Ramsay
The great Genetic Scale, major and minor, the seed-bed and nursery of all, is that from which first of all the natural scale of the fifth arises into existence; and three fifths are generated in the major ascending side and three also in the descending minor side of the twofold genesis, giving us six fifths in all. At the top of the ascending genesis we find the major octave scale standing solid and in its perfect order and proportion; and at the bottom of the descending genesis we have the minor octave. [Scientific Basis and Build of Music, page 66]
See Also
chord
descending
dominant
falling
genesis
middle
bottom
subdominant
tonic
top
bottom of the descending genesis
descend
descendant
Descending
descending piston
descending scale
development-fostering falling temperature gradient
down
falling
free-fall
keys of the descending scales
law of a falling body