↖ 8L 3s ↑ 9L 3s 10L 3s ↗
← 8L 4s 9L 4s 10L 4s →
↙ 8L 5s ↓ 9L 5s 10L 5s ↘
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Scale structure
Step pattern LLLsLLsLLsLLs
sLLsLLsLLsLLL
Equave 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period 2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Generator size
Bright 10\13 to 7\9 (923.1 ¢ to 933.3 ¢)
Dark 2\9 to 3\13 (266.7 ¢ to 276.9 ¢)
TAMNAMS information
Related to 4L 5s (gramitonic)
With tunings 1:1 to 2:1 (soft-of-basic)
Related MOS scales
Parent 4L 5s
Sister 4L 9s
Daughters 13L 9s, 9L 13s
Neutralized 5L 8s
2-Flought 22L 4s, 9L 17s
Equal tunings
Equalized (L:s = 1:1) 10\13 (923.1 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 37\48 (925.0 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 27\35 (925.7 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 44\57 (926.3 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 17\22 (927.3 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 41\53 (928.3 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 24\31 (929.0 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 31\40 (930.0 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0) 7\9 (933.3 ¢)

9L 4s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 9 large steps and 4 small steps, repeating every octave. 9L 4s is a child scale of 4L 5s, expanding it by 4 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 923.1 ¢ to 933.3 ¢, or from 266.7 ¢ to 276.9 ¢.

It is the chromatic scale of Orwell temperament. The harmonic entropy minimum for this scale has three dark generators map to 8/5 (~813.6 ¢), where the generator is ~271.2 ¢.

Scale properties

This article uses TAMNAMS conventions for the names of this scale's intervals and scale degrees. The use of 1-indexed ordinal names is reserved for interval regions.
  MOS data is deprecated. Please use the following templates individually: MOS intervals, MOS genchain, and MOS mode degrees

Scale tree

Scale tree and tuning spectrum of 9L 4s
Generator(edo) Cents Step ratio Comments
Bright Dark L:s Hardness
10\13 923.077 276.923 1:1 1.000 Equalized 9L 4s
57\74 924.324 275.676 6:5 1.200
47\61 924.590 275.410 5:4 1.250
84\109 924.771 275.229 9:7 1.286
37\48 925.000 275.000 4:3 1.333 Supersoft 9L 4s
101\131 925.191 274.809 11:8 1.375
64\83 925.301 274.699 7:5 1.400
91\118 925.424 274.576 10:7 1.429
27\35 925.714 274.286 3:2 1.500 Soft 9L 4s
98\127 925.984 274.016 11:7 1.571
71\92 926.087 273.913 8:5 1.600
115\149 926.174 273.826 13:8 1.625
44\57 926.316 273.684 5:3 1.667 Semisoft 9L 4s
105\136 926.471 273.529 12:7 1.714
61\79 926.582 273.418 7:4 1.750
78\101 926.733 273.267 9:5 1.800
17\22 927.273 272.727 2:1 2.000 Basic 9L 4s
Scales with tunings softer than this are proper
75\97 927.835 272.165 9:4 2.250
58\75 928.000 272.000 7:3 2.333
99\128 928.125 271.875 12:5 2.400
41\53 928.302 271.698 5:2 2.500 Semihard 9L 4s
106\137 928.467 271.533 13:5 2.600
65\84 928.571 271.429 8:3 2.667
89\115 928.696 271.304 11:4 2.750
24\31 929.032 270.968 3:1 3.000 Hard 9L 4s
79\102 929.412 270.588 10:3 3.333
55\71 929.577 270.423 7:2 3.500
86\111 929.730 270.270 11:3 3.667
31\40 930.000 270.000 4:1 4.000 Superhard 9L 4s
69\89 930.337 269.663 9:2 4.500
38\49 930.612 269.388 5:1 5.000
45\58 931.034 268.966 6:1 6.000
7\9 933.333 266.667 1:0 → ∞ Collapsed 9L 4s