7L 4s
| ↖ 6L 3s | ↑ 7L 3s | 8L 3s ↗ |
| ← 6L 4s | 7L 4s | 8L 4s → |
| ↙ 6L 5s | ↓ 7L 5s | 8L 5s ↘ |
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7L 4s has a generator of an augmented minor or diminished neutral third of 327.273 (3/11edo) to 342.857 (2/7edo) cents.
JI approximation
7L 4s fails to represent common just intonation intervals and simple temperaments, and it has no clearly discernible harmonic entropy minimum. From a purely computational perspective, 7L 4s's harmonic entropy minimum is improper and is associated with unusually large step ratios.
Near the harmonic entropy minimum, the simplest temperament of low-complexity JI supported by 7L 4s is amity and its variant hitchcock. However, it is unconventional to put forward this as the most common approach to this scale, because the large and steps are extremely unequal, being at least of 5:1 step ratio in 39edo, the smallest patent val supporting either of the two.
A temperament which spans more of the tuning range is sixix, but it is high in just intonation error relative to its step sizes.
7L 4s is still notable for representing 17/14 with tolerable accuracy for as much as that's worth.
Nomenclature
The extended TAMNAMS name for this pattern, as proposed by Eliora, is daemotonic. The name originates in the term "daemon", an archaic spelling of demon.
The name is prescribed to 7L 4s due to the fact that among relatively simple scales it has lowest degree of adherence to regular temperament theory and just intonation (see above). In addition, daemon in ancient times didn't necessarily mean an evil entity, but it could be any kind of spirit, encapsulating that 7L 4s can be found as a useful scale by composers who do not adhere to common regular temperament or consonance-based approaches. A coincidence in the cent measuring system is that two basic (L:s = 2:1) generators stacked together are equal to 666.6666... cents.
From traditional TAMNAMS perspective, the scale may be called p-chro smitonic. Another name, which is deprecated but proposed for reinstation by Ganaram inukshuk, is suprasmitonic.
Scale tree
| Generator | Cents | L | s | L/s | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3\11 | 327.273 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | ||||||
| 17\62 | 329.032 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | Mabon | |||||
| 14\51 | 329.412 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | ||||||
| 25\91 | 329.670 | 9 | 7 | 1.286 | ||||||
| 11\40 | 330.000 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | ||||||
| 30\109 | 330.275 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | ||||||
| 19\69 | 330.435 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | ||||||
| 27\98 | 330.612 | 10 | 7 | 1.428 | ||||||
| 8\29 | 331.034 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | L/s = 3/2 | |||||
| 29\105 | 331.429 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | ||||||
| 21\76 | 331.579 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | ||||||
| 34\123 | 331.707 | 13 | 8 | 1.625 | Unnamed golden tuning | |||||
| 13\47 | 331.915 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | ||||||
| 31\112 | 332.143 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | ||||||
| 18\65 | 332.308 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | ||||||
| 23\83 | 332.530 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | ||||||
| 5\18 | 333.333 | 2 | 1 | 2.000 | Basic daemotonic (Generators smaller than this are proper) | |||||
| 22\79 | 334.177 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | ||||||
| 17\61 | 334.426 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | ||||||
| 29\104 | 334.615 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | ||||||
| 12\43 | 334.884 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | ||||||
| 31\111 | 335.135 | 13 | 5 | 2.600 | Cohemimabila, unnamed golden tuning | |||||
| 19\68 | 335.294 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | ||||||
| 26\93 | 335.484 | 11 | 4 | 2.750 | ||||||
| 7\25 | 336.000 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | L/s = 3/1 | |||||
| 23\82 | 336.585 | 10 | 3 | 3.333 | ||||||
| 16\57 | 336.842 | 7 | 2 | 3.500 | ||||||
| 25\89 | 337.079 | 11 | 3 | 3.667 | ||||||
| 9\32 | 337.500 | 4 | 1 | 4.000 | Sixix | |||||
| 20\71 | 338.028 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | ||||||
| 11\39 | 338.462 | 5 | 1 | 5.000 | ||||||
| 13\46 | 339.130 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | Amity/hitchcock↓ | |||||
| 2\7 | 342.857 | 1 | 0 | → inf | ||||||