2L 16s
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Scale structure
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Generator size
TAMNAMS information
Related MOS scales
Equal tunings
2L 16s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 2 large steps and 16 small steps, with a period of 1 large step and 8 small steps that repeats every 600.0 ¢, or twice every octave. 2L 16s is related to 2L 8s, expanding it by 8 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 533.3 ¢ to 600 ¢, or from 0 ¢ to 66.7 ¢.
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.
Intervals
Intervals | Steps subtended |
Range in cents | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Generic | Specific | Abbrev. | ||
0-mosstep | Perfect 0-mosstep | P0ms | 0 | 0.0 ¢ |
1-mosstep | Perfect 1-mosstep | P1ms | s | 0.0 ¢ to 66.7 ¢ |
Augmented 1-mosstep | A1ms | L | 66.7 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
2-mosstep | Minor 2-mosstep | m2ms | 2s | 0.0 ¢ to 133.3 ¢ |
Major 2-mosstep | M2ms | L + s | 133.3 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
3-mosstep | Minor 3-mosstep | m3ms | 3s | 0.0 ¢ to 200.0 ¢ |
Major 3-mosstep | M3ms | L + 2s | 200.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
4-mosstep | Minor 4-mosstep | m4ms | 4s | 0.0 ¢ to 266.7 ¢ |
Major 4-mosstep | M4ms | L + 3s | 266.7 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
5-mosstep | Minor 5-mosstep | m5ms | 5s | 0.0 ¢ to 333.3 ¢ |
Major 5-mosstep | M5ms | L + 4s | 333.3 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
6-mosstep | Minor 6-mosstep | m6ms | 6s | 0.0 ¢ to 400.0 ¢ |
Major 6-mosstep | M6ms | L + 5s | 400.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
7-mosstep | Minor 7-mosstep | m7ms | 7s | 0.0 ¢ to 466.7 ¢ |
Major 7-mosstep | M7ms | L + 6s | 466.7 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
8-mosstep | Diminished 8-mosstep | d8ms | 8s | 0.0 ¢ to 533.3 ¢ |
Perfect 8-mosstep | P8ms | L + 7s | 533.3 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
9-mosstep | Perfect 9-mosstep | P9ms | L + 8s | 600.0 ¢ |
10-mosstep | Perfect 10-mosstep | P10ms | L + 9s | 600.0 ¢ to 666.7 ¢ |
Augmented 10-mosstep | A10ms | 2L + 8s | 666.7 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
11-mosstep | Minor 11-mosstep | m11ms | L + 10s | 600.0 ¢ to 733.3 ¢ |
Major 11-mosstep | M11ms | 2L + 9s | 733.3 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
12-mosstep | Minor 12-mosstep | m12ms | L + 11s | 600.0 ¢ to 800.0 ¢ |
Major 12-mosstep | M12ms | 2L + 10s | 800.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
13-mosstep | Minor 13-mosstep | m13ms | L + 12s | 600.0 ¢ to 866.7 ¢ |
Major 13-mosstep | M13ms | 2L + 11s | 866.7 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
14-mosstep | Minor 14-mosstep | m14ms | L + 13s | 600.0 ¢ to 933.3 ¢ |
Major 14-mosstep | M14ms | 2L + 12s | 933.3 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
15-mosstep | Minor 15-mosstep | m15ms | L + 14s | 600.0 ¢ to 1000.0 ¢ |
Major 15-mosstep | M15ms | 2L + 13s | 1000.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
16-mosstep | Minor 16-mosstep | m16ms | L + 15s | 600.0 ¢ to 1066.7 ¢ |
Major 16-mosstep | M16ms | 2L + 14s | 1066.7 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
17-mosstep | Diminished 17-mosstep | d17ms | L + 16s | 600.0 ¢ to 1133.3 ¢ |
Perfect 17-mosstep | P17ms | 2L + 15s | 1133.3 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
18-mosstep | Perfect 18-mosstep | P18ms | 2L + 16s | 1200.0 ¢ |
Generator chain
Bright gens | Scale degree | Abbrev. | Scale degree | Abbrev. |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Augmented 0-mosdegree | A0md | Augmented 9-mosdegree | A9md |
8 | Augmented 1-mosdegree | A1md | Augmented 10-mosdegree | A10md |
7 | Major 2-mosdegree | M2md | Major 11-mosdegree | M11md |
6 | Major 3-mosdegree | M3md | Major 12-mosdegree | M12md |
5 | Major 4-mosdegree | M4md | Major 13-mosdegree | M13md |
4 | Major 5-mosdegree | M5md | Major 14-mosdegree | M14md |
3 | Major 6-mosdegree | M6md | Major 15-mosdegree | M15md |
2 | Major 7-mosdegree | M7md | Major 16-mosdegree | M16md |
1 | Perfect 8-mosdegree | P8md | Perfect 17-mosdegree | P17md |
0 | Perfect 0-mosdegree Perfect 9-mosdegree |
P0md P9md |
Perfect 9-mosdegree Perfect 18-mosdegree |
P9md P18md |
−1 | Perfect 1-mosdegree | P1md | Perfect 10-mosdegree | P10md |
−2 | Minor 2-mosdegree | m2md | Minor 11-mosdegree | m11md |
−3 | Minor 3-mosdegree | m3md | Minor 12-mosdegree | m12md |
−4 | Minor 4-mosdegree | m4md | Minor 13-mosdegree | m13md |
−5 | Minor 5-mosdegree | m5md | Minor 14-mosdegree | m14md |
−6 | Minor 6-mosdegree | m6md | Minor 15-mosdegree | m15md |
−7 | Minor 7-mosdegree | m7md | Minor 16-mosdegree | m16md |
−8 | Diminished 8-mosdegree | d8md | Diminished 17-mosdegree | d17md |
−9 | Diminished 9-mosdegree | d9md | Diminished 18-mosdegree | d18md |
Modes
UDP | Cyclic order |
Step pattern |
Scale degree (mosdegree) | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |||
16|0(2) | 1 | LssssssssLssssssss | Perf. | Aug. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Aug. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
14|2(2) | 9 | sLssssssssLsssssss | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
12|4(2) | 8 | ssLssssssssLssssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
10|6(2) | 7 | sssLssssssssLsssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
8|8(2) | 6 | ssssLssssssssLssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
6|10(2) | 5 | sssssLssssssssLsss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
4|12(2) | 4 | ssssssLssssssssLss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
2|14(2) | 3 | sssssssLssssssssLs | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. |
0|16(2) | 2 | ssssssssLssssssssL | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Dim. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Dim. | Perf. |
Scale tree
Generator(edo) | Cents | Step ratio | Comments | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bright | Dark | L:s | Hardness | |||||||
8\18 | 533.333 | 66.667 | 1:1 | 1.000 | Equalized 2L 16s | |||||
41\92 | 534.783 | 65.217 | 6:5 | 1.200 | ||||||
33\74 | 535.135 | 64.865 | 5:4 | 1.250 | ||||||
58\130 | 535.385 | 64.615 | 9:7 | 1.286 | ||||||
25\56 | 535.714 | 64.286 | 4:3 | 1.333 | Supersoft 2L 16s | |||||
67\150 | 536.000 | 64.000 | 11:8 | 1.375 | ||||||
42\94 | 536.170 | 63.830 | 7:5 | 1.400 | ||||||
59\132 | 536.364 | 63.636 | 10:7 | 1.429 | ||||||
17\38 | 536.842 | 63.158 | 3:2 | 1.500 | Soft 2L 16s | |||||
60\134 | 537.313 | 62.687 | 11:7 | 1.571 | ||||||
43\96 | 537.500 | 62.500 | 8:5 | 1.600 | ||||||
69\154 | 537.662 | 62.338 | 13:8 | 1.625 | ||||||
26\58 | 537.931 | 62.069 | 5:3 | 1.667 | Semisoft 2L 16s | |||||
61\136 | 538.235 | 61.765 | 12:7 | 1.714 | ||||||
35\78 | 538.462 | 61.538 | 7:4 | 1.750 | ||||||
44\98 | 538.776 | 61.224 | 9:5 | 1.800 | ||||||
9\20 | 540.000 | 60.000 | 2:1 | 2.000 | Basic 2L 16s Scales with tunings softer than this are proper | |||||
37\82 | 541.463 | 58.537 | 9:4 | 2.250 | ||||||
28\62 | 541.935 | 58.065 | 7:3 | 2.333 | ||||||
47\104 | 542.308 | 57.692 | 12:5 | 2.400 | ||||||
19\42 | 542.857 | 57.143 | 5:2 | 2.500 | Semihard 2L 16s | |||||
48\106 | 543.396 | 56.604 | 13:5 | 2.600 | ||||||
29\64 | 543.750 | 56.250 | 8:3 | 2.667 | ||||||
39\86 | 544.186 | 55.814 | 11:4 | 2.750 | ||||||
10\22 | 545.455 | 54.545 | 3:1 | 3.000 | Hard 2L 16s | |||||
31\68 | 547.059 | 52.941 | 10:3 | 3.333 | ||||||
21\46 | 547.826 | 52.174 | 7:2 | 3.500 | ||||||
32\70 | 548.571 | 51.429 | 11:3 | 3.667 | ||||||
11\24 | 550.000 | 50.000 | 4:1 | 4.000 | Superhard 2L 16s | |||||
23\50 | 552.000 | 48.000 | 9:2 | 4.500 | ||||||
12\26 | 553.846 | 46.154 | 5:1 | 5.000 | ||||||
13\28 | 557.143 | 42.857 | 6:1 | 6.000 | ||||||
1\2 | 600.000 | 0.000 | 1:0 | → ∞ | Collapsed 2L 16s |