This nine note scale is intended to channel the composition algorithm into producing a traversal of the comma 126:125. I can't find any structure like that in the score, or in any of the scores I generated in my various trials. Something is not working as anticipated! One possibility is that this traversal is just too simple, i.e. too easy to jostle away. Another detail I suspect might be causing trouble is the new interval scoring formula I have been using. It scores 7:6 as more consonant than 8:7. This may be providing a downhill pathway to breaking apart the traversal.
Traversal or no, this piece sounds nice, so I thought I should share it. Plus, there is almost always something to be learned from failure!
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