Their relationship can be expressed like this: The yellow Waveform is
to the Tone Waveform as the Tone Waveform is to the purple Waveform.
Another relationship analogy is useful here with the fractions 2/3 and
3/2. 2/3 is a distinctively different proportion than its reciprocal 3/2,
yet when
multiplied together, they make 1. In the same way, Syzygies II and
III. have their own individual musical scale, but as the models in the
VRML scene will demonstrate, after they are dragged when the cylinder button
is activated, they can be turned into each other by simple rotation. Likewise,
2/3 can be transformed into 3/2 by simply switching sides of the
division line.
Once the cylinder button is activated, you will be brought to an appropriate
viewpoint to view the rotation. A flashing
arrow on the Syzygy II model indicates that the model can be rotated
by dragging around that point. By clicking the diffrent yellow and purple
vertical "w" icons,
you can view all the different rotations/transformations possible.
Syzygies II and III, because of their asymmetrical nature, have musical
properties that will be examined in the next section.