Text: Building a scale: It should be noticed that a scale can be constructed on any vibration number as a foundation or fundamental. Type any number into the field below C and click on the Diatonic Sale button. Using 288 will create a scale of whole numbers. Other numbers may also create scales of whole numbers while yet other numbers may create decimal fractions of an integer. The distance or interval is given by the fractional ratios listed across the top of the measure, i.e., the interval of D from C is 9/8 or C divided by 8 and then multiplied by 9 = D. There are any number oftypes of scales. The above ratios are for the Diatonic Scale. With the same fundamental (C) there are different intervasl between the Diatonic and Pythagorean Scales as can be seen by clicking either button.

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