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Star + nova = Sensi[16]

🔗Gene Ward Smith <gwsmith@svpal.org>

1/2/2006 9:14:56 PM

Star, in its 46-et incarnation is: [3, 12, 15, 24, 27, 34, 39, 46].
Nova in its 46-et incarnation is [5, 12, 15, 24, 27, 34, 39, 46]. If
we detemper these to sensi temperament, then in terms of 9/7
generators we have that star is [-4, -2, 0, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11] and nova
is [-4, -2, 0, 2,
3, 5, 7, 9]. If we shift star by one generator, subtracting 1, and
combine it with nova we get [-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10],
which is just Sensi[16]. This isn't a MOS, the next MOS up being
Sensi[19], but it is pretty regular anyway.