4L 6s

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↖3L 5s↑4L 5s 5L 5s↗
←3L 6s4L 6s5L 6s→
↙3L 7s↓4L 7s 5L 7s↘
Brightest mode LsLssLsLss
Period 1\2
Range for bright generator 2\10 (240¢) to 1\4 (300¢)
Range for dark generator 1\4 (300¢) to 3\10 (360¢)
TAMNAMS name lime
TAMNAMS prefix lime-
Parent MOS 4L 2s
Sister MOS 6L 4s
Daughter MOSes 10L 4s, 4L 10s
Equal tunings
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 7\34 (247.1¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 5\24 (250¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 8\38 (252.6¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 3\14 (257.1¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 7\32 (262.5¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 4\18 (266.7¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 5\22 (272.7¢)

4L 6s, also called lime, is a moment of symmetry scale consisting of 4 large steps and 6 small steps, with a period of 2 large steps and 3 small steps that repeats twice every octave, or every 600¢. This scale is made using a generator ranging from 240¢ to 300¢, or from 900¢ to 960¢.

Scale tree

Generator Cents L s L/s Comments
2\10 240.000 1 1 1.000
11\54 244.444 6 5 1.200 Semiseptiquarter↑
9\44 245.455 5 4 1.250
16\78 246.154 9 7 1.286
7\34 247.059 4 3 1.333 Hemifourths/anguirus
19\92 247.826 11 8 1.375
12\58 248.276 7 5 1.400 Sruti
17\82 248.780 10 7 1.428 Semihemi
5\24 250.000 3 2 1.500 L/s = 3/2, decimal is around here
18\86 251.163 11 7 1.571
13\62 251.613 8 5 1.600
21\100 252.000 13 8 1.625 Unnamed golden tuning
8\38 252.632 5 3 1.667
19\90 253.333 12 7 1.714
11\52 253.846 7 4 1.750
14\66 254.545 9 5 1.800
3\14 257.143 2 1 2.000 Basic lime
(Generators smaller than this are proper)
13\60 260.000 9 4 2.250
10\46 260.870 7 3 2.333 Bamity
17\78 261.538 12 5 2.400
7\32 262.500 5 2 2.500
18\82 263.415 13 5 2.600 Unnamed golden tuning
11\50 264.000 8 3 2.667
15\68 264.706 11 4 2.750
4\18 266.667 3 1 3.000 L/s = 3/1
13\58 268.966 10 3 3.333
9\40 270.000 7 2 3.500
14\62 270.968 11 3 3.667
5\22 272.727 4 1 4.000
11\48 275.000 9 2 4.500 Doublewide
6\26 276.923 5 1 5.000
7\30 280.000 6 1 6.000 Bikleismic↓
1\4 300.000 1 0 → inf