5L 6s

↖ 4L 5s	↑ 5L 5s	6L 5s ↗
← 4L 6s	5L 6s	6L 6s →
↙ 4L 7s	↓ 5L 7s	6L 7s ↘

┌╥┬╥┬╥┬╥┬╥┬┬┐ │║│║│║│║│║│││ │││││││││││││ └┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┘
Scale structure
Step pattern	LsLsLsLsLss ssLsLsLsLsL
Equave	2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period	2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Generator size
Bright	2\11 to 1\5 (218.2 ¢ to 240.0 ¢)
Dark	4\5 to 9\11 (960.0 ¢ to 981.8 ¢)
TAMNAMS information
Related to	5L 1s (machinoid)
With tunings	2:1 to 1:0 (hard-of-basic)
Related MOS scales
Parent	5L 1s
Sister	6L 5s
Daughters	11L 5s, 5L 11s
Neutralized	10L 1s
2-Flought	16L 6s, 5L 17s
Equal tunings
Equalized (L:s = 1:1)	2\11 (218.2 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3)	7\38 (221.1 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2)	5\27 (222.2 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3)	8\43 (223.3 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1)	3\16 (225.0 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2)	7\37 (227.0 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1)	4\21 (228.6 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1)	5\26 (230.8 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0)	1\5 (240.0 ¢)

5L 6s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 5 large steps and 6 small steps, repeating every octave. 5L 6s is a child scale of 5L 1s, expanding it by 5 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 218.2 ¢ to 240 ¢, or from 960 ¢ to 981.8 ¢.

This pattern has multiple significant harmonic entropy minima, but they are all improper. The only saving grace for it is that is has harmonic entropy minima where the ratio between the large and small steps is optimal for melody, and that the generator for these scales is less than 6 ¢ flat of 8/7. The saving grace of the more lopsided scales is that a syntonic fifth is three generators up from the root. The name for this MOS pattern is p-chro machinoid, although the alternative name mothroid was given by CompactStar as part of their temperament-centric MOS naming system (TCMNAMS).

Scale properties

MOS data is deprecated. Please use the following templates individually: MOS intervals, MOS genchain, and MOS mode degrees

Scale tree

Scale tree and tuning spectrum of 5L 6s

Generator(edo)						Cents		Step ratio		Comments
						Bright	Dark	L:s	Hardness
2\11						218.182	981.818	1:1	1.000	Equalized 5L 6s
					11\60	220.000	980.000	6:5	1.200
				9\49		220.408	979.592	5:4	1.250
					16\87	220.690	979.310	9:7	1.286
			7\38			221.053	978.947	4:3	1.333	Supersoft 5L 6s
					19\103	221.359	978.641	11:8	1.375
				12\65		221.538	978.462	7:5	1.400
					17\92	221.739	978.261	10:7	1.429
		5\27				222.222	977.778	3:2	1.500	Soft 5L 6s
					18\97	222.680	977.320	11:7	1.571
				13\70		222.857	977.143	8:5	1.600
					21\113	223.009	976.991	13:8	1.625
			8\43			223.256	976.744	5:3	1.667	Semisoft 5L 6s
					19\102	223.529	976.471	12:7	1.714
				11\59		223.729	976.271	7:4	1.750
					14\75	224.000	976.000	9:5	1.800
	3\16					225.000	975.000	2:1	2.000	Basic 5L 6s Scales with tunings softer than this are proper
					13\69	226.087	973.913	9:4	2.250
				10\53		226.415	973.585	7:3	2.333
					17\90	226.667	973.333	12:5	2.400
			7\37			227.027	972.973	5:2	2.500	Semihard 5L 6s
					18\95	227.368	972.632	13:5	2.600
				11\58		227.586	972.414	8:3	2.667
					15\79	227.848	972.152	11:4	2.750
		4\21				228.571	971.429	3:1	3.000	Hard 5L 6s
					13\68	229.412	970.588	10:3	3.333
				9\47		229.787	970.213	7:2	3.500
					14\73	230.137	969.863	11:3	3.667
			5\26			230.769	969.231	4:1	4.000	Superhard 5L 6s
					11\57	231.579	968.421	9:2	4.500	Cynder
				6\31		232.258	967.742	5:1	5.000	Mothra
					7\36	233.333	966.667	6:1	6.000	Slendric, Rodan ↓
1\5						240.000	960.000	1:0	→ ∞	Collapsed 5L 6s