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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The **1953 scale** is my (Mason Green's) name for a nineteen-note subset of [[53edo]] (a MOS). It is a 15L+4S scale (it has 15 long intervals 3 [[Holdrian comma|Holdrian commas]] wide, plus 4 short intervals 2 Holdrians wide).

This scale offers a possible alternative to [[19edo]] as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.

This scale offers a possible alternative to [[19edo]] as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. Its major thirds are also significantly better than those of 19edo.

However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.

Although the abundance of wolf fifths might seem like a disadvantage, composers may use them strategically to add expression to a piece (as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note|blue note]]s). Another option is to use them as melodic intervals (in melodic lines or modulation) rather than played together harmonically, which lessens the unpleasant effect of the "wolfiness" and can also be used to add expression.

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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>1953 scale</title></head><body>The <strong>1953 scale</strong> is my (Mason Green's) name for a nineteen-note subset of <a class="wiki_link" href="/53edo">53edo</a> (a MOS). It is a 15L+4S scale (it has 15 long intervals 3 <a class="wiki_link" href="/Holdrian%20comma">Holdrian commas</a> wide, plus 4 short intervals 2 Holdrians wide).<br />

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This scale offers a possible alternative to <a class="wiki_link" href="/19edo">19edo</a> as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.<br />

This scale offers a possible alternative to <a class="wiki_link" href="/19edo">19edo</a> as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. Its major thirds are also significantly better than those of 19edo.<br />

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However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.<br />

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Although the abundance of wolf fifths might seem like a disadvantage, composers may use them strategically to add expression to a piece (as <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note" rel="nofollow">blue note</a>s). Another option is to use them as melodic intervals (in melodic lines or modulation) rather than played together harmonically, which lessens the unpleasant effect of the &quot;wolfiness&quot; and can also be used to add expression.<br />

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 <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The **1953 scale** is my (Mason Green's) name for a nineteen-note subset of [[53edo]] (a MOS). It is a 15L+4S scale (it has 15 long intervals 3 [[Holdrian comma|Holdrian commas]] wide, plus 4 short intervals 2 Holdrians wide).
-This scale offers a possible alternative to [[19edo]] as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.
+This scale offers a possible alternative to [[19edo]] as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. Its major thirds are also significantly better than those of 19edo.
+However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.
 Although the abundance of wolf fifths might seem like a disadvantage, composers may use them strategically to add expression to a piece (as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note|blue note]]s). Another option is to use them as melodic intervals (in melodic lines or modulation) rather than played together harmonically, which lessens the unpleasant effect of the "wolfiness" and can also be used to add expression.
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 <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;1953 scale&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;1953 scale&lt;/strong&gt; is my (Mason Green's) name for a nineteen-note subset of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/53edo"&gt;53edo&lt;/a&gt; (a MOS). It is a 15L+4S scale (it has 15 long intervals 3 &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Holdrian%20comma"&gt;Holdrian commas&lt;/a&gt; wide, plus 4 short intervals 2 Holdrians wide).&lt;br /&gt;
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-This scale offers a possible alternative to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/19edo"&gt;19edo&lt;/a&gt; as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.&lt;br /&gt;
+This scale offers a possible alternative to &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/19edo"&gt;19edo&lt;/a&gt; as a way of expanding beyond 12edo. Unlike 19edo, whose fifths are all significantly flat, the 1953 scale has nearly perfect fifths, making it sound potentially more like 12edo. Its major thirds are also significantly better than those of 19edo.&lt;br /&gt;
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+However, only thirteen of the nineteen fifths are near-perfect; the other 6 fifths are flat at 679 cents, which is close to the Pythagorean wolf fifth.&lt;br /&gt;
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 Although the abundance of wolf fifths might seem like a disadvantage, composers may use them strategically to add expression to a piece (as &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_note" rel="nofollow"&gt;blue note&lt;/a&gt;s). Another option is to use them as melodic intervals (in melodic lines or modulation) rather than played together harmonically, which lessens the unpleasant effect of the &amp;quot;wolfiness&amp;quot; and can also be used to add expression.&lt;br /&gt;