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MusicScale

MusicScale[{i₁, i₂, ...}, freq, dur]
creates a Sound object that is a sequence of pitches corresponding to numbers i₁, i₂, ..., a list of intervals measured in cents, starting at freq Hertz and lasting dur seconds.

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To use MusicScale, you first need to load the Music Package using Needs["Music`"].

MusicScale creates a pitch sequence from a predefined interval list or an arbitrary list of numbers interpreted as intervals.

The list of intervals does not have to be in ascending or descending order.

The following predefined interval lists may be given:

	JustMajor	interval list for the Just Major scale
	JustMinor	interval list for the minor version of the Just Major scale
	MeanChromatic	interval list for the Mean Chromatic scale
	MeanMajor	interval list derived from the Mean Chromatic scale
	PythagoreanChromatic	interval list for the Pythagorean Chromatic scale
	PythagoreanMajor	interval list for the Pythagorean Major scale
	QuarterTone	interval list in which each semitone is split in two
	SixthTone	interval list in which each semitone is split in three
	TemperedChromatic	interval list corresponding to an equal-tempered scale
	TemperedMajor	interval list derived from the Tempered Chromatic scale
	TemperedMinor	interval list derived from the Tempered Chromatic scale

The two functions HertzToCents and CentsToHertz convert a list of one type to its complementary type.

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