JUMP SPACE
is the category consisting of
heptatonic scales with
P5/p4 and Tt/tT movements
collectively known as jumps.
Name: 5-space
Objects: Heptatonic Scales
Morphisms: Jump Intervals
Degree Spelling: 1526374
Jump Spelling: PPPPPtP
Major Scale Jump Loop
Solid Purple is P5; Solid Black is TT
Major Scale Jump Diatonic Center diagram
Major Scale 5×12 Accidental diagram
Other 5×12 Accidental diagrams
Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, and Neapolitian Major
- Jumps constitute two of the six Characteristic Intervals
- Major Scale Tritones in 5-space determine the Key Center
- Strongest at Harmony; weakest at Melody
- Combines with 2-space to form 5×2 “Key-Mode” diagrams
- Combines with 3-space to form 5×3 “Key-Chord” diagrams
- Very little exploration of this space outside of the Circle of Fifths
Further references within and without KCM