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This scale is technically in [[The Xen|the xen]] world called " | This scale is technically in [[The Xen|the xen]] world called "[[Father]][8]" but we will call it "[[Dylathian]]" which is its name from another world... haha just kidding but that is what we call it. The scale is somewhat similar to a major scale but at the same time, very different. The first most obvious thing is that the scale has eight notes instead of the usual seven which makes it very cool. This scale is what I consider the basis for 13 edo harmony and melody meaning, you can go outside the scale all you want but this scale gives us some kind of guide to follow when playing in 13. | ||
So how do we write this scale out in letter names? How do we notate it? Well the problem is, traditional musical alphabet does a poor job at representing 13 notes an octave even with added notes. There are various approaches to notating 13 ET with regular note names such as including a new letter H displacing everything on the musical staff, or adding an extra sharp somewhere. Overall, I found these techniques to be overly confusing as my brain being so accustomed to 12 equal temperament notation is trying to liken it to 13 which will not work. Looking at a staff you've seen for a long time and trying to displace the letter names to notate it where A now means H is like trying to relearn numbers to where 7 now means 8 and 8 means 9. It's extremely counterintuitive and confusing. So what's the solution? Well, some may argue it's unnecessary but I propose an entirely new set of letters producing a new musical alphabet. This is the best way for me because I won't get confused with trying to look at an A and think that it's H, that's just too insane. But couldn't we just notate it with numbers instead? Sure, we could do that with 12 as well, why don't we? I dunno, but I don't really care for numbers, there's something about pairing a sound with a letter vs. pairing it with a number. | So how do we write this scale out in letter names? How do we notate it? Well the problem is, traditional musical alphabet does a poor job at representing 13 notes an octave even with added notes. There are various approaches to notating 13 ET with regular note names such as including a new letter H displacing everything on the musical staff, or adding an extra sharp somewhere. Overall, I found these techniques to be overly confusing as my brain being so accustomed to 12 equal temperament notation is trying to liken it to 13 which will not work. Looking at a staff you've seen for a long time and trying to displace the letter names to notate it where A now means H is like trying to relearn numbers to where 7 now means 8 and 8 means 9. It's extremely counterintuitive and confusing. So what's the solution? Well, some may argue it's unnecessary but I propose an entirely new set of letters producing a new musical alphabet. This is the best way for me because I won't get confused with trying to look at an A and think that it's H, that's just too insane. But couldn't we just notate it with numbers instead? Sure, we could do that with 12 as well, why don't we? I dunno, but I don't really care for numbers, there's something about pairing a sound with a letter vs. pairing it with a number. | ||
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On J, the scale is J K L M# N# O# Q J. Notice how this time P is omitted? That's because it's a seven note scale; notating this scale is a little weird because we use 8 natural notes to notate a seven tone scale, just as it's awkward notating a 6 note scale with 7 naturals. This scale is very beautiful and works quite well for composition and melody. It's somewhat happier than the Dylathian scale but somewhat awkward as well. | On J, the scale is J K L M# N# O# Q J. Notice how this time P is omitted? That's because it's a seven note scale; notating this scale is a little weird because we use 8 natural notes to notate a seven tone scale, just as it's awkward notating a 6 note scale with 7 naturals. This scale is very beautiful and works quite well for composition and melody. It's somewhat happier than the Dylathian scale but somewhat awkward as well. | ||
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