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If you start with 1 as being defined as the starting point (again, that major diatonic scale is WWHWWWH or, in quantum notation 3 3 2 3 3 3 2):
If you start with 1 as being defined as the starting point (again, that major diatonic scale is WWHWWWH or, in quantum notation 3 3 2 3 3 3 2):


bb2 = 1 + XS (diminished second)
<nowiki>bb2 = 1 + XS (diminished second)
b2 = 1 + S (minor second)
b2 = 1 + S (minor second)
2 = 1 + L (major second)
2 = 1 + L (major second)
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#7 = 6 + XL
#7 = 6 + XL


8 = 7 + S (since the tuning references the octave, like I said above, there is no need to subdivide the octave into tonal varieties)
8 = 7 + S (since the tuning references the octave, like I said above, there is no need to subdivide the octave into tonal varieties)</nowiki>


From those tones, you can spell any scale possible in western music theory.  Major 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, natural minor 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7, phrigian ("saturated minor") 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7, locrian ("half diminished") 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7, full diminished 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7, saturated diminished 1 bb2 bb3 b4 b5 bb6 bb7, augmented 1 2 3 #4 #5 6 7, saturated augmented 1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7, or any admixture you can dream up, with the only complication being that some augmented-to-diminished steps leave you with no interval change, so, for example, 1 #2 bb3 4 5 #6 bb7 doesn't make a whole lot of sense in this tuning, since you have #2 enharmonically equivalent to bb3, so the two are in unison; same goes for #6 and bb7.
From those tones, you can spell any scale possible in western music theory.  Major 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, natural minor 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7, phrigian ("saturated minor") 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7, locrian ("half diminished") 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7, full diminished 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7, saturated diminished 1 bb2 bb3 b4 b5 bb6 bb7, augmented 1 2 3 #4 #5 6 7, saturated augmented 1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7, or any admixture you can dream up, with the only complication being that some augmented-to-diminished steps leave you with no interval change, so, for example, 1 #2 bb3 4 5 #6 bb7 doesn't make a whole lot of sense in this tuning, since you have #2 enharmonically equivalent to bb3, so the two are in unison; same goes for #6 and bb7.
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Bozu.
Bozu.
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Also, the other pages on this wiki for 19-EDO are consistent with the same sort of notation with which I am comfortable.  For example: https://en.xen.wiki/w/19edo#Intervals_and_linear_temperaments
As I pointed out earlier, it's confusing for newcomers if the wiki itself uses conflicting sets of notation for the same thing without any sort of cross-reference.
--[[User:Bozu|Bozu]] ([[User talk:Bozu|talk]]) 13:45, 1 May 2019 (UTC)


== Published Sources ==
== Published Sources ==
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If your scale is something somewhat xenharmonic, like kleismic symmetrical 1 #2 b3 #4 b5 6 bb7, your chords are:
If your scale is something somewhat xenharmonic, like kleismic symmetrical 1 #2 b3 #4 b5 6 bb7, your chords are:


i° (tonic)
<nowiki>i° (tonic)
#ii° (supertonic)
#ii° (supertonic)
biii°aug7 (mediant)
biii°aug7 (mediant)
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bv(no 5) (dominant)
bv(no 5) (dominant)
vi° (submediant)
vi° (submediant)
NC (no subtonic)
NC (no subtonic)</nowiki>


Spelling out the dominant chord would be (from the tonic): b5 bb7 #2, and transposing that to it's own tonal center, it would be 1 b3 x5, which is a nonsense chord in classical theory, but being xenharmonic folk, we like this sort of thing...  you could name it something if you like.  A minor triad is 1 b3 5, and a #5 is an augmented fifth, so an x5 could be a superaugmented fifth.  Maybe it's a minor superaugmented chord?  The subtonic would be even more interesting in this key, bb7 #2 #4, transposed to it's own tonal center: 1 x3 x5.  A triad with a superaugmented third and superaugmented fifth might be a saturated superaugmented chord or, maybe, something else.
Spelling out the dominant chord would be (from the tonic): b5 bb7 #2, and transposing that to it's own tonal center, it would be 1 b3 x5, which is a nonsense chord in classical theory, but being xenharmonic folk, we like this sort of thing...  you could name it something if you like.  A minor triad is 1 b3 5, and a #5 is an augmented fifth, so an x5 could be a superaugmented fifth.  Maybe it's a minor superaugmented chord?  The subtonic would be even more interesting in this key, bb7 #2 #4, transposed to it's own tonal center: 1 x3 x5.  A triad with a superaugmented third and superaugmented fifth might be a saturated superaugmented chord or, maybe, something else.
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