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* [[edIX]] (Neapolitan temperament) | * [[edIX]] (Neapolitan temperament) | ||
* [[edX]] (Middletown Valley temperaments) | * [[edX]] (Middletown Valley temperaments) | ||
* [[edt]] ([[ | * [[edt]] ([[Bohlen–Pierce]] among others) | ||
I refer to this notation as Long Common Practice (LCP) and the Reformed Church Modes (RCM). | I refer to this notation as Long Common Practice (LCP) and the Reformed Church Modes (RCM). | ||
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In syntonic temperaments, the seven notes of the diatonic scale are considered the basic components of linear melody and relatively easy to stabilize over most chords of the key. | In syntonic temperaments, the seven notes of the diatonic scale are considered the basic components of linear melody and relatively easy to stabilize over most chords of the key. | ||
But this reform leaves the requirement of diatonicity, if retaining it, under-specified, and it would be nice to have some form of full specificity to apply anywhere in the spectrum ([[ | But this reform leaves the requirement of diatonicity, if retaining it, under-specified, and it would be nice to have some form of full specificity to apply anywhere in the spectrum ([[Bohlen–Pierce]] is fine, but it leaves one out of luck where the tritave is not to be chroma-equivalent). | ||
This is where LCP comes into the picture. It provides these names for the extensions of the common practice diatonic scales to repeat beyond the octave, that is the Reformed Authentic modes: | This is where LCP comes into the picture. It provides these names for the extensions of the common practice diatonic scales to repeat beyond the octave, that is the Reformed Authentic modes: | ||