Volume 2: The Scales 455

Scale 455

Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 2

Also known as: Two-semitone Tritone Scale, STOian

Analysis Modes
Cardinality 6 (hexatonic) Scale 455: Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 2
Pitch Class Set
Interval Structure
{0,1,2,6,7,8}
[1,1,4,1,1,4]
1.
Forte Number 6-7
Generator none Scale 2275: Messiaen Mode 5
Rotational Symmetry
Reflection Axes
[6]
[1,4] 2.
Ridge Tones [2,8]
Palindromicity no Scale 3185: Messiaen Mode 5 Rotation 1
Chirality no
Hemitonia 4 (multihemitonic) 3.
Cohemitonia 2 (dicohemitonic)
Imperfections 2 This scale has less than 6 modes, because it has rotational
Prime Form yes
symmetry at 6 semitones.
Deep Scale no
Interval Vector <4,2,0,2,4,3>
Intervallic Analysis p4m2s2d4t3 Tonnetz Diagram
Distribution Spectra <1> = {1,4}
<2> = {2,5}
<3> = {6}
<4> = {7,10}
<5> = {8,11}
Spectra Variation 2
Saturation Vector <0.8,0.333,0,0,0.8,1>
Maximal Evenness no
Interior Area 1.866
Polygon Perimeter 5.535
Myhill Property no
Centrifuge Balance yes
Propriety Improper
Coherence Quotient 0.877
Sameness Quotient 0.573
Heteromorphic Profile (8,0,32)
Hierarchizability (k = 2) 1
Hierarchizability (k = 4) 1
Maximal Area no

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