7L 1s
7L 1s, named pine in TAMNAMS, is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 7 large steps and 1 small step, repeating every octave. Generators that produce this scale range from 150 ¢ to 171.4 ¢, or from 1028.6 ¢ to 1050 ¢. Scales of this form are always proper because there is only one small step. There are two notable harmonic entropy minima with this MOS pattern. The first is porcupine, in which two generators make a 6/5 and three make a 4/3. The range of porcupine tunings is about 2\15 to 3\22. Less well-known is greeley, in which two generators are still 6/5 but three fall quite short of a 4/3, but the scale happens to closely approximate a lot of higher-complexity intervals like 10/7, 11/7, etc.
| ← 6L 1s | 7L 1s | 8L 1s → |
| ↙ 6L 2s | ↓ 7L 2s | 8L 2s ↘ |
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Modes
Mode names are from Porcupine temperament modal harmony. Descriptive mode names are based on using 1-4-7, i.e. 3+3 triads as a basis for harmony.
| Mode | UDP | Mode name | Descriptive mode name |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLLLLLLs | 7|0 | octopus | Bright quartal |
| LLLLLLsL | 6|1 | mantis | Dark quartal |
| LLLLLsLL | 5|2 | dolphin | Bright major |
| LLLLsLLL | 4|3 | crab | Middle major |
| LLLsLLLL | 3|4 | tuna | Dark major |
| LLsLLLLL | 2|5 | salmon | Bright minor |
| LsLLLLLL | 1|6 | starfish | Middle minor |
| sLLLLLLL | 0|7 | whale | Dark major |
Scale tree
Scales of this form are always proper, because there is only one small step.
| Generator | Cents | Scale in EDO steps | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1\7 | 171.43 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 | ||||||
| 6\43 | 167.44 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 | ||||||
| 5\36 | 166.67 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 | ||||||
| 4\29 | 165.52 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 | L/s = 4 | |||||
| 163.97 | π π π π π π π 1 | L/s = π | ||||||
| 3\22 | 163.64 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 | L/s = 3 | |||||
| 162.87 | e e e e e e e e 1 | L/s = e | ||||||
| 8\59 | 162,71 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 | ||||||
| 13\96 | 162.5 | 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 5 | ||||||
| 5\37 | 162.16 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 | Porcupine is in this general region | |||||
| 7\52 | 161.54 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 | ||||||
| 2\15 | 160 | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 | Optimum rank range (L/s=2/1) porcupine | |||||
| 158.37 | √3 √3 √3 √3 √3 √3 √3 1 | |||||||
| 5\38 | 157.89 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 | ||||||
| 13\99 | 157.58 | 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 8 | Golden porcupine / golden hemikleismic | |||||
| 8\61 | 157.38 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 | ||||||
| (11\84) | 157.14) | 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 7 π π π π π π π 2 | ||||||
| 3\23 | 156.52 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 | ||||||
| 10\77 | 155.84 | 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 | Greeley is around here | |||||
| 7\54 | 155.56 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 | ||||||
| 4\31 | 154.84 | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 | ||||||
| 5\39 | 153.85 | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 | ||||||
| 6\47 | 153.19 | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 | ||||||
| 1\8 | 150 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | ||||||