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Rather than simply denoting one of a list of rank-2 temperaments, the phrase "cluster scale" is also associated with a compositional philosophy. It is often said that temperaments such as slendric are melodically "bad" or have "bad MOS structure", because some MOS (in this case slendric[5]) is "too equal" and the next higher MOSes are "too unequal". But this can be thought of as a feature rather than a bug. Rather than forcing them into the MOS framework, one can think of cluster scales as having two hierarchical levels of melodic structure: the "step" (a step of the quasi-equal MOS), and the "chroma", and a chroma is so much smaller than a step that the steps seldom go out of order no matter how many chromas are involved.
Rather than simply denoting one of a list of rank-2 temperaments, the phrase "cluster scale" is also associated with a compositional philosophy. It is often said that temperaments such as slendric are melodically "bad" or have "bad MOS structure", because some MOS (in this case slendric[5]) is "too equal" and the next higher MOSes are "too unequal". But this can be thought of as a feature rather than a bug. Rather than forcing them into the MOS framework, one can think of cluster scales as having two hierarchical levels of melodic structure: the "step" (a step of the quasi-equal MOS), and the "chroma", and a chroma is so much smaller than a step that the steps seldom go out of order no matter how many chromas are involved.


=Examples=
== Examples of cluster temperaments ===


==Slendric==
=== Slendric ===
Main article: [[Slendric|Slendric]]
Main article: [[Slendric|Slendric]]


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Slendric has two quite different extensions that are both also cluster scales:
Slendric has two quite different extensions that are both also cluster scales:


===Mothra===
====Mothra====
Main article: [[Mothra|Mothra]]
Main article: [[Mothra|Mothra]]


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===Rodan===
====Rodan====
Main article: [[Rodan|Rodan]]
Main article: [[Rodan|Rodan]]


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==Modus (of the tetracot family)==
=== Modus (of the tetracot family) ===
Main article: [[Modus|Modus]]
Main article: [[Modus|Modus]]


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==Miracle==
=== Miracle ===
Main article: [[Miracle|Miracle]]
Main article: [[Miracle|Miracle]]


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==Porcupine(fish)==
=== Porcupine(fish) ===
Main article: [[Porcupine|Porcupine]]
Main article: [[Porcupine|Porcupine]]


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==17-limit valentino==
=== 17-limit valentino ===
Chroma: 49/48~55/54~56/55~64/63~65/64~85/84~119/117~128/125~143/140~153/150
Chroma: 49/48~55/54~56/55~64/63~65/64~85/84~119/117~128/125~143/140~153/150


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==2.3.5.11.13 hitchcock==
=== 2.3.5.11.13 hitchcock ===
Unlike amity itself, this 2.3.5.11.13 amity extension is a cluster temperament because the intervals between 6/5 and 5/4 are mapped to 11/9 and 16/13.
Unlike amity itself, this 2.3.5.11.13 amity extension is a cluster temperament because the intervals between 6/5 and 5/4 are mapped to 11/9 and 16/13.