2L 18s
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← 1L 18s | 2L 18s | 3L 18s → |
↙ 1L 19s | ↓ 2L 19s | 3L 19s ↘ |
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Scale structure
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Generator size
TAMNAMS information
Related MOS scales
Equal tunings
2L 18s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 2 large steps and 18 small steps, with a period of 1 large step and 9 small steps that repeats every 600.0 ¢, or twice every octave. 2L 18s is related to 2L 8s, expanding it by 10 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 540 ¢ to 600 ¢, or from 0 ¢ to 60 ¢.
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 60.0 ¢ |
Augmented 1-mosstep | A1ms | L | 60.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
2-mosstep | Minor 2-mosstep | m2ms | 2s | 0.0 ¢ to 120.0 ¢ |
Major 2-mosstep | M2ms | L + s | 120.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
3-mosstep | Minor 3-mosstep | m3ms | 3s | 0.0 ¢ to 180.0 ¢ |
Major 3-mosstep | M3ms | L + 2s | 180.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
4-mosstep | Minor 4-mosstep | m4ms | 4s | 0.0 ¢ to 240.0 ¢ |
Major 4-mosstep | M4ms | L + 3s | 240.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
5-mosstep | Minor 5-mosstep | m5ms | 5s | 0.0 ¢ to 300.0 ¢ |
Major 5-mosstep | M5ms | L + 4s | 300.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
6-mosstep | Minor 6-mosstep | m6ms | 6s | 0.0 ¢ to 360.0 ¢ |
Major 6-mosstep | M6ms | L + 5s | 360.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
7-mosstep | Minor 7-mosstep | m7ms | 7s | 0.0 ¢ to 420.0 ¢ |
Major 7-mosstep | M7ms | L + 6s | 420.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
8-mosstep | Minor 8-mosstep | m8ms | 8s | 0.0 ¢ to 480.0 ¢ |
Major 8-mosstep | M8ms | L + 7s | 480.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
9-mosstep | Diminished 9-mosstep | d9ms | 9s | 0.0 ¢ to 540.0 ¢ |
Perfect 9-mosstep | P9ms | L + 8s | 540.0 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
10-mosstep | Perfect 10-mosstep | P10ms | L + 9s | 600.0 ¢ |
11-mosstep | Perfect 11-mosstep | P11ms | L + 10s | 600.0 ¢ to 660.0 ¢ |
Augmented 11-mosstep | A11ms | 2L + 9s | 660.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
12-mosstep | Minor 12-mosstep | m12ms | L + 11s | 600.0 ¢ to 720.0 ¢ |
Major 12-mosstep | M12ms | 2L + 10s | 720.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
13-mosstep | Minor 13-mosstep | m13ms | L + 12s | 600.0 ¢ to 780.0 ¢ |
Major 13-mosstep | M13ms | 2L + 11s | 780.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
14-mosstep | Minor 14-mosstep | m14ms | L + 13s | 600.0 ¢ to 840.0 ¢ |
Major 14-mosstep | M14ms | 2L + 12s | 840.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
15-mosstep | Minor 15-mosstep | m15ms | L + 14s | 600.0 ¢ to 900.0 ¢ |
Major 15-mosstep | M15ms | 2L + 13s | 900.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
16-mosstep | Minor 16-mosstep | m16ms | L + 15s | 600.0 ¢ to 960.0 ¢ |
Major 16-mosstep | M16ms | 2L + 14s | 960.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
17-mosstep | Minor 17-mosstep | m17ms | L + 16s | 600.0 ¢ to 1020.0 ¢ |
Major 17-mosstep | M17ms | 2L + 15s | 1020.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
18-mosstep | Minor 18-mosstep | m18ms | L + 17s | 600.0 ¢ to 1080.0 ¢ |
Major 18-mosstep | M18ms | 2L + 16s | 1080.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
19-mosstep | Diminished 19-mosstep | d19ms | L + 18s | 600.0 ¢ to 1140.0 ¢ |
Perfect 19-mosstep | P19ms | 2L + 17s | 1140.0 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
20-mosstep | Perfect 20-mosstep | P20ms | 2L + 18s | 1200.0 ¢ |
Generator chain
Bright gens | Scale degree | Abbrev. | Scale degree | Abbrev. |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Augmented 0-mosdegree | A0md | Augmented 10-mosdegree | A10md |
9 | Augmented 1-mosdegree | A1md | Augmented 11-mosdegree | A11md |
8 | Major 2-mosdegree | M2md | Major 12-mosdegree | M12md |
7 | Major 3-mosdegree | M3md | Major 13-mosdegree | M13md |
6 | Major 4-mosdegree | M4md | Major 14-mosdegree | M14md |
5 | Major 5-mosdegree | M5md | Major 15-mosdegree | M15md |
4 | Major 6-mosdegree | M6md | Major 16-mosdegree | M16md |
3 | Major 7-mosdegree | M7md | Major 17-mosdegree | M17md |
2 | Major 8-mosdegree | M8md | Major 18-mosdegree | M18md |
1 | Perfect 9-mosdegree | P9md | Perfect 19-mosdegree | P19md |
0 | Perfect 0-mosdegree Perfect 10-mosdegree |
P0md P10md |
Perfect 10-mosdegree Perfect 20-mosdegree |
P10md P20md |
−1 | Perfect 1-mosdegree | P1md | Perfect 11-mosdegree | P11md |
−2 | Minor 2-mosdegree | m2md | Minor 12-mosdegree | m12md |
−3 | Minor 3-mosdegree | m3md | Minor 13-mosdegree | m13md |
−4 | Minor 4-mosdegree | m4md | Minor 14-mosdegree | m14md |
−5 | Minor 5-mosdegree | m5md | Minor 15-mosdegree | m15md |
−6 | Minor 6-mosdegree | m6md | Minor 16-mosdegree | m16md |
−7 | Minor 7-mosdegree | m7md | Minor 17-mosdegree | m17md |
−8 | Minor 8-mosdegree | m8md | Minor 18-mosdegree | m18md |
−9 | Diminished 9-mosdegree | d9md | Diminished 19-mosdegree | d19md |
−10 | Diminished 10-mosdegree | d10md | Diminished 20-mosdegree | d20md |
Modes
UDP | Cyclic order |
Step pattern |
Scale degree (mosdegree) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
18|0(2) | 1 | LsssssssssLsssssssss | Perf. | Aug. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Aug. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
16|2(2) | 10 | sLsssssssssLssssssss | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
14|4(2) | 9 | ssLsssssssssLsssssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
12|6(2) | 8 | sssLsssssssssLssssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
10|8(2) | 7 | ssssLsssssssssLsssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
8|10(2) | 6 | sssssLsssssssssLssss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
6|12(2) | 5 | ssssssLsssssssssLsss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
4|14(2) | 4 | sssssssLsssssssssLss | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. |
2|16(2) | 3 | ssssssssLsssssssssLs | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. |
0|18(2) | 2 | sssssssssLsssssssssL | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Dim. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Dim. | Perf. |
Scale tree
Generator(edo) | Cents | Step ratio | Comments | |||||||
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Bright | Dark | L:s | Hardness | |||||||
9\20 | 540.000 | 60.000 | 1:1 | 1.000 | Equalized 2L 18s | |||||
46\102 | 541.176 | 58.824 | 6:5 | 1.200 | ||||||
37\82 | 541.463 | 58.537 | 5:4 | 1.250 | ||||||
65\144 | 541.667 | 58.333 | 9:7 | 1.286 | ||||||
28\62 | 541.935 | 58.065 | 4:3 | 1.333 | Supersoft 2L 18s | |||||
75\166 | 542.169 | 57.831 | 11:8 | 1.375 | ||||||
47\104 | 542.308 | 57.692 | 7:5 | 1.400 | ||||||
66\146 | 542.466 | 57.534 | 10:7 | 1.429 | ||||||
19\42 | 542.857 | 57.143 | 3:2 | 1.500 | Soft 2L 18s | |||||
67\148 | 543.243 | 56.757 | 11:7 | 1.571 | ||||||
48\106 | 543.396 | 56.604 | 8:5 | 1.600 | ||||||
77\170 | 543.529 | 56.471 | 13:8 | 1.625 | ||||||
29\64 | 543.750 | 56.250 | 5:3 | 1.667 | Semisoft 2L 18s | |||||
68\150 | 544.000 | 56.000 | 12:7 | 1.714 | ||||||
39\86 | 544.186 | 55.814 | 7:4 | 1.750 | ||||||
49\108 | 544.444 | 55.556 | 9:5 | 1.800 | ||||||
10\22 | 545.455 | 54.545 | 2:1 | 2.000 | Basic 2L 18s Scales with tunings softer than this are proper | |||||
41\90 | 546.667 | 53.333 | 9:4 | 2.250 | ||||||
31\68 | 547.059 | 52.941 | 7:3 | 2.333 | ||||||
52\114 | 547.368 | 52.632 | 12:5 | 2.400 | ||||||
21\46 | 547.826 | 52.174 | 5:2 | 2.500 | Semihard 2L 18s | |||||
53\116 | 548.276 | 51.724 | 13:5 | 2.600 | ||||||
32\70 | 548.571 | 51.429 | 8:3 | 2.667 | ||||||
43\94 | 548.936 | 51.064 | 11:4 | 2.750 | ||||||
11\24 | 550.000 | 50.000 | 3:1 | 3.000 | Hard 2L 18s | |||||
34\74 | 551.351 | 48.649 | 10:3 | 3.333 | ||||||
23\50 | 552.000 | 48.000 | 7:2 | 3.500 | ||||||
35\76 | 552.632 | 47.368 | 11:3 | 3.667 | ||||||
12\26 | 553.846 | 46.154 | 4:1 | 4.000 | Superhard 2L 18s | |||||
25\54 | 555.556 | 44.444 | 9:2 | 4.500 | ||||||
13\28 | 557.143 | 42.857 | 5:1 | 5.000 | ||||||
14\30 | 560.000 | 40.000 | 6:1 | 6.000 | ||||||
1\2 | 600.000 | 0.000 | 1:0 | → ∞ | Collapsed 2L 18s |
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