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The largest generic interval in the diatonic scale being 7 − 1 = 6.
 
==Myhill's property<!--'Myhill's property' redirects here-->==
'''Myhill's property'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> is the quality of [[musical scale]]s or collections with exactly two specific intervals for every generic interval, and thus also have the properties of [[cardinality equals variety]], [[structure implies multiplicity]], and being a [[well formed generated collection]]. In other words, each generic interval can be made from one of two possible different specific intervals. For example, there are major or minor and perfect or augmented/diminished variants of all the diatonic intervals:
 
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