The γ scale is a non-octave repeating musical scale

Musical scale

In music, a scale is a sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order. Most commonly, especially in the context of the common practice period, the notes of a scale will belong to a single key, thus providing material for or being used to conveniently represent part or all of a musical...

 which splits the neutral third

Neutral third

A neutral third is a musical interval wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third . Three distinct intervals may be termed neutral thirds:...

 (just: 347.41 cents , ET: 350 cents , Gamma scale: 351 cents ) into two equal parts, or ten equal parts of 35 cents each . This totals 34.29 steps per octave

Octave

In music, an octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music", the use of which is "common in most musical systems"...

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It may be derived from using 20:11 to approximate the interval 3:2/5:4, which equals 6:5 .

It was invented by Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...

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More accurately the gamma scale step is 35.099 cents and there are 34.1895 per octave.

External links

• Carlos, Wendy (1989-96). "Three Asymmetric Divisions of the Octave", WendyCarlos.com.