prop19_7d

Melodic minor

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Properties

Notes7
Period1200.0 ¢
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Thread7 scales
Tone (¢) Step (¢)
189 189
316 126
505 189
695 189
884 189
1074 189
1200 126

Similar scales

FileNotesRotationMax diff (¢)
porchrome5 7 4 7.2
porchrome4 7 4 14.3
CD02_18_Egypt 7 6 21.1
CD02_14_Egypt 7 1 21.1
CD03_08_rast_Egypt 7 3 21.5
xen09-wilson-marwa-12-04 7 5 21.7
xen09-wilson-marwa-16a-04 7 5 21.7
xen09-wilson-marwa-09-01 7 4 21.7
xen09-wilson-marwa-09-20 7 6 21.7
xen09-wilson-marwa-09-11 7 0 21.7

Parent scales

FileNotesMax diff (¢)
meanred 12 0.8
xen18-erlich-flattone-12 12 3.1
secab 10 7.7
wreck_b 12 5.3
m2scra 12 5.3
ratwolf 12 5.5
syncmt1a 12 6.0
slendro_m-mean 12 6.4
ozancirc 12 6.8
mean2-5 12 6.9

Child scales

FileNotesMax diff (¢)
Vietnam_Bac 5 6.8
xen15-gilson-just-pentatonic 5 14.4
Ethiopia_Mus_01_Bati_Zafan 5 16.2
Ethiopia_Mus_05_Yammatbal 5 17.2
xen15-gilson-pythagorean-pentatonic 5 21.7
CD15_15_Morocco 5 22.0
CD18_12_Tunisia 6 22.1
Ethiopia_Mus_01_Yammatbal 5 24.7
Uganda_Xylophone_a 5 24.8
Mailing list post 
From: Gene Ward Smith (2006-05-26)
Subject: Scala files for the seven strictly proper 7-note 19-et scales

Balzano makes a big deal out of how using 12-et in connection with
scale theory ideas such as strict propriety = coherence gives the
pentatonic and diatonic scales, but I think 19 does a much better job.
For one thing, there aren't any coherent 7-note scales in 12-et, so
his whole analysis falls apart, due to the "unique badness" property
of 12-et. 

Using 19, we get the major diatonic scale, the "melodic minor" scale,
the "harmonic minor" scale, the inverse harmonic minor = "harmonic
major scale, a 3/19 MOS, and two funny scales. Hence, the whole of
diatonic scale theory is practically falling in our lap here, which it
most certainly does not do in 12-et. 19 would appear to be a much
better starting point for a lot of common practice scale stuff than 12.

I think I'll start an archive of these things, but here they are:

! prop19_7a.scl
Diatonic major
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
505.263158
694.736842
884.210526
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7b.scl
Harmonic minor
7
!
189.473684
315.789474
505.263158
694.736842
821.052632
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7c.scl
Harmonic major (inverse harmonic minor)
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
505.263158
694.736842
821.052632
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7d.scl
Melodic minor
7
!
189.473684
315.789474
505.263158
694.736842
884.210526
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7e.scl
3/19 MOS
7
!
189.473684
252.631579
442.105263
631.578947
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000

! prop19_7f.scl
Sixth 7-note 19-et strictly proper scale
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
568.421053
694.736842
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000

! prop19_g.scl
Seventh 7-note 19-et strictly proper scale
7
!
126.315789
378.947368
442.105263
694.736842
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000
Full thread (1 messages) 
From: Gene Ward Smith (2006-05-26)
Subject: Scala files for the seven strictly proper 7-note 19-et scales

Balzano makes a big deal out of how using 12-et in connection with
scale theory ideas such as strict propriety = coherence gives the
pentatonic and diatonic scales, but I think 19 does a much better job.
For one thing, there aren't any coherent 7-note scales in 12-et, so
his whole analysis falls apart, due to the "unique badness" property
of 12-et. 

Using 19, we get the major diatonic scale, the "melodic minor" scale,
the "harmonic minor" scale, the inverse harmonic minor = "harmonic
major scale, a 3/19 MOS, and two funny scales. Hence, the whole of
diatonic scale theory is practically falling in our lap here, which it
most certainly does not do in 12-et. 19 would appear to be a much
better starting point for a lot of common practice scale stuff than 12.

I think I'll start an archive of these things, but here they are:

! prop19_7a.scl
Diatonic major
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
505.263158
694.736842
884.210526
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7b.scl
Harmonic minor
7
!
189.473684
315.789474
505.263158
694.736842
821.052632
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7c.scl
Harmonic major (inverse harmonic minor)
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
505.263158
694.736842
821.052632
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7d.scl
Melodic minor
7
!
189.473684
315.789474
505.263158
694.736842
884.210526
1073.684211
1200.000000

! prop19_7e.scl
3/19 MOS
7
!
189.473684
252.631579
442.105263
631.578947
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000

! prop19_7f.scl
Sixth 7-note 19-et strictly proper scale
7
!
189.473684
378.947368
568.421053
694.736842
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000

! prop19_g.scl
Seventh 7-note 19-et strictly proper scale
7
!
126.315789
378.947368
442.105263
694.736842
821.052632
1010.526316
1200.000000

Raw file

! prop19_7d.scl
Melodic minor
7
!
189.473684
315.789474
505.263158
694.736842
884.210526
1073.684211
1200.000000
!
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