Distributional evenness
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A scale is **distributionally even (DE)** if it has [[maximum variety]] 2; that is, each class of interval ("seconds", "thirds", and so on) contains **no more than** two specific intervals.
In practice, such scales are often referred to as "[[MOSScales|MOS]]" scales, but this usage is technically incorrect because a MOS is defined to have **exactly** two specific intervals for each class other than multiples of the octave. When [[Erv Wilson]] discovered MOS scales and found numerous examples, DE scales that are not technically MOS such as [[pajara]], [[Augmented family|augmented]], [[diminished]], etc. were not among them.Original HTML content:
<html><head><title>Distributional Evenness</title></head><body>A scale is <strong>distributionally even (DE)</strong> if it has <a class="wiki_link" href="/maximum%20variety">maximum variety</a> 2; that is, each class of interval ("seconds", "thirds", and so on) contains <strong>no more than</strong> two specific intervals.<br /> <br /> In practice, such scales are often referred to as "<a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales">MOS</a>" scales, but this usage is technically incorrect because a MOS is defined to have <strong>exactly</strong> two specific intervals for each class other than multiples of the octave. When <a class="wiki_link" href="/Erv%20Wilson">Erv Wilson</a> discovered MOS scales and found numerous examples, DE scales that are not technically MOS such as <a class="wiki_link" href="/pajara">pajara</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Augmented%20family">augmented</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/diminished">diminished</a>, etc. were not among them.</body></html>