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==Zarlino/Nicetone==

===Zarlino/Nicetone===

This is the equivalent of diatonic for 15edo. However, unlike a true diatonic, zarlino isn't a MOS. This is because diatonic expects a generator of a coprime fifth, but 9\15 can't be its generator since it isn't coprime, and 8\15 can't be a generator because 8\15-based scales have only one small jump rather than the expected two. So, we mix the two, with a perfect fifth above the root, fourth, and fifth, and a wolf fifth above the fourth, sixth, and seventh.

This scale is actually chiral, with a "right-handed" variation and a "left-handed" variation. Right-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {1, 3, 2, 1} in ~~them~~, while left-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {1, 2, 3, 1} in them. This has dramatic implications. Left-handed zarlino major has a perfect fifth on second position, while right-handed zarlino major has a wolf fifth there instead. Conversely, a ninth chord on the root sounds more major in right-handed zarlino major than in left-handed zarlino major (since it uses the second scale degree).

This scale is actually chiral, with a "right-handed" variation and a "left-handed" variation. Right-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {3 2 3 1 '''3 2''' 1} in some order, while left-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {3 2 3 1 '''2 3''' 1} in them. This has dramatic implications. Left-handed zarlino major has a perfect fifth on second position, while right-handed zarlino major has a wolf fifth there instead. Conversely, a ninth chord on the root sounds more major in right-handed zarlino major than in left-handed zarlino major (since it uses the second scale degree).

Zarlino modes get the same names as their equivalent diatonic modes, maybe with a "Nice-" in front.

Zarlino modes get the same names as their equivalent diatonic modes, maybe with a "Nice-" in front. For reference, right-handed nice-ionian (major) has the gap pattern {3 2 1 3 2 3 1}, and left-handed nice-ionian has the gap pattern {2 3 1 3 2 3 1}.

=What to do with all these scales=

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-==Zarlino/Nicetone==
+===Zarlino/Nicetone===
 This is the equivalent of diatonic for 15edo. However, unlike a true diatonic, zarlino isn't a MOS. This is because diatonic expects a generator of a coprime fifth, but 9\15 can't be its generator since it isn't coprime, and 8\15 can't be a generator because 8\15-based scales have only one small jump rather than the expected two. So, we mix the two, with a perfect fifth above the root, fourth, and fifth, and a wolf fifth above the fourth, sixth, and seventh.
-This scale is actually chiral, with a "right-handed" variation and a "left-handed" variation. Right-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {1, 3, 2, 1} in them, while left-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {1, 2, 3, 1} in them. This has dramatic implications. Left-handed zarlino major has a perfect fifth on second position, while right-handed zarlino major has a wolf fifth there instead. Conversely, a ninth chord on the root sounds more major in right-handed zarlino major than in left-handed zarlino major (since it uses the second scale degree).
+This scale is actually chiral, with a "right-handed" variation and a "left-handed" variation. Right-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {3 2 3 1 '''3 2''' 1} in some order, while left-handed zarlino modes have the gap pattern {3 2 3 1 '''2 3''' 1} in them. This has dramatic implications. Left-handed zarlino major has a perfect fifth on second position, while right-handed zarlino major has a wolf fifth there instead. Conversely, a ninth chord on the root sounds more major in right-handed zarlino major than in left-handed zarlino major (since it uses the second scale degree).
-Zarlino modes get the same names as their equivalent diatonic modes, maybe with a "Nice-" in front.
+Zarlino modes get the same names as their equivalent diatonic modes, maybe with a "Nice-" in front. For reference, right-handed nice-ionian (major) has the gap pattern {3 2 1 3 2 3 1}, and left-handed nice-ionian has the gap pattern {2 3 1 3 2 3 1}.
 =What to do with all these scales=