Harmonics 10–20

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The harmonic segment 10::20 (also harmonics 10–20) consists of harmonics 10 through 20 (10:11:…:20) and spans one octave above the root. Used as a scale, it is also called mode 10 of the harmonic series. Unlike its half harmonics 5–10, this scale is actually quite effective, having a minor and supermajor triad on the root.

Harmonics 10–20
Prime factorization 2 × 5
Fifth 15/10 (701.955c)

Intervals

# Cents Ratio Decimal Interval name Audio
0 0.00 1/1 1.0000 perfect unison
1 165.00 11/10 1.1000 large undecimal neutral second
2 315.64 6/5 1.2000 just minor third
3 454.21 13/10 1.3000 tridecimal semisixth
4 582.51 7/5 1.4000 narrow tritone
5 701.96 3/2 1.50000 just perfect fifth
6 813.68 8/5 1.6000 just minor sixth
7 918.64 17/10 1.7000 septendecimal major sixth
8 1017.60 9/5 1.8000 just minor seventh
9 1111.20 19/10 1.9000 undevicesimal diminished octave
1 1200.00 2/1 2.0000 perfect octave

Scales

  This article or section contains multiple idiosyncratic terms. Such terms are used by only a few people and are not regularly used within the community.

Terms: Most of these names were coined, and are solely used, by Budjarn Lambeth - however he was only the first to name many of these scales, others have probably already used them before him

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Small modes 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
Larger modes 30 • 32 • 36 • 48 • 60 • 128
Families /2: 2 • 4 • 8 • 16 • 32 • 128
/3: 3 • 6 • 9 • 12 • 15 • 18 • 21 • 24
/5: 5 • 10 • 15 • 20 • 25 • 30 • 35 • 60 • 80
/7: 7 • 14 • 21 • 28 • 35 • 56
/11: 11 • 22 • 33
/13: 13 • 26
Related Harmonic series • Subharmonic series • Carlos harmonic scale • Ringer scale • Primodality