Recursive structure of MOS scales: Difference between revisions
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By looking at the "tetrachords" L…s of an MOS scale in word form and giving them the names "L" and "s", we get out another MOS scale. The MOS thus obtained preserves a number of important properties, such as which interval is the generator. To find properties of complex MOS word patterns, we can then just compare them to the simpler ones, whose properties we know. | By looking at the "tetrachords" L…s of an MOS scale in word form and giving them the names "L" and "s", we get out another MOS scale. The MOS thus obtained preserves a number of important properties, such as which interval is the generator. To find properties of complex MOS word patterns, we can then just compare them to the simpler ones, whose properties we know. | ||
== Recursive | == Recursive structure == | ||
=== Chunking operation === | === Chunking operation === | ||
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The recursive nature of moment-of-symmetry scales allows for two algorithms to be made: one that can determine whether an arbitrary scale of large and small steps is a valid moment-of-symmetry scale and another that can construct a moment-of-symmetry scale from any number of large and small steps, without any prior knowledge of the scale's structure. | The recursive nature of moment-of-symmetry scales allows for two algorithms to be made: one that can determine whether an arbitrary scale of large and small steps is a valid moment-of-symmetry scale and another that can construct a moment-of-symmetry scale from any number of large and small steps, without any prior knowledge of the scale's structure. | ||
== Determining | == Determining whether a scale has the MOS property == | ||
=== General | === General algorithm === | ||
==== Stepwise version ==== | ==== Stepwise version ==== | ||