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IndisputableMonolith.MusicTheory.HarmonicModes

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HarmonicModes supplies definitions for the octave, fifth, fourth, major and minor thirds, and tritone as superparticular ratios equipped with J-cost properties. Researchers extending Recognition Science to consonance and scale construction cite these when building higher music-theory modules. The module consists of targeted definitions plus elementary comparison lemmas that relate each interval to the superparticular predicate.

claimDefinitions of the octave (ratio $2$), fifth (ratio $3/2$), fourth (ratio $4/3$), major third (ratio $5/4$), minor third (ratio $6/5$), and tritone, each satisfying the superparticular condition $J(r) = (r + r^{-1})/2 - 1$ for integer cost steps.

background

The module belongs to the MusicTheory domain and imports the Cost module to access the J-cost function and Recognition Composition Law. It introduces the superparticular predicate together with named constants for the standard harmonic intervals and lemmas such as octave_eq_superparticular that verify each ratio meets the predicate. These objects instantiate the abstract J-uniqueness at the level of audible frequency ratios.

proof idea

This is a definition module, no proofs.

why it matters in Recognition Science

The interval definitions are imported by CircleOfFifths for scale construction, by Consonance for measuring harmonic relations, and by Valence for affective assignments. They close the step from the abstract RCL and phi-ladder to concrete musical objects, preparing the ground for applications of T5 J-uniqueness inside music theory.

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