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'''mode''' - A particular rotation of a scale, e.g. ionian, dorian etc. for the diatonic scale.
'''mode''' - A particular rotation of a scale, e.g. ionian, dorian etc. for the diatonic scale.


'''just intonation''' - A set of intervals considered consonant and expressible as rational numbers.
'''just intonation''' - The set of intervals expressible as rational numbers.


'''generators''' - A set of intervals that generate a larger set through linear combination. e.g. the primes {2, 3} generate the Pythogorean scale.
'''generators''' - A set of intervals that generate a larger set through linear combination. e.g. the primes {2, 3} generate the Pythogorean scale.