8L 9s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 8 large steps and 9 small steps, repeating every octave. 8L 9s is a child scale of 8L 1s, expanding it by 8 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 141.2 ¢ to 150 ¢, or from 1050 ¢ to 1058.8 ¢.

↖ 7L 8s ↑ 8L 8s 9L 8s ↗
← 7L 9s 8L 9s 9L 9s →
↙ 7L 10s ↓ 8L 10s 9L 10s ↘
Scale structure
Step pattern LsLsLsLsLsLsLsLss
ssLsLsLsLsLsLsLsL
Equave 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Generator size
Bright 2\17 to 1\8 (141.2 ¢ to 150.0 ¢)
Dark 7\8 to 15\17 (1050.0 ¢ to 1058.8 ¢)
TAMNAMS information
Related to 8L 1s (subneutralic)
With tunings 2:1 to 1:0 (hard-of-basic)
Related MOS scales
Parent 8L 1s
Sister 9L 8s
Daughters 17L 8s, 8L 17s
Neutralized 16L 1s
2-Flought 25L 9s, 8L 26s
Equal tunings
Equalized (L:s = 1:1) 2\17 (141.2 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 7\59 (142.4 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 5\42 (142.9 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 8\67 (143.3 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 3\25 (144.0 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 7\58 (144.8 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 4\33 (145.5 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 5\41 (146.3 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0) 1\8 (150.0 ¢)
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Modes

Modes of 8L 9s
UDP Cyclic
order
Step
pattern
16|0 1 LsLsLsLsLsLsLsLss
15|1 3 LsLsLsLsLsLsLssLs
14|2 5 LsLsLsLsLsLssLsLs
13|3 7 LsLsLsLsLssLsLsLs
12|4 9 LsLsLsLssLsLsLsLs
11|5 11 LsLsLssLsLsLsLsLs
10|6 13 LsLssLsLsLsLsLsLs
9|7 15 LssLsLsLsLsLsLsLs
8|8 17 sLsLsLsLsLsLsLsLs
7|9 2 sLsLsLsLsLsLsLssL
6|10 4 sLsLsLsLsLsLssLsL
5|11 6 sLsLsLsLsLssLsLsL
4|12 8 sLsLsLsLssLsLsLsL
3|13 10 sLsLsLssLsLsLsLsL
2|14 12 sLsLssLsLsLsLsLsL
1|15 14 sLssLsLsLsLsLsLsL
0|16 16 ssLsLsLsLsLsLsLsL

Tuning spectrum

generator L s L/s gen (cents) comment
1\8 1 0 150.000
9\73 8 1 8.000 147.945
8\65 7 1 7.000 147.692
7\57 6 1 6.000 147.368
13\106 11 2 5.500 147.170 Indium
6\49 5 1 5.000 146.939
11\90 9 2 4.500 146.667 Bohpier
5\41 4 1 4.000 146.341
14\115 11 3 3.667 146.087
9\74 7 2 3.500 145.946
13\107 10 3 3.333 145.794
4\33 3 1 3.000 145.455
11\91 8 3 2.667 145.055
7\58 5 2 2.500 144.828
10\83 7 3 2.333 144.578
13\108 9 4 2.250 144.444
3\25 2 1 2.000 144.000
14\117 9 5 1.800 143.590
11\92 7 4 1.750 143.478
8\67 5 3 1.667 143.284
13\109 8 5 1.600 143.119
5\42 3 2 1.500 142.857
12\101 7 5 1.400 142.574
7\59 4 3 1.333 142.373
9\76 5 4 1.250 142.105
11\93 6 5 1.200 141.935
13\110 7 6 1.167 141.818
15\127 8 7 1.125 141.732
2\17 1 1 1.000 141.176