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So why did we pick the fifth for the diatonic scale? And for an arbitrary MOS, how do we choose the generator? | So why did we pick the fifth for the diatonic scale? And for an arbitrary MOS, how do we choose the generator? | ||
It so happens that there is a useful way to answer this question. Each MOS can be thought of as having a '''bright generator''' and a '''dark generator''': | It so happens that there is a useful way to answer this question. Each MOS can be thought of as having a '''bright generator''' (or '''chroma-positive generator''') and a '''dark generator''' (or '''chroma-negative generator'''): | ||
* The bright generator increases the number of "*sharps*", or "*large-sized*" intervals as you stack more of them going "up" from the tonic. | * The bright generator increases the number of "*sharps*", or "*large-sized*" intervals as you stack more of them going "up" from the tonic. | ||