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|+2/1-equivalent mosses (up to | |+2/1-equivalent mosses (up to 33 steps) | ||
! rowspan="2" |Number of small steps | ! rowspan="2" |Number of small steps | ||
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|[[30L 1s]] | |[[30L 1s]] | ||
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|[[29L 2s]] | |[[29L 2s]] | ||
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|[[28L 3s]] | |[[28L 3s]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:53, 30 September 2026
This page presents an extensive gallery of MOS scales, an extension of the structure of the familiar diatonic (major/minor) and chromatic scales devised by Erv Wilson, which can be applied to all kinds of different tuning systems.
See the page MOS scale for a proper explanation.
Mosses by total note count
Mosses in bold have 2 or more periods per octave (meaning they have extra symmetries similar to the familiar augmented, diminished and whole tone scales from 12edo).
Mosses without bold have 1 period per octave (similar to the familiar major and minor scales).
| Note count | Total number of large steps | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| Trivial mosses | 1L 1s | |||||||||||||
| 1L 2s | 2L 1s | |||||||||||||
| Tetratonic mosses | 1L 3s | 2L 2s | 3L 1s | |||||||||||
| Pentatonic mosses | 1L 4s | 2L 3s | 3L 2s | 4L 1s | ||||||||||
| Hexatonic mosses | 1L 5s | 2L 4s | 3L 3s | 4L 2s | 5L 1s | |||||||||
| Heptatonic mosses | 1L 6s | 2L 5s | 3L 4s | 4L 3s | 5L 2s | 6L 1s | ||||||||
| Octatonic mosses | 1L 7s | 2L 6s | 3L 5s | 4L 4s | 5L 3s | 6L 2s | 7L 1s | |||||||
| Enneatonic mosses | 1L 8s | 2L 7s | 3L 6s | 4L 5s | 5L 4s | 6L 3s | 7L 2s | 8L 1s | ||||||
| Decatonic mosses | 1L 9s | 2L 8s | 3L 7s | 4L 6s | 5L 5s | 6L 4s | 7L 3s | 8L 2s | 9L 1s | |||||
| Hendecatonic mosses | 1L 10s | 2L 9s | 3L 8s | 4L 7s | 5L 6s | 6L 5s | 7L 4s | 8L 3s | 9L 2s | 10L 1s | ||||
| Dodecatonic mosses | 1L 11s | 2L 10s | 3L 9s | 4L 8s | 5L 7s | 6L 6s | 7L 5s | 8L 4s | 9L 3s | 10L 2s | 11L 1s | |||
| Tridecatonic mosses | 1L 12s | 2L 11s | 3L 10s | 4L 9s | 5L 8s | 6L 7s | 7L 6s | 8L 5s | 9L 4s | 10L 3s | 11L 2s | 12L 1s | ||
| Tetradecatonic mosses | 1L 13s | 2L 12s | 3L 11s | 4L 10s | 5L 9s | 6L 8s | 7L 7s | 8L 6s | 9L 5s | 10L 4s | 11L 3s | 12L 2s | 13L 1s | |
| Pentadecatonic mosses | 1L 14s | 2L 13s | 3L 12s | 4L 11s | 5L 10s | 6L 9s | 7L 8s | 8L 7s | 9L 6s | 10L 5s | 11L 4s | 12L 3s | 13L 2s | 14L 1s |
Listen
This is an algorithmically generated recording of every MOS scale that has 14 or fewer notes (tetradecatonic) for a total of 91 scales being showcased here. Each MOS scale played has its simplest step ratio (large step is 2 small step is 1) and therefore is inside the smallest EDO that can support it. Each MOS scale is also in its brightest mode. And rhythmically, each scale is being played with its respective MOS rhythm. Note that changing the mode or step ratio of any of these MOSes may dramatically alter the sound and therefore this recording is not thoroughly representative of each MOS but rather a small taste.
Browse MOS by EDO
Summary pages
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- List of MOS scales in edos 5 to 30
- List of MOS scales in edos 31 to 45
- List of MOS scales in edos 46 to 55
Individual pages
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |
| 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 |
| 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
| 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 |
| 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 |
| 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 |
| 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 |
| 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 |
| 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 |
| 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 |
| 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 |
| 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 |
| 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 |
Browse MOS by Temperament
| Hendecatonic | Sensi[11] 8L 3s • Machine[11], Baldy[11] 6L 5s • Slendric[11] 5L 6s • Keemun[11] 4L 7s |
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| Dodecatonic | Passion[12], Ripple[12] 11L 1s • Pajara[12] 10L 2s • August[12] 9L 3s • Meantone[12] 7L 5s • Hexe[12] 6L 6s • Superpyth[12] 5L 7s • Diminished[12] 4L 8s • Augene[12] 3L 9s • Injera[12] 2L 10s |
| Tridecatonic also see Tridecatonic MOS |
Heinz[13] 11L 2s • Sephiroth13 10L 3s • Orwell[13] 9L 4s • Tridec13 8L 5s • Tetracot[13] 7L 6s • leantone13 6L 7s • Semisept[13] 5L 8s • Huxley[13], Lovecraft[13] 4L 9s • Magic[13] 3L 10s |
| Tetradecatonic | Octacot[14] 13L 1s • Injera[14] 12L 2s • Ketradektriatoh[14] 11L 3s • Superpelog[14] 9L 5s • Whitewood[14] 7L 7s • Godzilla[14] 5L 9s • Doublewide[14] 4L 10s • Squares[14] 3L 11s • Nautilus[14] 1L 13s |
| Pentadecatonic | Nautilus[15] 14L 1s • Kangaroo[15] 13L 2s • Superkleismic[15] 11L 4s • Augene[15] 12L 3s • Blacksmith[15] 10L 5s • Triforce[15] 9L 6s • Opossum[15] 8L 7s • Porcupine[15] 7L 8s • Terrain[15] 6L 9s • Myna[15], Keemun[15] 4L 11s • Progress[15] 2L 13s • Valentine[15] 1L 14s |
| Hexadecatonic | Valentine[16] 15L 1s • Kumonga[16] 11L 5s • Lemba[16] 10L 6s • Mavila[16] 9L 7s • Mavila[16], Marvo[16], Gravity[16] 7L 9s • Wizard[16] 6L 10s • Mothra[16], Shoe[16] 5L 11s • Magic[16] 3L 13s |
| Septadecatonic | Progress[17] 15L 2s • Squares[17] 14L 3s • Garibaldi[17] 12L 5s • Machine[17] 11L 6s • Beatles[17] 10L 7s • Bleu[17], Blue[17], Progression[17], Doublethink[17] 9L 8s • Indium[17], Bohpier[17] 8L 9s • Mohajira[17] 7L 10s • Baldy[17] 6L 11s • Superpyth[17] 5L 12s • Roman[17] 3L 14s • Tritonic[17] 2L 15s |
| Octodecatonic | A-team[18] 13L 5s |
| Enneadecatonic | Liese[19] 17L 2s • Muggles[19] 16L 3s • Keemun[19] 15L 4s • 2-Flattone[19] 13L 6s • Meantone[19] 12L 7s • Clyde[19] 11L 8s • Negri[19] 10L 9s • Twothirdtonic[19] 9L 10s • Sensi[19] 8L 11s • Flattone[19] 7L 12s • Hemiwuerschmidt[19] 6L 13s • Semaphore[19], Godzilla[19] 5L 14s • Myna[19] 4L 15s • Magic[19] 3L 16s • Tritonic[19] 2L 17s |
| Icositonic | Bossier[20] 17L 3s • Mitonic[20] 13L 7s • Casablanca[20] 11L 9s • Avila[20] 9L 11s • Tetracot[20] 7L 13s • Roman[20] 3L 17s |
| Icosihentonic | Shoe[21] 16L 5s • Miracle[21] 10L 11s • Tridec[21] 8L 13s • Rodan[21] 5L 16s • Tritonic[21] 2L 19s |
| Icosidyotonic | Magic[22] 19L 3s • Supra[22] 17L 5s • Porcupine[22] 15L 7s • Diaschismic[22] 12L 10s • Orwell[22] 9L 13s • Coendou[22] 7L 15s • Wizard[22] 6L 16s • Superpyth[22] 5L 17s • Wuerschmidt[22] 3L 19s • Shrutar[22] 2L 20s |
| Icositritonic | Barbad[23] 18L 5s • Hemikleismic[23] 15L 8s • Unidec[23] 13L 10s • Ripple[23] 12L 11s • Passion[23] 11L 12s • Sephiroth[23] 10L 13s • Greeley[23] 8L 15s • Baldy[23] 6L 17s • Roman[23] 3L 20s |
| Icositetratonic and above | Godzilla[24] 19L 5s • Hemififths[24] 17L 7s • Mohajira[24] 7L 17s • Semaphore[24] 5L 19s • Hemimagic[25] 19L 6s • Luna[25] 6L 19s • Superpyth[27] 22L 5s • Sensi[27] 19L 8s • Ennealimmal[27] 18L 9s • Octacot[27] narrow 14L 13s, wide 13L 14s • Niner[27] 9L 18s • Ultrapyth[27] 5L 22s • Leapday[29], Grackle[29] 17L 12s • Garibaldi[29] 12L 17s • Tridec[29] 8L 21s • Clyde[30] 19L 11s • Luna[31] 25L 6s • Meanpop[31] 19L 12s • Squares[31] 17L 14s • Grosstone[31] 12L 19s • Miracle[31] 10L 21s • Roulette[31] 6L 25s |
Browse MOS by equivalence interval
This section shows mosses arranged as a grid. Since mosses can be generalized to non-octave equaves, 3/1 (tritave) and 3/2 (fifth) equivalent mosses are included here. Cutoffs are determined by whether a row or column after a specific point consists of red links.
Catalog of 2/1-equivalent mosses
Catalog of 3/1-equivalent mosses
Catalog of 3/2-equivalent mosses
| Number of small steps | Number of large steps | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1L 1s⟨3/2⟩ | 2L 1s⟨3/2⟩ | 3L 1s⟨3/2⟩ | 4L 1s⟨3/2⟩ | 5L 1s⟨3/2⟩ | 6L 1s⟨3/2⟩ |
| 2 | 1L 2s⟨3/2⟩ | 2L 2s⟨3/2⟩ | 3L 2s⟨3/2⟩ | 4L 2s⟨3/2⟩ | 5L 2s⟨3/2⟩ | |
| 3 | 1L 3s⟨3/2⟩ | 2L 3s⟨3/2⟩ | 3L 3s⟨3/2⟩ | 4L 3s⟨3/2⟩ | ||
| 4 | 1L 4s⟨3/2⟩ | 2L 4s⟨3/2⟩ | 3L 4s⟨3/2⟩ | |||
| 5 | 1L 5s⟨3/2⟩ | 2L 5s⟨3/2⟩ | ||||
| 6 | 1L 6s⟨3/2⟩ | |||||
See also
| View • Talk • EditScale galleries | |
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| JI scales | 12-tone JI • Combination product set • Constant structure • Harry Partch-related • Maximal harmony epimorphic • MOS transversal • Non-octave JI • Wakalix • Z-polygon transversal • Other JI Full list: Category:Just intonation scales |
| Tempered scales | 11-tone MOS • 12-tone tempered • Chromatic pair • Clipper • Double mode • Essentially tempered • Fantasy detemper • Marvel woo • Meantone • Min ambiguity • MOS cradle • MOS (general) • Negri-9 • Neutral third • Non-octave tempered • Scalesmith systematic • Ternary • Other tempered Full list: Category:Tempered scales |
| Scales in EDOs | in 10edo • 11 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 46 • 49 • 53 • 72 • 80 |
All other scale gallery pages are included in Category:Lists of scales. See also List of music software#Scale collections. | |