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== Examples ==
== Examples ==


It's easy to see the concept in action at the 7-step diatonic scale (5L 2s) as rendered in three different EDOs:
It's easy to see the concept in action at the 7-step diatonic scale (<code>L-L-s-L-L-L-s</code>) as rendered in three different EDOs:


* [[12edo]] (2-2-1-2-2-2-1) is ''proper'' but not strictly proper because of the ambiguities of d5 (1+2+2+1=6) and A4 (2+2+2=6) in three-step and five-step intervals.
* [[12edo]] (<code>2-2-1-2-2-2-1</code>) is ''proper'' but not strictly proper because of the ambiguities of d5 (1+2+2+1=6) and A4 (2+2+2=6) in three-step and five-step intervals.
* [[17edo]] (3-3-1-3-3-3-1) is ''improper'' because of the contradiction in d5 (1+3+3+1=8) being smaller than A4 (3+3+3=9).
* [[17edo]] (<code>3-3-1-3-3-3-1</code>) is ''improper'' because of the contradiction in d5 (1+3+3+1=8) being smaller than A4 (3+3+3=9).
* [[19edo]] (3-3-2-3-3-3-2) is ''strictly proper''.
* [[19edo]] (<code>3-3-2-3-3-3-2</code>) is ''strictly proper''.


== See also ==
== See also ==