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A notation of N notes will usually have 3 perfect intervals, N-3 major ones, N-3 minor ones, and N of everything else, distributed symmetrically around P1. For example, the pentatonic fifthchain is:
A notation of N notes will usually have 3 perfect intervals, N-3 major ones, N-3 minor ones, and N of everything else, distributed symmetrically around P1. For example, the pentatonic fifthchain is:


...A3 A1 A4 M2 M5 P3 '''P1''' P4 m2 m5 d3 d8 d4 d2…
...A3 A1 A4 M2 M5 P3 '''P1''' P4 m2 m5 d3 d1 d4 d2…


The minor penta-2nd has a fifthspan of +2, and is 9/8. The major penta-2nd (fifthspan -3) is 32/27. The latter is major not minor simply because it is larger than 9/8 (the original meaning of major).
The minor penta-2nd has a fifthspan of +2, and is 9/8. The major penta-2nd (fifthspan -3) is 32/27. The latter is major not minor simply because it is larger than 9/8 (the original meaning of major).