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An '''AS''', or '''ambitonal sequence''', is a kind of [[Arithmetic tunings|arithmetic]] and [[Monotonic tunings|monotonic]] tuning.
An '''AS''', or '''ambitonal sequence''', is a kind of [[Arithmetic tunings|arithmetic]] and [[Harmonotonic tunings|harmonotonic]] tuning.


Its full specification is (n-)ASp: (n pitches of an) ambitonal sequence adding by rational interval p. It is equivalent to a 1-dimensional [[Harmonic_Lattice_Diagram|JI lattice]] of p. These are sequences which are rational but ambiguous between otonality and utonality, such as a chain of the same JI pitch. It is also equivalent to an [[Equal-step_tuning#Equal_multiplications|equal multiplication]] of a rational interval p.
Its full specification is (n-)ASp: (n pitches of an) ambitonal sequence adding by rational interval p. It is equivalent to a 1-dimensional [[Harmonic_Lattice_Diagram|JI lattice]] of p. These are sequences which are rational but ambiguous between otonality and utonality, such as a chain of the same JI pitch. It is also equivalent to an [[Equal-step_tuning#Equal_multiplications|equal multiplication]] of a rational interval p.

Revision as of 23:41, 22 March 2021

An AS, or ambitonal sequence, is a kind of arithmetic and harmonotonic tuning.

Its full specification is (n-)ASp: (n pitches of an) ambitonal sequence adding by rational interval p. It is equivalent to a 1-dimensional JI lattice of p. These are sequences which are rational but ambiguous between otonality and utonality, such as a chain of the same JI pitch. It is also equivalent to an equal multiplication of a rational interval p.

The n is optional. If not provided, the sequence is open-ended.

The only difference between an (n-)ASp and an (n-)APSp (arithmetic pitch sequence) is that the p for an APS is irrational.

example: AS5/4 = 1D JI lattice of 5/4 = 5/4 chain
quantity (0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
frequency (f) (5⁰/4⁰) 5¹/4¹ 5²/4² 5³/4³ 5⁴/4⁴ 5⁵/4⁵ 5⁶/4⁶ 5⁷/4⁷ 5⁸/4⁸
pitch (log₂f) (0) 0.32 0.64 0.97 1.29 1.61 1.93 2.25 2.58
length (1/f) (1/1) 4/5 16/25 64/125 256/625 1024/3125 4096/15625 16384/78125 65536/390625