Overtone scale: Difference between revisions

; Mode 4: 4:5:6:7:8 -- this is the classic [[7-limit]] tetrad. In music, it appears as a chord more often than a scale, but it could be used either way. It includes the classic major triad, 4:5:6, with a harmonic seventh. Another triad available here over the bass is 4:6:7, which includes a perfect fifth and a harmonic seventh, but no major third.

; Mode 8: 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:15:16 -- an eight-tone scale, or a [[13-limit]] octad. This is a very effective scale, with complexity ranging from the simple 4:5:6 major triad above (or even a 2:3:4 open fifth chord) to chords involving 13 and 11 such as the wild 9:11:13:15 tetrad. [[Dante Rosati]] calls it the "Diatonic Harmonic Series Scale" and has refretted a guitar to play it. See: [[First Five Octaves of the Harmonic Series]] and [[otones8-16]].