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If we take a MOS scale, and adjust one or more its notes up or down by some ''other'' consistent interval besides a chroma, we instead obtain an inflected MOS scale. This process is called '''MOS inflection'''.
If we take a MOS scale, and adjust one or more its notes up or down by some ''other'' consistent interval besides a chroma, we instead obtain an inflected MOS scale. This process is called '''MOS inflection'''.


An inflected MOS lacks many useful structural properties of a MODMOS, most importantly [[epimorphism]]. Compared to a MODMOS, it also preserves less of the character of the original MOS scale, which could be useful or detrimental depending on one’s goals in making the scale.
A scale constructed in this way lacks many useful structural properties of a MODMOS, most importantly [[epimorphism]]. Compared to a MODMOS, it also preserves less of the character of the original MOS scale, which could be useful or detrimental depending on one’s goals in making the scale.


== Types of MOS inflection ==
== Types of MOS inflection ==