Ptolemy's intense diatonic

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Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale is a heptatonic 5-limit JI scale with the nicetone step pattern.

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! zarlino-RH.scl AKA dimeanmav1.scl
Ptolemy's Intense Diatonic Systonon, also Zarlino's scale, mavchrome7, Dwarf(<7 11 16|), or Dicot-meantone-mavila wakalix 1
! x^7-11*x^5-10*x^4+21*x^3+30*x^2+9*x
! 
! wakalix info:
! dicot: -2 to 4; meantone: -1 to 5; mavila: -4 to 2
! dicot: LssLsLs; meantone: LLsLLLs; mavila: sLssLss
! same as zarlino, Dwarf(<7 11 16|), mavchrome7, synchrome7, synmav7, ptolemy, yves, indian-magramma, even7a
7
!
9/8
5/4
4/3
3/2
5/3
15/8
2/1
! zarlino-LH.scl
!
Ptolemy's Intense Diatonic Systonon, also Zarlino's scale, mavchrome7, Dwarf(<7 11 16|)
! x^7-11*x^5-10*x^4+21*x^3+30*x^2+9*x
7
!
10/9
5/4
4/3
3/2
5/3
15/8
2/1
Fokker block 1

Chroma basis: {81/80, 135/128}

Mode 5|1, dome 2|4 (LlsLlLs)

L = 9/8, l = 10/9, s = 16/15

Fokker block 2

Chroma basis: {25/24, 81/80}

Mode 5|1, dome 4|2 (LlsLlLs)

L = 9/8, l = 10/9, S = 27/25, s = 16/15

Fokker block 3

Chroma basis: {25/24, 135/128}

Mode 4|2, dome 4|2 (lSslSls)

L = 75/64, l = 9/8, S = 10/9, s = 16/15

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