1-3-5-7 hexany

Circle diagram.

Circle diagram (rotated to most consonant mode).

The simplest possible Hexany, comprised of two-combination sum products of the first four odd numbers. This creates a scale of 1 7/6 5/4 35/24 5/3 7/4 2/1, with steps of 7/6 15/14 7/6 8/7 21/20 8/7. Despite having simpler factors, it's most complex number (the 35/24) is more complex than that of its immediate neighbour 1-3-5-9, the smallest step is also smaller and the overall sound is more xenharmonic as it involves 7-limit intervals. It has two 5-limit chords that can be used to provide stable roots, a major one rooted on the 7/6 and a minor one rooted on the 5/3.

! 1-3-5-7_Hexany.scl
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1 3 5 7 2-combination Hexany
6
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7/6
5/4
35/24
5/3
7/4
2/1

Suggested keyboard mapping: C D# E G A Bb C

Expansions

As it has 1 as a factor, turning this from a standard hexany into a stellated hexany only adds two notes to your options rather than a full 14 due to the large number of repeated notes, which still leaves plenty of gaps on a standard keyboard.

• 1-3-5-7 stellated hexany

There are 6 ways of expanding this out to a bihexany that will put a 3/2 above the root, expanding your options in a way that gives you a stable 5-limit chord to centre your scale upon and plenty of other consonant chords. 3 of them produce a full 12 note scale.

• 1-3-5-7 by 9/5 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 9/7 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 36/35 bihexany

Another 3 have overlapping notes and so only produce 10 note scales, but may still be useful nonetheless.

• 1-3-5-7 by 3/2 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 6/5 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 12/7 bihexany

Other bihexanies derived from this that produce a 10 note scale are: (using the rotation that produces the more consonant mode overall where possible)

• 1-3-5-7 by 8/7 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 8/5 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 10/7 bihexany

Other bihexanies derived from this that produce a 11 note scale are:

• 1-3-5-7 by 15/14 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 40/21 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 48/35 bihexany

All other offset intervals will produce a 12 note scale with at least 4 perfect fifths, although they may not be positioned in a way that provides familiar chord sequences. Ones that have five or more perfect fifths include:

• 1-3-5-7 by 9/8 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 21/16 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 16/15 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 56/45 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 64/35 bihexany
• 1-3-5-7 by 80/63 bihexany

Music

Daniel Corral

• Stellate Hexany Study #1: Triads

Dominique Cyprès

• Canal Street Antique Mall

Elkay & Cee

• Hexany1357

Inhibitd

• The Sphere

Kalleaho

• Nocturne

Paul Maaswinkel

• Dungeon Brunch

Node Audio

• Jungle Flute in 7-limit Hexany

Phexioenesystems

• Shining Sea

Dave Seidel

• Hexany Dyads
• The 1-3-5-7 Hexany Chord Catalogue (The 35 three-note chords possible in one octave

Sevish

• Murmurations (5th part)

Twinsanity

• Hexany Two