2L 9s
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Step pattern
LssssLsssss
sssssLssssL
Equave
2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Period
2/1 (1200.0 ¢)
Bright
5\11 to 1\2 (545.5 ¢ to 600.0 ¢)
Dark
1\2 to 6\11 (600.0 ¢ to 654.5 ¢)
Descends from
2L 7s (balzano)
Ancestor's step ratio range
2:1 to 1:0 (hard-of-basic)
Parent
2L 7s
Sister
9L 2s
Daughters
11L 2s, 2L 11s
Neutralized
4L 7s
2-Flought
13L 9s, 2L 20s
Equalized (L:s = 1:1)
5\11 (545.5 ¢)
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3)
16\35 (548.6 ¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2)
11\24 (550.0 ¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3)
17\37 (551.4 ¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1)
6\13 (553.8 ¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2)
13\28 (557.1 ¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1)
7\15 (560.0 ¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1)
8\17 (564.7 ¢)
Collapsed (L:s = 1:0)
1\2 (600.0 ¢)
↖ 1L 8s | ↑ 2L 8s | 3L 8s ↗ |
← 1L 9s | 2L 9s | 3L 9s → |
↙ 1L 10s | ↓ 2L 10s | 3L 10s ↘ |
┌╥┬┬┬┬╥┬┬┬┬┬┐ │║││││║││││││ │││││││││││││ └┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┴┘
Scale structure
sssssLssssL
Generator size
TAMNAMS information
Related MOS scales
Equal tunings
2L 9s is a 2/1-equivalent (octave-equivalent) moment of symmetry scale containing 2 large steps and 9 small steps, repeating every octave. 2L 9s is a child scale of 2L 7s, expanding it by 2 tones. Generators that produce this scale range from 545.5 ¢ to 600 ¢, or from 600 ¢ to 654.5 ¢.
This MOS reaches a harmonic entropy minimum when the generator is 7/5. It represents temperaments like Tritonic, Triton, Heinz and Liese.
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 diatonic interval categories.
Intervals
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 109.1 ¢ |
Major 1-mosstep | M1ms | L | 109.1 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
2-mosstep | Minor 2-mosstep | m2ms | 2s | 0.0 ¢ to 218.2 ¢ |
Major 2-mosstep | M2ms | L + s | 218.2 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
3-mosstep | Minor 3-mosstep | m3ms | 3s | 0.0 ¢ to 327.3 ¢ |
Major 3-mosstep | M3ms | L + 2s | 327.3 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
4-mosstep | Minor 4-mosstep | m4ms | 4s | 0.0 ¢ to 436.4 ¢ |
Major 4-mosstep | M4ms | L + 3s | 436.4 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
5-mosstep | Diminished 5-mosstep | d5ms | 5s | 0.0 ¢ to 545.5 ¢ |
Perfect 5-mosstep | P5ms | L + 4s | 545.5 ¢ to 600.0 ¢ | |
6-mosstep | Perfect 6-mosstep | P6ms | L + 5s | 600.0 ¢ to 654.5 ¢ |
Augmented 6-mosstep | A6ms | 2L + 4s | 654.5 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
7-mosstep | Minor 7-mosstep | m7ms | L + 6s | 600.0 ¢ to 763.6 ¢ |
Major 7-mosstep | M7ms | 2L + 5s | 763.6 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
8-mosstep | Minor 8-mosstep | m8ms | L + 7s | 600.0 ¢ to 872.7 ¢ |
Major 8-mosstep | M8ms | 2L + 6s | 872.7 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
9-mosstep | Minor 9-mosstep | m9ms | L + 8s | 600.0 ¢ to 981.8 ¢ |
Major 9-mosstep | M9ms | 2L + 7s | 981.8 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
10-mosstep | Minor 10-mosstep | m10ms | L + 9s | 600.0 ¢ to 1090.9 ¢ |
Major 10-mosstep | M10ms | 2L + 8s | 1090.9 ¢ to 1200.0 ¢ | |
11-mosstep | Perfect 11-mosstep | P11ms | 2L + 9s | 1200.0 ¢ |
Generator chain
Bright gens | Scale degree | Abbrev. |
---|---|---|
12 | Augmented 5-mosdegree | A5md |
11 | Augmented 0-mosdegree | A0md |
10 | Augmented 6-mosdegree | A6md |
9 | Major 1-mosdegree | M1md |
8 | Major 7-mosdegree | M7md |
7 | Major 2-mosdegree | M2md |
6 | Major 8-mosdegree | M8md |
5 | Major 3-mosdegree | M3md |
4 | Major 9-mosdegree | M9md |
3 | Major 4-mosdegree | M4md |
2 | Major 10-mosdegree | M10md |
1 | Perfect 5-mosdegree | P5md |
0 | Perfect 0-mosdegree Perfect 11-mosdegree |
P0md P11md |
−1 | Perfect 6-mosdegree | P6md |
−2 | Minor 1-mosdegree | m1md |
−3 | Minor 7-mosdegree | m7md |
−4 | Minor 2-mosdegree | m2md |
−5 | Minor 8-mosdegree | m8md |
−6 | Minor 3-mosdegree | m3md |
−7 | Minor 9-mosdegree | m9md |
−8 | Minor 4-mosdegree | m4md |
−9 | Minor 10-mosdegree | m10md |
−10 | Diminished 5-mosdegree | d5md |
−11 | Diminished 11-mosdegree | d11md |
−12 | Diminished 6-mosdegree | d6md |
Modes
UDP | Cyclic order |
Step pattern |
Scale degree (mosdegree) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
10|0 | 1 | LssssLsssss | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Aug. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
9|1 | 6 | LsssssLssss | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
8|2 | 11 | sLssssLssss | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
7|3 | 5 | sLsssssLsss | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
6|4 | 10 | ssLssssLsss | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
5|5 | 4 | ssLsssssLss | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
4|6 | 9 | sssLssssLss | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Maj. | Perf. |
3|7 | 3 | sssLsssssLs | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. |
2|8 | 8 | ssssLssssLs | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Maj. | Perf. |
1|9 | 2 | ssssLsssssL | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. |
0|10 | 7 | sssssLssssL | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Dim. | Perf. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Min. | Perf. |
Scale tree
Generator(edo) | Cents | Step ratio | Comments | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bright | Dark | L:s | Hardness | |||||||
5\11 | 545.455 | 654.545 | 1:1 | 1.000 | Equalized 2L 9s | |||||
26\57 | 547.368 | 652.632 | 6:5 | 1.200 | ||||||
21\46 | 547.826 | 652.174 | 5:4 | 1.250 | Heinz | |||||
37\81 | 548.148 | 651.852 | 9:7 | 1.286 | ||||||
16\35 | 548.571 | 651.429 | 4:3 | 1.333 | Supersoft 2L 9s | |||||
43\94 | 548.936 | 651.064 | 11:8 | 1.375 | ||||||
27\59 | 549.153 | 650.847 | 7:5 | 1.400 | ||||||
38\83 | 549.398 | 650.602 | 10:7 | 1.429 | ||||||
11\24 | 550.000 | 650.000 | 3:2 | 1.500 | Soft 2L 9s | |||||
39\85 | 550.588 | 649.412 | 11:7 | 1.571 | ||||||
28\61 | 550.820 | 649.180 | 8:5 | 1.600 | ||||||
45\98 | 551.020 | 648.980 | 13:8 | 1.625 | ||||||
17\37 | 551.351 | 648.649 | 5:3 | 1.667 | Semisoft 2L 9s | |||||
40\87 | 551.724 | 648.276 | 12:7 | 1.714 | ||||||
23\50 | 552.000 | 648.000 | 7:4 | 1.750 | ||||||
29\63 | 552.381 | 647.619 | 9:5 | 1.800 | ||||||
6\13 | 553.846 | 646.154 | 2:1 | 2.000 | Basic 2L 9s Scales with tunings softer than this are proper | |||||
25\54 | 555.556 | 644.444 | 9:4 | 2.250 | ||||||
19\41 | 556.098 | 643.902 | 7:3 | 2.333 | ||||||
32\69 | 556.522 | 643.478 | 12:5 | 2.400 | ||||||
13\28 | 557.143 | 642.857 | 5:2 | 2.500 | Semihard 2L 9s | |||||
33\71 | 557.746 | 642.254 | 13:5 | 2.600 | ||||||
20\43 | 558.140 | 641.860 | 8:3 | 2.667 | ||||||
27\58 | 558.621 | 641.379 | 11:4 | 2.750 | ||||||
7\15 | 560.000 | 640.000 | 3:1 | 3.000 | Hard 2L 9s | |||||
22\47 | 561.702 | 638.298 | 10:3 | 3.333 | ||||||
15\32 | 562.500 | 637.500 | 7:2 | 3.500 | ||||||
23\49 | 563.265 | 636.735 | 11:3 | 3.667 | ||||||
8\17 | 564.706 | 635.294 | 4:1 | 4.000 | Superhard 2L 9s | |||||
17\36 | 566.667 | 633.333 | 9:2 | 4.500 | ||||||
9\19 | 568.421 | 631.579 | 5:1 | 5.000 | Triton / liese | |||||
10\21 | 571.429 | 628.571 | 6:1 | 6.000 | Tritonic ↓ | |||||
1\2 | 600.000 | 600.000 | 1:0 | → ∞ | Collapsed 2L 9s |