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}}A '''moment-of-symmetry scale''' ( | }}A '''moment-of-symmetry scale''' (originally called '''moment of symmetry'''; commonly abbreviated as '''MOS scale''' or '''MOS''', pronounced "em-oh-ess"; also spelled as '''mos''' or '''MOSS''', pronounced "moss"; plural '''moments of symmetry''', '''moment of symmetry scales''', '''MOS scales''', '''MOSes''', or '''mosses''') is a type of [[binary]], [[Periods and generators|periodic scale constructed using a generator]]. The concept of moment of symmetry scales were originally invented by [[Erv Wilson]]. | ||
== An example with the diatonic scale == | == An example with the diatonic scale ''(for beginner page)'' == | ||
''Use sintel's example here.'' | |||
== | == An example with the diatonic scale ''(for advanced page)''== | ||
=== Erv Wilson's original definition === | === Erv Wilson's original definition === | ||
Erv Wilson first described the concept in 1975 in ''Moments of Symmetry''. A moment-of-symmetry scale consists of: | Erv Wilson first described the concept in 1975 in ''Moments of Symmetry''. A moment-of-symmetry scale consists of: |