Excerpts from Appendix C (page 164) from Keith [1991]. All results assume a 12-tone equal-tempered scale.
Number of diatonic scale classes: 3
Number of note names (A-G); number of notes in a common scale; number of white keys per octave on a piano: 7
Number of scales one note different from the Major scale: 9
Number of notes in the most common equal-tempered scale: 12
Number of common musical keys (C + 1-6 flats/sharps): 13
Number of 7-note diatonic scales (=7 * 3): 21
Number of elementary 2-fold polychords: 23
A k-fold polychord is an n-note chord sub-divided into k non-empty subchords, for k=1, . . ., n. For example, the 6-note chord <C, D, E, F#, G, A> can be subdivided into the 3-note 2-fold polychords, <C, E, G> and <D, F#, A>.
Number of 7-note chords: 66
Number of distinct interval sets (partitions of 12): 77
Number of 7-note triatonic scales (=7*35): 245
Number of notationally-distinct diatonic scales (=13 *21): 273
Number of distinct chord-types (= N(12) – 1): 351
Number of 7-note musical scales (=7*66): 462
Number of scales (=Number of n-note scales, summed over all n) (=2^(12-1) = 2^11): 2048
Number of chords without rotational isomorphism (= 2^12 – 1): 4095
Number of notationally-distinct scales (=13 * 462): 6006
Number of non-syncopated 8-bar 1/4-note rhythmic patterns: 458,330
Number of non-syncopated 8-bar 1/8-note rhythmic patterns: 210,066,388,901
Reference:
Michael Keith [1991]: From Polychords to Polya: Adventures in Musical Combinatorics. (Princeton, NJ: Vinculum Press.)
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