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Technically, this is a simplification of the observation, as you can take any incomplete harmodal neji and add some intervals that are "awkward" w.r.t the denominator to complete it and thus increase the denominator massively, but the scale will overall likely still sound pretty coherent, ''especially'' if those intervals simplify w.r.t other intervals of interest to the composer, so it is rather the spirit of the observation that your notes of interest should cohere with each-other within reason and that where they don't should ideally be intentional harmonic tensions in the scale accessible for musical use. This logic also shows why the line between [[neji]]s (in the general sense) and '''harmodal nejis''' (defined below) is even more "fuzzy" than one might initially think.

==== Harmodal nejis ====

===== Harmodal nejis =====

:If the target scale has a [[period]] equal to some positive integer harmonic (like the [[octave]], [[tritave]] or [[pentave]]), a fitting name for this type of neji is a "harmodal neji", a contraction of "harmonic modal neji". This period is typically an octave, as that's the most common usecase.

If the target scale has a [[period]] equal to some positive integer harmonic (like the [[octave]], [[tritave]] or [[pentave]]), a fitting name for this type of neji is a "harmodal neji", a contraction of "harmonic modal neji". This period is typically an octave, as that's the most common usecase.

=== Building edo nejis ===

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 Technically, this is a simplification of the observation, as you can take any incomplete harmodal neji and add some intervals that are "awkward" w.r.t the denominator to complete it and thus increase the denominator massively, but the scale will overall likely still sound pretty coherent, ''especially'' if those intervals simplify w.r.t other intervals of interest to the composer, so it is rather the spirit of the observation that your notes of interest should cohere with each-other within reason and that where they don't should ideally be intentional harmonic tensions in the scale accessible for musical use. This logic also shows why the line between [[neji]]s (in the general sense) and '''harmodal nejis''' (defined below) is even more "fuzzy" than one might initially think.
-==== Harmodal nejis ====
+===== Harmodal nejis =====
-:If the target scale has a [[period]] equal to some positive integer harmonic (like the [[octave]], [[tritave]] or [[pentave]]), a fitting name for this type of neji is a "harmodal neji", a contraction of "harmonic modal neji". This period is typically an octave, as that's the most common usecase.
+If the target scale has a [[period]] equal to some positive integer harmonic (like the [[octave]], [[tritave]] or [[pentave]]), a fitting name for this type of neji is a "harmodal neji", a contraction of "harmonic modal neji". This period is typically an octave, as that's the most common usecase.
 === Building edo nejis ===