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The term '''generator''' has multiple senses. | The term '''generator''' has multiple senses. | ||
== Generators in MOSes == | == Generators in MOSes == | ||
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In [[MOS]] and [[rank]]-2 temperament contexts, the '''generator''' of a MOS or a rank-2 temperament is an interval that you stack up and reduce by the [[period]] of the MOS to construct the MOS pattern within each period. Along with the [[period]], it is one of two defining intervals of the [[MOS]]. For example: | In [[MOS]] and [[rank]]-2 temperament contexts, the '''generator''' of a MOS or a rank-2 temperament is an interval that you stack up and reduce by the [[period]] of the MOS to construct the MOS pattern within each period. Along with the [[period]], it is one of two defining intervals of the [[MOS]]. For example: | ||
* In diatonic (LLLsLLs), the perfect fifth is a generator: stacking 6 fifths up from the tonic and reducing by the octave produces the pattern LLLsLLs, the Lydian mode. Note that the perfect fourth and the perfect twelfth are also generators. | * In diatonic (LLLsLLs), the perfect fifth is a generator: stacking 6 fifths up from the tonic and reducing by the octave produces the pattern LLLsLLs, the Lydian mode. Note that the perfect fourth and the perfect twelfth are also generators. | ||