9L 5s
↖ 8L 4s | ↑ 9L 4s | 10L 4s ↗ |
← 8L 5s | 9L 5s | 10L 5s → |
↙ 8L 6s | ↓ 9L 6s | 10L 6s ↘ |
┌╥╥┬╥╥┬╥╥┬╥╥┬╥┬┐ │║║│║║│║║│║║│║││ ││││││││││││││││ └┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┘
Scale structure
sLsLLsLLsLLsLL
Generator size
TAMNAMS information
Related MOS scales
Equal tunings
9L 5s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 9 large steps and 5 small steps, repeating every octave. 9L 5s is a child scale of 5L 4s, expanding it by 5 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 257.1 ¢ to 266.7 ¢, or from 933.3 ¢ to 942.9 ¢. The generator can be said to approximate 7/6, but just 7/6 is larger than 2\9edo, so it cannot be used as a generator. The simplest just interval that works as a generator is 36/31. Two generators are said to create a fourth like Godzilla, but in reality it is closer to 27/20, if that is considered a consonance. 9L5s is third smallest MOS of Semiphore.
Modes
UDP | Cyclic order |
Step pattern |
---|---|---|
13|0 | 1 | LLsLLsLLsLLsLs |
12|1 | 4 | LLsLLsLLsLsLLs |
11|2 | 7 | LLsLLsLsLLsLLs |
10|3 | 10 | LLsLsLLsLLsLLs |
9|4 | 13 | LsLLsLLsLLsLLs |
8|5 | 2 | LsLLsLLsLLsLsL |
7|6 | 5 | LsLLsLLsLsLLsL |
6|7 | 8 | LsLLsLsLLsLLsL |
5|8 | 11 | LsLsLLsLLsLLsL |
4|9 | 14 | sLLsLLsLLsLLsL |
3|10 | 3 | sLLsLLsLLsLsLL |
2|11 | 6 | sLLsLLsLsLLsLL |
1|12 | 9 | sLLsLsLLsLLsLL |
0|13 | 12 | sLsLLsLLsLLsLL |