5L 12s
↖ 4L 11s | ↑ 5L 11s | 6L 11s ↗ |
← 4L 12s | 5L 12s | 6L 12s → |
↙ 4L 13s | ↓ 5L 13s | 6L 13s ↘ |
┌╥┬┬╥┬┬╥┬┬┬╥┬┬╥┬┬┬┐ │║││║││║│││║││║││││ │││││││││││││││││││ └┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┘
Scale structure
sssLssLsssLssLssL
Generator size
TAMNAMS information
Related MOS scales
Equal tunings
5L 12s, also called s-enharmonic, is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 5 large steps and 12 small steps, repeating every octave. 5L 12s is a grandchild scale of 5L 2s, expanding it by 10 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 705.9 ¢ to 720 ¢, or from 480 ¢ to 494.1 ¢. This scale is characterized by having a diesis (the difference between a large step and two small steps) that is larger than the chroma.
The supra/quasisuper version is proper, but the superpyth/ultrapyth version is improper (it does not become proper until you add 5 more notes to form the superpyth 22-note scale).
Modes
UDP | Cyclic order |
Step pattern |
---|---|---|
16|0 | 1 | LssLssLsssLssLsss |
15|1 | 11 | LssLsssLssLssLsss |
14|2 | 4 | LssLsssLssLsssLss |
13|3 | 14 | LsssLssLssLsssLss |
12|4 | 7 | LsssLssLsssLssLss |
11|5 | 17 | sLssLssLsssLssLss |
10|6 | 10 | sLssLsssLssLssLss |
9|7 | 3 | sLssLsssLssLsssLs |
8|8 | 13 | sLsssLssLssLsssLs |
7|9 | 6 | sLsssLssLsssLssLs |
6|10 | 16 | ssLssLssLsssLssLs |
5|11 | 9 | ssLssLsssLssLssLs |
4|12 | 2 | ssLssLsssLssLsssL |
3|13 | 12 | ssLsssLssLssLsssL |
2|14 | 5 | ssLsssLssLsssLssL |
1|15 | 15 | sssLssLssLsssLssL |
0|16 | 8 | sssLssLsssLssLssL |