Alpha scale
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Alpha scale
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The α (alpha) scale is a non-octave-repeating musical scale invented by Wendy Carlos and first used on her album Beauty in the Beast (1986). It is derived from approximating just intervals using multiples of a single interval, but without requiring an octave (2:1). It may be approximated by dividing the perfect fifth (3:2) into nine equal steps, with frequency ratio 1 9 , or by dividing the minor third (6:5) into four frequency ratio steps of 1 4 . The size of this scale step may also be
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Musical scale invented by Wendy Carlos
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_scale
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2024-04-03T02:59:37Z
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