A 5-limit Hexany comprised of three simple numbers and one more complex one. This creates a scale of 1 75/64 5/4 45/32 5/3 15/8 2/1, with steps of 75/64 16/15 9/8 32/27 9/8 16/15. Although the individual steps aren't far from 12edo ones and there are three notes with perfect fifths above them arranged in a I IV V pattern, the chord sequences created sound nothing like those of the diatonic scale, with the 5/4 only having sus2 & sus4 chords, the 5/3 having minor & diminished ones and the 15/8 having a major & sus4 chord above it. That gives this scale strong xenharmonic compositional potential, particularly when expanded out into a dekany with an additional prime. Also of note is that it can play all of the ocarina melodies from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time & Majora's Mask, presenting the possibility of reharmonising music from those games in a just intonation format.

! 1-3-5-45_Hexany.scl
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1 3 5 45 2-combination Hexany
6
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75/64
5/4
45/32
5/3
15/8
2/1

Suggested keyboard mapping: F G# A B D E F

Music

Marcus Hobbs