RE: [tuning] Re: more on composing in X tuning (was Good 5-limit scale generators)

David Keenan wrote,

>Is it correct to use the term MOS for something with n>1 chains of
>the generator spaced 1/n octave apart?

I'm afraid not. If it were all symmetrical scales (meaning transpositionally
invariant w.r.t. some transpositions other than an octave) would be MOS.

Dave Keenan wrote,

>Do these symmetrical 8 and 9 note scales have standard names?

Yes. The 8-note one is called the diminished scale, or, simply, the
octatonic scale (it's very common), and as we discussed in recent weeks, the
9-note one is called the Tscherepnin scale (Tscherepnin's son, grandson, and
great-grandson are all composers too -- I know his great-grandson).