Hexany

A six tone CPS generated by taking the elements or factors of a tetrad two at a time.

This set may be partioned into four pairs of inversionally related triads, each of which contains three of the four elements of the generating tetrad.

The Hexany has the interval sequence c b a b c d where a, b, c, d are not necessarily different intervals. d is the interval which completes the octave.

Hexanies are also defined in Equal temperaments.

The Stellated Hexany has 14 tones and is called both a "Mandala" and a Dekatesserany.

See also Combination Product Sets

[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

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