1953 scale: Difference between revisions

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The generator for this scale is a just minor third, making this a [[Hanson|Hanson]] MOS. One thing that 19edo and 53edo have in common is that both have near-just minor thirds; thus, using minor thirds to generate a 19-note scale in 53edo is a natural option.

Because it has only nineteen notes, the 1953 scale is ideal for keyboard instruments (19-keys-per-octave pianos do exist and have been made for centuries, although they are less common than their 12-key cousins). ~~Since it's non-equally-tempered, it might be more difficult to design a guitar to play in~~ this scale ~~although it's probably possible~~.

Because it has only nineteen notes, the 1953 scale is ideal for keyboard instruments (19-keys-per-octave pianos do exist and have been made for centuries, although they are less common than their 12-key cousins). The [[Skip fretting system 53 3 14]] for stringed instruments also makes this scale intuitively accessible using only the open strings and first four frets, while still allowing the full gamut of 53edo further up the neck.

This scale's 5-limit performance is amazing; in the 7-limit department it does not perform as well unless we choose to use a non-patent val for 7 (which tempers out the septimal comma, much as 19edo itself does). The harmonic seventh tetrad can only be voiced using this alternate val, but it's possible to voice the subminor triad (6:7:9) using the ''patent'' 7 as well.

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 The generator for this scale is a just minor third, making this a [[Hanson|Hanson]] MOS. One thing that 19edo and 53edo have in common is that both have near-just minor thirds; thus, using minor thirds to generate a 19-note scale in 53edo is a natural option.
-Because it has only nineteen notes, the 1953 scale is ideal for keyboard instruments (19-keys-per-octave pianos do exist and have been made for centuries, although they are less common than their 12-key cousins). Since it's non-equally-tempered, it might be more difficult to design a guitar to play in this scale although it's probably possible.
+Because it has only nineteen notes, the 1953 scale is ideal for keyboard instruments (19-keys-per-octave pianos do exist and have been made for centuries, although they are less common than their 12-key cousins). The [[Skip fretting system 53 3 14]] for stringed instruments also makes this scale intuitively accessible using only the open strings and first four frets, while still allowing the full gamut of 53edo further up the neck.
 This scale's 5-limit performance is amazing; in the 7-limit department it does not perform as well unless we choose to use a non-patent val for 7 (which tempers out the septimal comma, much as 19edo itself does). The harmonic seventh tetrad can only be voiced using this alternate val, but it's possible to voice the subminor triad (6:7:9) using the ''patent'' 7 as well.