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The moment-of-symmetry process of unfolding a scale takes, for most people, a conceptual leap or two. Best we think about visual ways of bridging the leap.
The [[MOS scale|moment-of-symmetry]] process of unfolding a scale takes, for most people, a conceptual leap or two. Below are visualizations of the process:


<ul><li>The first set of 32 horograms can be found here. [http://anaphoria.com/hrgm.PDF http://anaphoria.com/hrgm.PDF]An excellent introduction by [[David_Finnamore|David Finnamore]] can be found here [http://www.elvenminstrel.com/music/tuning/horagrams/horagram_intro.htm http://www.elvenminstrel.com/music/tuning/horagrams/horagram_intro.htm]</li><li>[[Erv_Wilson|Wilson]] Scale tree which is the basis of the horograms can be found here [http://anaphoria.com/sctree.PDF http://anaphoria.com/sctree.PDF]</li><li>[[Charles_Lucy|Charles Lucy]] describes a technique involving dis-continuous chains of fifths (i.e. skipping some). I write these with X's and O's.</li><li>[[Joe_Monzo|Joe Monzo]]'s helixes could also be of use here...</li></ul>      [[Category:mos]]
*From the Wilson Archives on Kraig Grady's [[http://Anaphoria.com Anaphoria.com]:
**[http://anaphoria.com/hrgm.PDF The first set of 32 horograms].
**[http://anaphoria.com/sctree.PDF The Scale Tree] is the basis of the horograms.
**[http://anaphoria.com/MOSedo.PDF Moments of Symmetry, of Equal Divisions of the Octave].
*From David Finnamore's [http://www.elvenminstrel.com Elevenminstrel.com]: [http://www.elvenminstrel.com/music/tuning/horagrams/horagram_intro.htm 5- To 9-Tone, Octave-Repeating Scales From Wilson's Golden Horagrams of the Scale Tree].
*[[Charles Lucy]] describes a technique involving dis-continuous chains of fifths (i.e. skipping some).
*[[Joe Monzo]]'s helixes could also be of use here...
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The moment-of-symmetry process of unfolding a scale takes, for most people, a conceptual leap or two. Below are visualizations of the process: