↖ 3L 5s ↑ 4L 5s 5L 5s ↗
← 3L 6s 4L 6s 5L 6s →
↙ 3L 7s ↓ 4L 7s 5L 7s ↘
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Scale structure
Step pattern LsLssLsLss
ssLsLssLsL
Equave 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period 1\2 (600.0 ¢)
Generator size
Bright 2\10 to 1\4 (240.0 ¢ to 300.0 ¢)
Dark 1\4 to 3\10 (300.0 ¢ to 360.0 ¢)
TAMNAMS information
Name lime
Prefix lime-
Abbrev. lm
Related MOS scales
Parent 4L 2s
Sister 6L 4s
Daughters 10L 4s, 4L 10s
Neutralized 8L 2s
2-Flought 14L 6s, 4L 16s
Equal tunings
Equalized (L:s = 1:1) 2\10 (240.0 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 7\34 (247.1 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 5\24 (250.0 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 8\38 (252.6 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 3\14 (257.1 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 7\32 (262.5 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 4\18 (266.7 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 5\22 (272.7 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0) 1\4 (300.0 ¢)

4L 6s is the MOS scale with 4 large steps and 6 small steps. It repeats at the half-octave, and the generator is between 2\10 (240¢) to 1\4 (300¢).

Scale tree

Generator Cents L s L/s Comments
2\10 240.000 1 1 1.000
11\54 244.444 6 5 1.200 Semiseptiquarter↑
9\44 245.455 5 4 1.250
16\78 246.154 9 7 1.286
7\34 247.059 4 3 1.333 Hemifourths/anguirus
19\92 247.826 11 8 1.375
12\58 248.276 7 5 1.400 Sruti
17\82 248.780 10 7 1.428 Semihemi
5\24 250.000 3 2 1.500 L/s = 3/2, decimal is around here
18\86 251.163 11 7 1.571
13\62 251.613 8 5 1.600
21\100 252.000 13 8 1.625 Unnamed golden tuning
8\38 252.632 5 3 1.667
19\90 253.333 12 7 1.714
11\52 253.846 7 4 1.750
14\66 254.545 9 5 1.800
3\14 257.143 2 1 2.000 Basic lime
(Generators smaller than this are proper)
13\60 260.000 9 4 2.250
10\46 260.870 7 3 2.333 Bamity
17\78 261.538 12 5 2.400
7\32 262.500 5 2 2.500
18\82 263.415 13 5 2.600 Unnamed golden tuning
11\50 264.000 8 3 2.667
15\68 264.706 11 4 2.750
4\18 266.667 3 1 3.000 L/s = 3/1
13\58 268.966 10 3 3.333
9\40 270.000 7 2 3.500
14\62 270.968 11 3 3.667
5\22 272.727 4 1 4.000
11\48 275.000 9 2 4.500 Doublewide
6\26 276.923 5 1 5.000
7\30 280.000 6 1 6.000 Bikleismic↓
1\4 300.000 1 0 → inf