Talk:MODMOS scale

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Should we invent a new term to distinguish between these types of scales?

At the moment, this article says the following:

"In theory, although numerous options exist for the choice of chromatic alteration, the standard is alteration by the MOS's chroma, where the chroma is the difference between any pair of intervals sharing the same interval class. This choice of chromatic alteration interval is so fundamental to the structure of these scales that the term MODMOS, in its main sense, is generally interpreted as referring to only those scales being altered by this interval in particular. In the exposition below, we give a formal treatment of MODMOS's that looks only at chroma-altered scales. These scales are distinguished by the sense that they are epimorphic, and hence of special musical interest. However, alterations by other intervals may also be useful."

I wonder if maybe MODMOS should only refer to scales that are altered by chromas, and that some new, separate term should be invented to describe scales that are altered by another interval?

Maybe the term could something like "LOMMOS" (loosely modified MOS)?

--BudjarnLambeth (talk) 00:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)