Blackwood temperament modal harmony (in 15edo)
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=Harmony in 15edo Blacksmith[10] //(in progress)//=
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Blacksmith[10] in [[15edo]] refers to the 10-note symmetric 5L5s [[MOSscales|MOS]] scale in 15edo, which has two modes: 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 and 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2. It can be thought of as a 5-limit temperament tempering out 256/243 (the Pythagorean diatonic semitone), a 7-limit temperament tempering out 28/27 and 49/48, and an 11-limit temperament tempering out 28/27, 49/48, and 55/54 (though in 15edo 121/120 and 100/99 are both tempered out as well, making the tuning identical to Ferrier and the unnamed 5c&15 temperament). In 15edo it has a period of 240 cents (5 periods per octave) and a generator of 80 or 160 cents (though it is more commonly described as having a generator of 400 cents).
==Important features of Blacksmith[10] in 15edo==
* As an 11-limit temperament, Blacksmith is extremely simple and efficient, and while it does fairly high damage to many ratios of 3 and 9, it does a very acceptable job of approximating most ratios of 5, 7, and 11. 9/8, 7/6, 11/9, 4/3, and their octave inversions are the most heavily-damaged, but 6/5, 12/11, and their octave inversions are tuned with good to tolerable accuracy.
* Blacksmith[10] has the most 5-odd-limit consonant triads it is possible to have in a 10-note 5-limit scale.
* Because it is a 10-note scale with a period of 1/5 of an octave, any arbitrary harmony will occur either 5 or 10 times within the 10-note scale, and for otonal harmonies consisting of three or more notes, the utonal counterpart of the harmony will also occur either 5 or 10 times within the scale; this is a property that is only held by other scales with 5 periods per octave.
* Blacksmith[10] is also a "mode of limited transposition" like the Diminished and Augmented scales in 12edo: since the scale is built by applying the generator only a single time within each period, the scale has only two modes.
* Another way to think about Blacksmith[10] is as a superposition of seven 7-note 5-limit Fokker blocks, representing untempered variations of the diatonic modes, built on a single tonic (more on this below).
==Interval Classes in Blacksmith[10]==
|| Step of 15edo || Cent Value || Interval Class || Guitar Notation || Decimal Notation || Approximated Ratios || Pseudo-Diatonic Category ||
|| 0 || 0 || Unison || E || 1 || 1/1 || Unison ||
|| 1 || 80 || Minor 2nd, Augmented Unison* || E#, Gbb || 2b, 1# || 16/15, 21/20, 22/21, 25/24 || Minor 2nd ||
|| 2 || 160 || Major 2nd, Diminished 3rd || Gb, Ex || 2, 3b || 10/9, 11/10, 12/11, 15/14 || Flat Major 2nd ||
|| 3 || 240 || Perfect 3rd, Augmented 2nd, Diminished 4th || G || 3, 2#, 4bb || 7/6, 8/7, 9/8 || Major 2nd/Subminor 3rd ||
|| 4 || 320 || Minor 4th, Augmented 3rd || G#, Abb || 4b, 3# || 6/5, 11/9 || Minor 3rd ||
|| 5 || 400 || Major 4th, Diminished 5th || Ab, Gx || 4, 5b || 5/4, 14/11, || Major 3rd ||
|| 6 || 480 || Perfect 5th, Augmented 4th, Diminished 6th || A || 5, 4#, 6bb || 4/3, 21/16, 9/7 || Perfect Fourth ||
|| 7 || 560 || Minor 6th, Augmented 5th || A#, Bbb || 6b, 5# || 7/5, 11/8, || Augmented Fourth ||
|| 8 || 640 || Major 6th, Diminished 7th || Bb, Ax || 6, 7b || 10/7, 16/11 || Diminished 5th ||
|| 9 || 720 || Perfect 7th, Augmented 6th, Diminished 8th || B || 7, 6#, 8bb || 3/2, 32/21, 14/9 || Perfect Fifth ||
|| 10 || 800 || Minor 8th, Augmented 7th || B#, Dbb || 8b, 7# || 8/5, 11/7, || Minor 6th ||
|| 11 || 880 || Major 8th, Diminished 9th || Db, Bx || 8, 9b || 5/3, 18/11 || Major 6th ||
|| 12 || 960 || Perfect 9th, Augmented 8th, Diminished 10th || D || 9, 8#, 0bb || 12/7, 7/4, 16/9 || Minor 7th/Supermajor 6th ||
|| 13 || 1040 || Minor 10th, Augmented 9th || D#, Ebb || 0b, 9# || 9/5, 20/11, 11/6, 28/15 || Sharp Minor 7th ||
|| 14 || 1120 || Major 10th, Diminished Undecave || Eb, Dx || 0, 1b || 15/8, 40/21, 48/25 || Major 7th ||
|| 15 || 1200 || Undecave ("Octave") || E || 1 || 2/1 || Octave ||
*Augmented and diminished intervals do not occur in the 10-note MOS scale, but can occur in chromatically-altered MODMOSs.
==Chords of Blacksmith[10]==
===Basic Functional Chords===
All of the familiar triads and tetrads of the diatonic scale are found plentifully in Blacksmith[10], which is pretty obvious when you just look at the notes available in the major and minor modes:
|| || 1st || 2nd || 3rd || 4th || 5th || 6th || 7th || 8th || 9th || 10th || 11-ave ||
|| Major Mode (cents) || 0 || 160 || 240 || 400 || 480 || 640 || 720 || 880 || 960 || 1120 || 1200 ||
|| Minor Mode (cents) || 0 || 80 || 240 || 320 || 480 || 560 || 720 || 800 || 960 || 1040 || 1200 ||
Looking at this table, one can see approximations to all sorts of functional chords; if it's not immediately obvious, I'll spell it out in the following tables:
|| Diatonic Chord Name || Decatonic Name
(if different) || Tuning (cents) || Spelling 1 || Spelling 2 || Degrees of Major Mode Found On: || Degrees of Minor Mode Found On: ||
|| Major Triad || Same || 0-400-720 || E-Ab-B || 1-4-7 || I, III, V, VII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
|| Minor Triad || Same || 0-320-720 || E-G#-B || 1-4b-7 || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Diminished || Same || 0-320-560 || E-G#-A# || 1-4b-6b || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Sus2 || Sus3 || 0-240-720 || E-G-B || 1-3-7 || All || All ||
|| Sus4 || Sus5 || 0-480-720 || E-A-B || 1-5-7 || All || All ||
|| Major 7th (maj7) || Major 10th || 0-400-720-1120 || E-Ab-B-Eb || 1-4-7-0 || I, III, V, VII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
|| Minor 7th (min7) || Minor 10th || 0-320-720-1040 || E-G#-B-D# || 1-4b-7-0b || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Dominant 7th (7) || Major 9th || 0-400-720-960 || E-Ab-B-D || 1-4-7-9 || I, III, V, VII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
|| Half-Diminished 7th (m7b5) || Diminished 10th || 0-320-560-1040 || E-G#-A#-D# || 1-4b-6b-0b || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Diminished 7th || Diminished 9th || 0-320-560-960 || E-G#-A#-D || 1-4b-6b-9 || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
===Additional Functional Chords===
|| Diatonic Chord Name || Decatonic Name
(if different) || Tuning (cents) || Spelling 1 || Spelling 2 || Degrees of Major Mode Found On: || Degrees of Minor Mode Found On: ||
|| Major 6th (M6) || Major 8th || 0-400-720-880 || E-Ab-B-Db || 1-4-7-8 || I, III, V, VII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
|| Minor-Major 6th (m6) || Minor 9th || 0-320-720-960 || E-G#-B-D || 1-4b-7-9 || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Diminished(b3) (Dim(b3)) || Sus3-Maj6 || 0-240-640 || E-G-Bb || 1-3-6 || I, III, V, VII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
|| Double-Diminished (Dim(b3)(b5)) || Sus3-Min6 || 0-240-560 || E-G-A# || 1-3-6b || ii, iv, vi, viii, x || i, iii, v, vii, ix ||
|| Major-Diminished (Maj(b5)) || Major-Sus6 || 0-400-640 || E-Ab-Bb || 1-4-6 || I, III, V, VIII, IX || II, IV, VI, VIII, X ||
==Diatonic Modal Harmony in Blacksmith[10]==
When using the 10-note scale to organize 5-limit chord progressions that serve as accompaniment to a tonal melody (and is organized according to the principles of functional harmony), it is typical to approach the scale not as a single 10-note scale, but rather as a 7-note scale whose degrees are constantly shifting to keep pace with the chords. This is because, over a given 5-limit triad, three of the 10 notes will be relatively discordant compared to the other 7. It's also because any set of five 5-limit triads maximally connected by common tones will actually form a 7-note scale, which will have a tendency to make those 7 notes more tonally salient over those chords. This is perhaps better understood through diagrams comparing 5-limit JI with 15edo Blacksmith[10]:
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The top lattice represents three chains of 3/2s (along the horizontal axis) connected by chains of 5/4s (represented by /) or 6/5s (represented by \). The accidental " **,** " means that an interval is lowered by a syntonic comma (81/80), while the accidental " **'** " means an interval is raised by a syntonic comma. The " **#** " and " **b** " accidentals represent raising and lowering by the Pythagorean apotome (2187:2048).
The bottom lattice is what we get if we temper the top lattice in 15edo, and use decimal notation to notate it. Unlike in a meantone tuning, where 81/80 is tempered out (and thus " **C** " is the same pitch-class as " **C,** "), 256/243 is tempered out, which makes " **C** " and " **B** " the same pitch-class. Thus " **C** " and " **B** " both correspond to the Blacksmith[10] note " **1** ". (Note that this affects the apotome as well, causing it to widen from ~114¢ in JI to 240¢ in 15edo!). In the bottom lattice, the " **b** " accidental represents lowering a note by a 5-limit chromatic semitone (25/24). Sharps (" **#** ") are not pictured here, but would arise if another chain of 3/2s was added another 5/4 above the top-most chain. Original HTML content:
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<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:22 -->Blacksmith[10] in <a class="wiki_link" href="/15edo">15edo</a> refers to the 10-note symmetric 5L5s <a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSscales">MOS</a> scale in 15edo, which has two modes: 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 and 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2. It can be thought of as a 5-limit temperament tempering out 256/243 (the Pythagorean diatonic semitone), a 7-limit temperament tempering out 28/27 and 49/48, and an 11-limit temperament tempering out 28/27, 49/48, and 55/54 (though in 15edo 121/120 and 100/99 are both tempered out as well, making the tuning identical to Ferrier and the unnamed 5c&15 temperament). In 15edo it has a period of 240 cents (5 periods per octave) and a generator of 80 or 160 cents (though it is more commonly described as having a generator of 400 cents).<br />
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<ul><li>As an 11-limit temperament, Blacksmith is extremely simple and efficient, and while it does fairly high damage to many ratios of 3 and 9, it does a very acceptable job of approximating most ratios of 5, 7, and 11. 9/8, 7/6, 11/9, 4/3, and their octave inversions are the most heavily-damaged, but 6/5, 12/11, and their octave inversions are tuned with good to tolerable accuracy.</li><li>Blacksmith[10] has the most 5-odd-limit consonant triads it is possible to have in a 10-note 5-limit scale.</li><li>Because it is a 10-note scale with a period of 1/5 of an octave, any arbitrary harmony will occur either 5 or 10 times within the 10-note scale, and for otonal harmonies consisting of three or more notes, the utonal counterpart of the harmony will also occur either 5 or 10 times within the scale; this is a property that is only held by other scales with 5 periods per octave.</li><li>Blacksmith[10] is also a "mode of limited transposition" like the Diminished and Augmented scales in 12edo: since the scale is built by applying the generator only a single time within each period, the scale has only two modes.</li><li>Another way to think about Blacksmith[10] is as a superposition of seven 7-note 5-limit Fokker blocks, representing untempered variations of the diatonic modes, built on a single tonic (more on this below).</li></ul><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:<h2> --><h2 id="toc2"><a name="Harmony in 15edo Blacksmith[10] (in progress)-Interval Classes in Blacksmith[10]"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Interval Classes in Blacksmith[10]</h2>
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>Step of 15edo<br />
</td>
<td>Cent Value<br />
</td>
<td>Interval Class<br />
</td>
<td>Guitar Notation<br />
</td>
<td>Decimal Notation<br />
</td>
<td>Approximated Ratios<br />
</td>
<td>Pseudo-Diatonic Category<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0<br />
</td>
<td>0<br />
</td>
<td>Unison<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>1<br />
</td>
<td>1/1<br />
</td>
<td>Unison<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1<br />
</td>
<td>80<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 2nd, Augmented Unison*<br />
</td>
<td>E#, Gbb<br />
</td>
<td>2b, 1#<br />
</td>
<td>16/15, 21/20, 22/21, 25/24<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 2nd<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2<br />
</td>
<td>160<br />
</td>
<td>Major 2nd, Diminished 3rd<br />
</td>
<td>Gb, Ex<br />
</td>
<td>2, 3b<br />
</td>
<td>10/9, 11/10, 12/11, 15/14<br />
</td>
<td>Flat Major 2nd<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3<br />
</td>
<td>240<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect 3rd, Augmented 2nd, Diminished 4th<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>3, 2#, 4bb<br />
</td>
<td>7/6, 8/7, 9/8<br />
</td>
<td>Major 2nd/Subminor 3rd<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4<br />
</td>
<td>320<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 4th, Augmented 3rd<br />
</td>
<td>G#, Abb<br />
</td>
<td>4b, 3#<br />
</td>
<td>6/5, 11/9<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 3rd<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5<br />
</td>
<td>400<br />
</td>
<td>Major 4th, Diminished 5th<br />
</td>
<td>Ab, Gx<br />
</td>
<td>4, 5b<br />
</td>
<td>5/4, 14/11,<br />
</td>
<td>Major 3rd<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6<br />
</td>
<td>480<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect 5th, Augmented 4th, Diminished 6th<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>5, 4#, 6bb<br />
</td>
<td>4/3, 21/16, 9/7<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect Fourth<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7<br />
</td>
<td>560<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 6th, Augmented 5th<br />
</td>
<td>A#, Bbb<br />
</td>
<td>6b, 5#<br />
</td>
<td>7/5, 11/8,<br />
</td>
<td>Augmented Fourth<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>8<br />
</td>
<td>640<br />
</td>
<td>Major 6th, Diminished 7th<br />
</td>
<td>Bb, Ax<br />
</td>
<td>6, 7b<br />
</td>
<td>10/7, 16/11<br />
</td>
<td>Diminished 5th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9<br />
</td>
<td>720<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect 7th, Augmented 6th, Diminished 8th<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
<td>7, 6#, 8bb<br />
</td>
<td>3/2, 32/21, 14/9<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect Fifth<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10<br />
</td>
<td>800<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 8th, Augmented 7th<br />
</td>
<td>B#, Dbb<br />
</td>
<td>8b, 7#<br />
</td>
<td>8/5, 11/7,<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 6th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11<br />
</td>
<td>880<br />
</td>
<td>Major 8th, Diminished 9th<br />
</td>
<td>Db, Bx<br />
</td>
<td>8, 9b<br />
</td>
<td>5/3, 18/11<br />
</td>
<td>Major 6th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>12<br />
</td>
<td>960<br />
</td>
<td>Perfect 9th, Augmented 8th, Diminished 10th<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>9, 8#, 0bb<br />
</td>
<td>12/7, 7/4, 16/9<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 7th/Supermajor 6th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13<br />
</td>
<td>1040<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 10th, Augmented 9th<br />
</td>
<td>D#, Ebb<br />
</td>
<td>0b, 9#<br />
</td>
<td>9/5, 20/11, 11/6, 28/15<br />
</td>
<td>Sharp Minor 7th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14<br />
</td>
<td>1120<br />
</td>
<td>Major 10th, Diminished Undecave<br />
</td>
<td>Eb, Dx<br />
</td>
<td>0, 1b<br />
</td>
<td>15/8, 40/21, 48/25<br />
</td>
<td>Major 7th<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15<br />
</td>
<td>1200<br />
</td>
<td>Undecave ("Octave")<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>1<br />
</td>
<td>2/1<br />
</td>
<td>Octave<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
*Augmented and diminished intervals do not occur in the 10-note MOS scale, but can occur in chromatically-altered MODMOSs.<br />
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All of the familiar triads and tetrads of the diatonic scale are found plentifully in Blacksmith[10], which is pretty obvious when you just look at the notes available in the major and minor modes:<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td><br />
</td>
<td>1st<br />
</td>
<td>2nd<br />
</td>
<td>3rd<br />
</td>
<td>4th<br />
</td>
<td>5th<br />
</td>
<td>6th<br />
</td>
<td>7th<br />
</td>
<td>8th<br />
</td>
<td>9th<br />
</td>
<td>10th<br />
</td>
<td>11-ave<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Major Mode (cents)<br />
</td>
<td>0<br />
</td>
<td>160<br />
</td>
<td>240<br />
</td>
<td>400<br />
</td>
<td>480<br />
</td>
<td>640<br />
</td>
<td>720<br />
</td>
<td>880<br />
</td>
<td>960<br />
</td>
<td>1120<br />
</td>
<td>1200<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Minor Mode (cents)<br />
</td>
<td>0<br />
</td>
<td>80<br />
</td>
<td>240<br />
</td>
<td>320<br />
</td>
<td>480<br />
</td>
<td>560<br />
</td>
<td>720<br />
</td>
<td>800<br />
</td>
<td>960<br />
</td>
<td>1040<br />
</td>
<td>1200<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Looking at this table, one can see approximations to all sorts of functional chords; if it's not immediately obvious, I'll spell it out in the following tables:<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>Diatonic Chord Name<br />
</td>
<td>Decatonic Name<br />
(if different)<br />
</td>
<td>Tuning (cents)<br />
</td>
<td>Spelling 1<br />
</td>
<td>Spelling 2<br />
</td>
<td>Degrees of Major Mode Found On:<br />
</td>
<td>Degrees of Minor Mode Found On:<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Major Triad<br />
</td>
<td>Same<br />
</td>
<td>0-400-720<br />
</td>
<td>E-Ab-B<br />
</td>
<td>1-4-7<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Minor Triad<br />
</td>
<td>Same<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-720<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-B<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-7<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diminished<br />
</td>
<td>Same<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-560<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-A#<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-6b<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sus2<br />
</td>
<td>Sus3<br />
</td>
<td>0-240-720<br />
</td>
<td>E-G-B<br />
</td>
<td>1-3-7<br />
</td>
<td>All<br />
</td>
<td>All<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sus4<br />
</td>
<td>Sus5<br />
</td>
<td>0-480-720<br />
</td>
<td>E-A-B<br />
</td>
<td>1-5-7<br />
</td>
<td>All<br />
</td>
<td>All<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Major 7th (maj7)<br />
</td>
<td>Major 10th<br />
</td>
<td>0-400-720-1120<br />
</td>
<td>E-Ab-B-Eb<br />
</td>
<td>1-4-7-0<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Minor 7th (min7)<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 10th<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-720-1040<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-B-D#<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-7-0b<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dominant 7th (7)<br />
</td>
<td>Major 9th<br />
</td>
<td>0-400-720-960<br />
</td>
<td>E-Ab-B-D<br />
</td>
<td>1-4-7-9<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Half-Diminished 7th (m7b5)<br />
</td>
<td>Diminished 10th<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-560-1040<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-A#-D#<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-6b-0b<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diminished 7th<br />
</td>
<td>Diminished 9th<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-560-960<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-A#-D<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-6b-9<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>Diatonic Chord Name<br />
</td>
<td>Decatonic Name<br />
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</td>
<td>Tuning (cents)<br />
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<td>Spelling 2<br />
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<td>Degrees of Minor Mode Found On:<br />
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<td>Major 6th (M6)<br />
</td>
<td>Major 8th<br />
</td>
<td>0-400-720-880<br />
</td>
<td>E-Ab-B-Db<br />
</td>
<td>1-4-7-8<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Minor-Major 6th (m6)<br />
</td>
<td>Minor 9th<br />
</td>
<td>0-320-720-960<br />
</td>
<td>E-G#-B-D<br />
</td>
<td>1-4b-7-9<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diminished(b3) (Dim(b3))<br />
</td>
<td>Sus3-Maj6<br />
</td>
<td>0-240-640<br />
</td>
<td>E-G-Bb<br />
</td>
<td>1-3-6<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Double-Diminished (Dim(b3)(b5))<br />
</td>
<td>Sus3-Min6<br />
</td>
<td>0-240-560<br />
</td>
<td>E-G-A#<br />
</td>
<td>1-3-6b<br />
</td>
<td>ii, iv, vi, viii, x<br />
</td>
<td>i, iii, v, vii, ix<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Major-Diminished (Maj(b5))<br />
</td>
<td>Major-Sus6<br />
</td>
<td>0-400-640<br />
</td>
<td>E-Ab-Bb<br />
</td>
<td>1-4-6<br />
</td>
<td>I, III, V, VIII, IX<br />
</td>
<td>II, IV, VI, VIII, X<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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When using the 10-note scale to organize 5-limit chord progressions that serve as accompaniment to a tonal melody (and is organized according to the principles of functional harmony), it is typical to approach the scale not as a single 10-note scale, but rather as a 7-note scale whose degrees are constantly shifting to keep pace with the chords. This is because, over a given 5-limit triad, three of the 10 notes will be relatively discordant compared to the other 7. It's also because any set of five 5-limit triads maximally connected by common tones will actually form a 7-note scale, which will have a tendency to make those 7 notes more tonally salient over those chords. This is perhaps better understood through diagrams comparing 5-limit JI with 15edo Blacksmith[10]:<br />
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The top lattice represents three chains of 3/2s (along the horizontal axis) connected by chains of 5/4s (represented by /) or 6/5s (represented by \). The accidental " <strong>,</strong> " means that an interval is lowered by a syntonic comma (81/80), while the accidental " <strong>'</strong> " means an interval is raised by a syntonic comma. The " <strong>#</strong> " and " <strong>b</strong> " accidentals represent raising and lowering by the Pythagorean apotome (2187:2048). <br />
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The bottom lattice is what we get if we temper the top lattice in 15edo, and use decimal notation to notate it. Unlike in a meantone tuning, where 81/80 is tempered out (and thus " <strong>C</strong> " is the same pitch-class as " <strong>C,</strong> "), 256/243 is tempered out, which makes " <strong>C</strong> " and " <strong>B</strong> " the same pitch-class. Thus " <strong>C</strong> " and " <strong>B</strong> " both correspond to the Blacksmith[10] note " <strong>1</strong> ". (Note that this affects the apotome as well, causing it to widen from ~114¢ in JI to 240¢ in 15edo!). In the bottom lattice, the " <strong>b</strong> " accidental represents lowering a note by a 5-limit chromatic semitone (25/24). Sharps (" <strong>#</strong> ") are not pictured here, but would arise if another chain of 3/2s was added another 5/4 above the top-most chain.</body></html>