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Generalized Carlos Scales
In 1986, composer Wendy Carlos introduced three unusual musical scales she called alpha, beta and gamma, equal temperament-inspired scales that de-emphasize the octave as the primary interval in favor of the major and minor thirds and the perfect fifth. A derivation of the alpha, beta, and gamma scales due to David Benson is generalized to produce many Carlos-type scales.
View a PDF of the paper titled Generalized Carlos Scales, by Andrew V. Sills View PDFHTML (experimental) Abstract:In 1986, composer Wendy Carlos introduced three unusual musical scales she called alpha, beta and gamma, equal temperament-inspired scales that de-emphasize the octave as the primary interval in favor of the major and minor thirds and the perfect fifth. From: Andrew Sills [ view email][v1] Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:08:21 UTC (7 KB)[v2] Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:31:53 UTC (7 KB)
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