7L 4s (3/1-equivalent)

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↖ 6L 3s⟨3/1⟩ ↑ 7L 3s⟨3/1⟩ 8L 3s⟨3/1⟩ ↗
← 6L 4s⟨3/1⟩ 7L 4s (3/1-equivalent) 8L 4s⟨3/1⟩ →
↙ 6L 5s⟨3/1⟩ ↓ 7L 5s⟨3/1⟩ 8L 5s⟨3/1⟩ ↘
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Scale structure
Step pattern LLsLLsLLsLs
sLsLLsLLsLL
Equave 3/1 (1902.0 ¢)
Period 3/1 (1902.0 ¢)
Generator size(edt)
Bright 3\11 to 2\7 (518.7 ¢ to 543.4 ¢)
Dark 5\7 to 8\11 (1358.5 ¢ to 1383.2 ¢)
Related MOS scales
Parent 4L 3s⟨3/1⟩
Sister 4L 7s⟨3/1⟩
Daughters 11L 7s⟨3/1⟩, 7L 11s⟨3/1⟩
Neutralized 3L 8s⟨3/1⟩
2-Flought 18L 4s⟨3/1⟩, 7L 15s⟨3/1⟩
Equal tunings(edt)
Equalized (L:s = 1:1) 3\11 (518.7 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 11\40 (523.0 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 8\29 (524.7 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 13\47 (526.1 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 5\18 (528.3 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 12\43 (530.8 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 7\25 (532.5 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 9\32 (534.9 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0) 2\7 (543.4 ¢)

7L 4s⟨3/1⟩ is a 3/1-equivalent (tritave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 7 large steps and 4 small steps, repeating every interval of 3/1 (1902.0 ¢). Generators that produce this scale range from 518.7 ¢ to 543.4 ¢, or from 1358.5 ¢ to 1383.2 ¢.

Temperaments

7L 4s3/1 MOS scales can be used for the Electra temperament, in which three generators down is approximately 13/11 and one generator up is approximately 15/11. If 11:13:15 is treated as the fundamental sonority of no-2's music, then Electra can be viewed as the analogue to meantone and 7L 4s3/1 can be viewed as the analogue to the diatonic scale. If twos are admitted, the hard end of the Electra heptatonic spectrum can be viewed as the subharmonic version of Pythagorean/Classical tuning.

Modes

Modes of 7L 4s⟨3/1⟩
UDP Cyclic
order
Step
pattern
10|0 1 LLsLLsLLsLs
9|1 4 LLsLLsLsLLs
8|2 7 LLsLsLLsLLs
7|3 10 LsLLsLLsLLs
6|4 2 LsLLsLLsLsL
5|5 5 LsLLsLsLLsL
4|6 8 LsLsLLsLLsL
3|7 11 sLLsLLsLLsL
2|8 3 sLLsLLsLsLL
1|9 6 sLLsLsLLsLL
0|10 9 sLsLLsLLsLL

Intervals

Intervals of 7L 4s⟨3/1⟩
Intervals Steps
subtended
Range in cents
Generic Specific Abbrev.
0-mosstep Perfect 0-mosstep P0ms 0 0.0 ¢
1-mosstep Minor 1-mosstep m1ms s 0.0 ¢ to 172.9 ¢
Major 1-mosstep M1ms L 172.9 ¢ to 271.7 ¢
2-mosstep Minor 2-mosstep m2ms L + s 271.7 ¢ to 345.8 ¢
Major 2-mosstep M2ms 2L 345.8 ¢ to 543.4 ¢
3-mosstep Diminished 3-mosstep d3ms L + 2s 271.7 ¢ to 518.7 ¢
Perfect 3-mosstep P3ms 2L + s 518.7 ¢ to 543.4 ¢
4-mosstep Minor 4-mosstep m4ms 2L + 2s 543.4 ¢ to 691.6 ¢
Major 4-mosstep M4ms 3L + s 691.6 ¢ to 815.1 ¢
5-mosstep Minor 5-mosstep m5ms 3L + 2s 815.1 ¢ to 864.5 ¢
Major 5-mosstep M5ms 4L + s 864.5 ¢ to 1086.8 ¢
6-mosstep Minor 6-mosstep m6ms 3L + 3s 815.1 ¢ to 1037.4 ¢
Major 6-mosstep M6ms 4L + 2s 1037.4 ¢ to 1086.8 ¢
7-mosstep Minor 7-mosstep m7ms 4L + 3s 1086.8 ¢ to 1210.3 ¢
Major 7-mosstep M7ms 5L + 2s 1210.3 ¢ to 1358.5 ¢
8-mosstep Perfect 8-mosstep P8ms 5L + 3s 1358.5 ¢ to 1383.2 ¢
Augmented 8-mosstep A8ms 6L + 2s 1383.2 ¢ to 1630.2 ¢
9-mosstep Minor 9-mosstep m9ms 5L + 4s 1358.5 ¢ to 1556.1 ¢
Major 9-mosstep M9ms 6L + 3s 1556.1 ¢ to 1630.2 ¢
10-mosstep Minor 10-mosstep m10ms 6L + 4s 1630.2 ¢ to 1729.1 ¢
Major 10-mosstep M10ms 7L + 3s 1729.1 ¢ to 1902.0 ¢
11-mosstep Perfect 11-mosstep P11ms 7L + 4s 1902.0 ¢

Scale tree

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