5L 7s

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Scale structure
Step pattern LsLsLssLsLss
ssLsLssLsLsL
Equave 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Generator size
Bright 7\12 to 3\5 (700.0 ¢ to 720.0 ¢)
Dark 2\5 to 5\12 (480.0 ¢ to 500.0 ¢)
TAMNAMS information
Related to 5L 2s (diatonic)
With tunings 2:1 to 1:0 (hard-of-basic)
Related MOS scales
Parent 5L 2s
Sister 7L 5s
Daughters 12L 5s, 5L 12s
Neutralized 10L 2s
2-Flought 17L 7s, 5L 19s
Equal tunings
Equalized (L:s = 1:1) 7\12 (700.0 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 24\41 (702.4 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 17\29 (703.4 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 27\46 (704.3 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 10\17 (705.9 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 23\39 (707.7 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 13\22 (709.1 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 16\27 (711.1 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0) 3\5 (720.0 ¢)

5L 7s, also called p-chromatic, is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 5 large steps and 7 small steps, repeating every octave. 5L 7s is a child scale of 5L 2s, expanding it by 5 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 700 ¢ to 720 ¢, or from 480 ¢ to 500 ¢. Temperaments that support this scale include Pythagorean, schismic (such as Helmholtz and Garibaldi), and superpyth, with the Pythagorean and schismatic scales in particular being proper. Scales of this form are characterized by having a small step (or diatonic semitone) that is smaller than the chroma (or chromatic semitone).

Modes

The modes are named by Eliora after Chinese zodiac animals. 5L 7s is the opposite mos to 7L 5s, named after a Western concept, Gregorian months, therefore this mos scale has Eastern nomenclature.

  • 11|0 LsLsLssLsLss - Rat
  • 10|1 LsLssLsLsLss - Ox
  • 9|2 LsLssLsLssLs - Tiger
  • 8|3 LssLsLsLssLs - Rabbit
  • 7|4 LssLsLssLsLs - Dragon
  • 6|5 sLsLsLssLsLs - Snake
  • 5|6 sLsLssLsLsLs - Horse
  • 4|7 sLsLssLsLssL - Goat
  • 3|8 sLssLsLsLssL - Monkey
  • 2|9 sLssLsLssLsL - Rooster
  • 1|10 ssLsLsLssLsL - Dog
  • 0|11 ssLsLssLsLsL - Pig

Scales

Scale tree

Generator ranges:

  • Chroma-positive generator: 700 cents (7\12) to 720 cents (3\5)
  • Chroma-negative generator: 480 cents (2\5) to 500 cents (5\12)
Generator Cents L s L/s Comments
7\12 700.000 1 1 1.000
38\65 701.539 6 5 1.200 Photia / pontiac / grackle
31\53 701.887 5 4 1.250 Helmholtz, Pythagorean tuning (701.9550¢)
55\94 702.128 9 7 1.286 Garibaldi / cassandra
24\41 702.409 4 3 1.333 Garibaldi / andromeda
65\111 702.703 11 8 1.375 Kwai
41\70 702.857 7 5 1.400
58\99 703.030 10 7 1.428 Undecental
17\29 703.448 3 2 1.500 Edson
61\104 703.846 11 7 1.571
44\75 704.000 8 5 1.600
71\121 704.132 13 8 1.625 Golden neogothic (704.0956¢)
27\46 704.348 5 3 1.667 Leapday / polypyth
64\109 704.587 12 7 1.714 Leapweek
37\63 704.762 7 4 1.750
47\80 705.000 9 5 1.800
10\17 705.882 2 1 2.000 Basic p-chromatic
(Generators smaller than this are proper)
43\73 706.849 9 4 2.250
33\56 707.143 7 3 2.333 Supra
56\95 707.368 12 5 2.400
23\39 707.692 5 2 2.500
59\100 708.000 13 5 2.600 Golden supra (708.0539¢)
36\61 708.197 8 3 2.667 Quasisuper / quasisupra
49\83 708.434 11 4 2.750
13\22 709.091 3 1 3.000 Suprapyth
42\71 709.859 10 3 3.333
29\49 710.204 7 2 3.500 Superpyth
45\76 710.526 11 3 3.667
16\27 711.111 4 1 4.000
35\59 711.864 9 2 4.500
19\32 712.500 5 1 5.000
22\37 713.514 6 1 6.000 Oceanfront↓ / ultrapyth
3\5 720.000 1 0 → inf