating 64/63 to the point that 21/16 is no longer recognizable, and the small steps of diasem become equal to the medium steps. | Like [[superpyth]], diasem is great for diatonic melodies in the 2.3.7 subgroup; however, it does not temper 64/63, adding two diesis-sized steps to what would normally be a diatonic scale. Not tempering 64/63 is actually quite useful, because it's the difference between only two 4/3 and a 7/4, so the error is spread over just two perfect fourths. On the other hand, the syntonic comma where the error is spread out over four perfect fifths. As a result, the results of tempering out [[81/80]] are not as bad, because each fifth only needs to be bent by about half as much to achieve the same optimization for the 5-limit. So in the case of 2.3.7, it may actually be worth it to accept the addition of small step sizes in order to improve tuning accuracy. Another advantage of detempering the septimal comma is that it allows one to use both 9/8 and 8/7, as well as 21/16 and 4/3, in the same scale. Semaphore in a sense does the opposite of what superpyth does, exaggerating 64/63 to the point that 21/16 is no longer recognizable, and the small steps of diasem become equal to the medium steps. | ||