Talk:Modes of limited transposition

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Part of me really wants to add a section about the relationship of these scales to the linear temperaments that have a 12-note MOS, (namely "augmented", "diminished", "diaschismatic" or "srutal", and an unnamed one with a sixth-octave period) because it's so beautiful the way it works out, but part of me says no, because I don't have any published, verifiable sources. —Keenan Pepper 00:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Mode 2 has 3 tranpositions, not 2.

[edit] Slurs in first example

The description of the whole-tone scale talks about six groups of two, which I suppose refers to the six sequential major seconds. But the slurring doesn't correspond to the text. Can someone go back to the original and put in the six slurs? Alternatively, the text should explain. David Brooks 00:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. DerHindemith (talk) 12:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is the fourth mode wrongly illustrated?

It seems to me that the intervals for the fourth mode ought to be (in terms of semitones):

1 1 3 1, 1 1 3 1.

But on the picture, it reads:

1 2 2 1, 1 1 3 1.

Not symmetrical as it's claimed to be.

I don't see a problem. Compare the mode examples with, for instance, this. They seem to agree, and the online journal predates this example so can't be derived from it. The fourth mode intervals are 1 1 3 1, 1 1 3 (1). Transpose to F♯ and you get the same notes. David Brooks 22:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

David, you are right.

My misreading.Xplorr 03:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)