source file: mills3.txt


Subject:  Re: Diminished scales

From:  mr88cet@texas.net

> In 12tET, there are 2 patterns available : hW hW hW hW and Wh Wh Wh Wh. In
>8tET, there is only one diminished scale. Blackwood said that a possible
>16tET diminished scale would be 0 1 4 5 8 9 12 13 16. All these scales have
>a two note pattern that fills a minor third. The pattern is repeated 4
>times in an octave.

   How specifically does the term "symmetric mode" apply to this?  I
presume that a diminished scale is a special case of a symmetric mode, in
particular where the two-step repeating pattern spans a minor third?



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