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7-note tetrachordal MOS scales (was: Chain-of-minor-thirds tuning)

🔗perlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

7/5/1999 12:48:51 AM

Graham Breed wrote,

>While I'm at it, there's only one
>more family of 7-note tetrachordal scales :

That should be, 7-note tetrachordal MOS scales.

>1+6. Here are the examples in
>22=:

>3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

I use the latter two (minor & major quasi-equal
heptatonic) all the time in my music. The "Improv"
at the Microthon started in minor qeh. The major
one sounds like harmonics 8,9,10,11,12 over a
drone.

🔗perlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx

7/5/1999 12:48:53 AM

Graham Breed wrote,

>While I'm at it, there's only one
>more family of 7-note tetrachordal scales :

That should be, 7-note tetrachordal MOS scales.

>1+6. Here are the examples in
>22=:

>3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

I use the latter two (minor & major quasi-equal
heptatonic) all the time in my music. The "Improv"
at the Microthon started in minor qeh. The major
one sounds like harmonics 8,9,10,11,12 over a
drone.