2L 4s
| Brightest mode | LssLss | |
| Period | 1\2 | |
| Range for bright generator | 0\2 (0.0¢) to 1\6 (200.0¢) | |
| Range for dark generator | 2\6 (400.0¢) to 1\2 (600.0¢) | |
| Parent MOS | 2L 2s | |
| Daughter MOSes | 6L 2s, 2L 6s | |
| Sister MOS | 4L 2s | |
| TAMNAMS name | malic | |
| Equal tunings | ||
| Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) | 3\20 (180.0¢) | |
| Soft (L:s = 3:2) | 2\14 (171.4¢) | |
| Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) | 3\22 (163.6¢) | |
| Basic (L:s = 2:1) | 1\8 (150.0¢) | |
| Semihard (L:s = 5:2) | 2\18 (133.3¢) | |
| Hard (L:s = 3:1) | 1\10 (120.0¢) | |
| Superhard (L:s = 4:1) | 1\12 (100.0¢) | |
The only scale with this MOS pattern that's a really significant minimum of harmonic entropy is srutal/pajara, in which the period plus the generator is 3/2. Other scales include shrutar, in which the generator is half of that (about a quartertone), so 3/2 is a period plus two generators; and hedgehog, in which two generators make a 6/5, and 4/3 would be three generators (except that it doesn't appear in this MOS).
In addition to the true MOS with pattern LssLss, all these scales also come in a near-MOS version, LsLsss, in which the period is the only generic interval that has more than two specific representatives.
Srutal/pajara probably has the lowest harmonic entropy of all 6-note MOS scales. The near-MOS version has even lower harmonic entropy.
| Generator | Cents | Comments | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0\2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1\24 | 50 | |||||||||||
| 2\46 | 52.17 | Shrutar is around here | ||||||||||
| 1\22 | 54.55 | |||||||||||
| 1\20 | 60 | |||||||||||
| 1\18 | 66.67 | |||||||||||
| 1\16 | 75 | |||||||||||
| 1\14 | 85.71 | |||||||||||
| 2\26 | 92.31 | Injera is around here | ||||||||||
| 1\12 | 100 | L/s = 4 | ||||||||||
| 2\22 | 109.09 | Srutal/Pajara is around here | ||||||||||
| 600/(2+pi) | ||||||||||||
| 1\10 | 120 | L/s = 3 | ||||||||||
| 600/(2+e) | ||||||||||||
| 3/28 | 128.57 | |||||||||||
| 600/(3+phi) | ||||||||||||
| 2/18 | 133.33 | |||||||||||
| 1\8 | 150 | Boundary of propriety (generators
larger than this are proper) | ||||||||||
| 600/(2+sqrt(3)) | ||||||||||||
| 3\22 | 163.64 | Hedgehog and echidna are both around here | ||||||||||
| 8\58 | 165.52 | |||||||||||
| 600/(2+phi) | Golden hedgehog/echidna | |||||||||||
| 13\94 | 165.96 | |||||||||||
| 5\36 | 166.67 | |||||||||||
| 600/(2+pi/2) | ||||||||||||
| 2\14 | 171.43 | Optimum rank range (L/s=3/2) | ||||||||||
| 1\6 | 200 | |||||||||||