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well-formed scale: a standalone construct

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Music theory

a scale generated by one repeated interval within a cycle such that each generic step size comes in at most two specific sizes.

In music theory, well-formed scale refers to a scale generated by one repeated interval within a cycle such that each generic step size comes in at most two specific sizes. This meaning comes from Carey (1989) in Music Theory Spectrum.[1]

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cycle4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs interval4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs scale3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Carey, N., & Clampitt, D. (1989). Aspects of Well-Formed Scales. Music Theory Spectrum, 11(2), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.2307/745935

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