9-note Diatonic Scale on 16-tone nine string guitar

.... This is a harmonic minor scale in which the minor thirds are divided equally in 1/2. I have another video posted explaining this and showing the harmonic minor fitting in with this scale with some common tones. The scale is played slowly so you can hear what minor thirds sound like divided in half - in this 9 note version. 9 note scales are mathematically common in the moment of symmetry is a 5, 7, 9, and 16 note version. The sixteen tone equal division octave system by analogy to the 12-tet tradition system is microtonal. I enjoy it for it’s purer thirds and sixths, a harmonic 7/4 seventh, and the two whole tones I have at my disposal - one being 8/7 and the other 12/11.. The low integer approximations make for a journey through harmonic and melodic territory which is VERY seldom explored due to mostly cultural bias and usually ignorance of the 7th partial. The minor thirds are the same as 12 in 16 which may be attractive
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