source file: m1416.txt
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 17:58:59 -0400

Subject: RE: Major scale within the 13-triad scale?

From: "Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

>>           I failed to see anything special about his scale except the seven
>>just major triads. Someone should let Bill know that there is a 12-tone
scale
>>which contains just as many just major triads as, but one more just minor
>>triad than, his scale. Of course, this "better" scale doesn't have any "just
>>major scales."

>Erh?  There's one, anyway:

>        .   .
>      *   *   *
>    *   *   *   *
>      .   .   .

Yes, of course. I was probably thinking of the full, 6-triad major
scale, which has two versions of the second scale degree (10/9 and 9/8)
depending on whether the harmony is a ii chord or a V chord.