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One way of distinguishing the '''diatonic''' scale is by considering it a [[MOS scale|moment of symmetry]] scale produced by a chain of "fifths" (or "fourths"). This will include [[12edo]]'s diatonic scale along with the Pythagorean diatonic scale and meantone systems, while excluding just intonation scales that use more than one size of "tone".

Some may consider it misleading to call 5L 2s "diatonic", on the basis that other scales referred to by that same name can be arrived at different ways- for example, through just intonation procedures, or with tetrachords. Also, a composer working with a 5L 2s scale may choose to do something very different than typical diatonic music. ~~However~~, it should be ~~stated~~ that at least the majority of the other scales that are called "diatonic" tend to be [[muddle]]s derived from this MOS.

Some may consider it misleading to call 5L 2s "diatonic", on the basis that other scales referred to by that same name can be arrived at different ways- for example, through just intonation procedures, or with tetrachords. Also, a composer working with a 5L 2s scale may choose to do something very different than typical diatonic music. On the other hand, it should be noted that at least the majority of the other scales that are called "diatonic" tend to be [[muddle]]s derived from this MOS.

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 One way of distinguishing the '''diatonic''' scale is by considering it a [[MOS scale|moment of symmetry]] scale produced by a chain of "fifths" (or "fourths"). This will include [[12edo]]'s diatonic scale along with the Pythagorean diatonic scale and meantone systems, while excluding just intonation scales that use more than one size of "tone".
-Some may consider it misleading to call 5L 2s "diatonic", on the basis that other scales referred to by that same name can be arrived at different ways- for example, through just intonation procedures, or with tetrachords.  Also, a composer working with a 5L 2s scale may choose to do something very different than typical diatonic music.  However, it should be stated that at least the majority of the other scales that are called "diatonic" tend to be [[muddle]]s derived from this MOS.
+Some may consider it misleading to call 5L 2s "diatonic", on the basis that other scales referred to by that same name can be arrived at different ways- for example, through just intonation procedures, or with tetrachords.  Also, a composer working with a 5L 2s scale may choose to do something very different than typical diatonic music.  On the other hand, it should be noted that at least the majority of the other scales that are called "diatonic" tend to be [[muddle]]s derived from this MOS.
 ==Substituting step sizes==