5- to 10-tone scales in 84edo
84edo is a tuning which supports many fractional-octave temperaments. It is a good no-11s, or dual-11, tuning all the way up to the 31-limit.
This article lists some 5- to 10-note scales in 84edo. The tuning of each scale degree is given in cents.
Subsets of MOS scales
Orwell[31] / Newspeak[31]
Antipental blues (approximated from Dwarf17marv)
271.429
500.000
542.857
700.000
971.429
1200.000
Spectral blues (approximated from Dwarf17marv)
271.429
500.000
542.857
700.000
885.714
971.429
1200.000
Dodifo[37]
Sensei[27]
Merman[23]
Narayana[34]
Bison[38]
Palace (approximated from Porky in 29edo)
157.143
314.286
500.000
700.000
857.143
1014.286
1200.000
Secant[38]
Nessafof[39]
Absurdity[42] (includes 7edo)
Palace (approximated from Porky in 29edo)
157.143
314.286
500.000
700.000
857.143
1014.286
1200.000
Compton[48] (includes 12edo)
Major scales
Ionian Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
400.000
500.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Flattened Ionian Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
385.714
500.000
700.000
1085.714
1200.000
Major (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
400.000
500.000
700.000
900.000
1100.000
1200.000
Flattened Major (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
200.000
385.714
500.000
700.000
885.714
1085.714
1200.000
Major Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
400.000
700.000
900.000
1200.000
Flattened Major Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
185.714
385.714
700.000
885.714
1200.000
Minor scales
Minor (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Minor (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
200.000
314.286
500.000
700.000
814.286
1014.286
1200.000
Minor Harmonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1100.000
1200.000
Sharpened Minor Harmonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
314.286
514.286
714.286
814.286
1114.286
1200.000
Minor Harmonic Pentatonic I (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Sharpened Minor Harmonic Pentatonic I (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
314.286
714.286
1114.286
1200.000
Minor Harmonic Pentatonic II (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Sharpened Minor Harmonic Pentatonic II (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
514.286
714.286
1114.286
1200.000
Minor Hexatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Evened Minor Hexatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
185.714
314.286
500.000
700.000
985.714
1200.000
Minor Melodic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
900.000
1100.000
1200.000
Minor Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Minor Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
500.000
700.000
1014.286
1200.000
Modal scales
Dorian (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
900.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Dorian (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
314.286
514.286
714.286
914.286
1014.286
1200.000
Dorian Harmonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
600.000
700.000
900.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Dorian Harmonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
314.286
614.286
714.286
914.286
1014.286
1200.000
Mixolydian Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
400.000
500.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Evened Mixolydian Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
385.714
500.000
714.286
985.714
1200.000
Phrygian (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Flattened Phrygian (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
This one has a phonk-like sound.
85.714
285.714
485.714
685.714
785.714
985.714
1200.000
Phrygian Dominant (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
400.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Roughened Phrygian Dominant (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
85.714
400.000
485.714
685.714
771.429
985.714
1200.000
Phrygian Dominant Hexatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
400.000
500.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Evened Phrygian Dominant Hexatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
114.286
385.714
500.000
714.286
985.714
1200.000
Phrygian Dominant Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
400.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Phrygian Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
300.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Sharpened Phrygian Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
100.000
314.286
714.286
814.286
1200.000
Blues scales
Blackened skies (approximated from Compton in 72edo)
314.286
500.000
585.714
700.000
785.714
1114.286
1200.000
Lost spirit (approximated from Meantone in 31edo)
314.286
500.000
585.714
700.000
928.571
1014.286
1200.000
Blues Aeolian Hexatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Sharpened Blues Aeolian Hexatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Blues Aeolian Pentatonic I (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Flattened Blues Aeolian Pentatonic I (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
285.714
485.714
685.714
785.714
1200.000
Blues Aeolian Pentatonic II (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Blues Aeolian Pentatonic II (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
714.286
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Blues Bright Double Harmonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
400.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1100.000
1200.000
Blues Dark Double Harmonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
1100.000
1200.000
Blues Dorian Hexatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
700.000
900.000
1000.000
1200.000
Sharpened Blues Dorian Hexatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
514.286
714.286
900.000
1014.286
1200.000
Blues Dorian Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
700.000
900.000
1000.000
1200.000
Roughened Blues Dorian Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
300.000
700.000
914.286
985.714
1200.000
Blues Dorian Septatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
900.000
1000.000
1200.000
Roughened Blues Dorian Septatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
300.000
514.286
600.000
685.714
914.286
985.714
1200.000
Blues Harmonic Hexatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Roughened Blues Harmonic Hexatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
285.714
500.000
714.286
1114.286
1200.000
Blues Harmonic Septatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
1100.000
1200.000
Sharpened Blues Harmonic Septatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
514.286
614.286
714.286
814.286
1114.286
1200.000
Blues Leading (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
1000.000
1100.000
1200.000
Evened Blues Leading (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
300.000
485.714
600.000
714.286
971.429
1085.714
1200.000
Blues Minor (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Evened Blues Minor (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
300.000
485.714
600.000
714.286
1014.286
1200.000
Blues Minor Maj7 (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Flattened Blues Minor Maj7 (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
285.714
500.000
600.000
700.000
1100.000
1200.000
Blues Pentachordal (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
1200.000
Sharpened Blues Pentachordal (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
314.286
514.286
614.286
714.286
1200.000
Other scales
Augmented (exact tuning from 12edo)
300.000
400.000
700.000
800.000
1100.000
1200.000
Roughened Augmented (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
314.286
400.000
714.286
800.000
1114.286
1200.000
Cosmic (approximated from 32afdo
500.000
700.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Roughened Cosmic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
485.714
700.000
770.000
985.714
1200.000
Cosmic Two (approximated from 32afdo, then rotated]]
200.000
300.000
500.000
700.000
1200.000
Roughened Cosmic Two (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
285.714
500.000
714.286
1200.000
Compton Deja Vu (approximated from 101afdo)
314.286
700.000
814.286
1014.286
1200.000
Dominant Pentatonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
400.000
700.000
1000.000
1200.000
Evened Dominant Pentatonic (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
214.286
428.571
700.000
985.714
1200.000
Double Harmonic (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
400.000
500.000
700.000
800.000
1100.000
1200.000
Hirajoshi (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
700.000
800.000
1200.000
Sharpened Hirajoshi (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
200.000
314.286
700.000
814.286
1200.000
Javanese Pentachordal (exact tuning from 12edo)
100.000
300.000
600.000
700.000
1200.000
Roughened Javanese Pentachordal (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
85.714
300.000
614.286
700.000
1200.000
Akebono I (exact tuning from 12edo)
200.000
300.000
700.000
900.000
1200.000
Sharpened Akebono I (approximated from Compton in 96edo)
200.000
314.286
700.000
900.000
1200.000
Compton Moonbeam (approximated from 16afdo)
200.000
300.000
700.000
1085.714
1200.000
Compton Palace (approximated from Porky in 29edo)
157.143
300.000
500.000
700.000
857.143
1000.000
1200.000
Compton Underpass (approximated from 10afdo)
314.286
700.000
914.286
1014.286
1200.000
Whole Tone (exact tuning from 6edo)
200.000
400.000
600.000
800.000
1000.000
1200.000
Akjayland[42] (includes 21edo)
Approximation of Pelog lima
114.286
285.714
685.714
800.000
1200.000
Oquatonic[56] (includes 28edo)
Parent MOS scales (for reference)
Modes of these scales are still considered to be the same scale.
Orwell[31]
42.857
71.429
114.286
157.143
200.000
228.571
271.429
314.286
342.857
385.714
428.571
471.429
500.000
542.857
585.714
614.286
657.143
700.000
728.571
771.429
814.286
857.143
885.714
928.571
971.429
1000.000
1042.857
1085.714
1128.571
1157.143
1200.000
Dodifo[37]
28.571
71.429
100.000
128.571
157.143
200.000
228.571
257.143
300.000
328.571
357.143
385.714
428.571
457.143
485.714
514.286
557.143
585.714
614.286
657.143
685.714
714.286
742.857
785.714
814.286
842.857
871.429
914.286
942.857
971.429
1014.286
1042.857
1071.429
1100.000
1142.857
1171.429
1200.000
Sensei[27]
57.143
71.429
128.571
185.714
242.857
257.143
314.286
371.429
385.714
442.857
500.000
514.286
571.429
628.571
685.714
700.000
757.143
814.286
828.571
885.714
942.857
957.143
1014.286
1071.429
1128.571
1142.857
1200.000
Merman[23]
28.571
57.143
85.714
114.286
142.857
442.857
471.429
500.000
528.571
557.143
585.714
614.286
642.857
671.429
700.000
728.571
1028.571
1057.143
1085.714
1114.286
1142.857
1171.429
1200.000
Narayana[34]
28.568
71.429
99.997
142.858
171.426
214.287
242.855
285.716
314.284
357.145
385.713
428.574
457.142
500.003
528.571
571.432
600.
628.568
671.429
699.997
742.858
771.426
814.287
842.855
885.716
914.284
957.145
985.713
1028.574
1057.142
1100.003
1128.571
1171.432
1200.
Bison[38]
28.572
57.144
99.999
128.571
157.143
185.715
214.287
257.142
285.714
314.286
342.858
385.713
414.285
442.857
471.429
500.001
542.856
571.428
600.
628.572
657.144
699.999
728.571
757.143
785.715
814.287
857.142
885.714
914.286
942.858
985.713
1014.285
1042.857
1071.429
1100.001
1142.856
1171.428
1200.
Secant[32]
42.858
85.716
99.998
142.856
185.714
228.572
271.43
285.712
328.57
371.428
414.286
457.144
500.002
514.284
557.142
600.
642.858
685.716
699.998
742.856
785.714
828.572
871.43
885.712
928.57
971.428
1014.286
1057.144
1100.002
1114.284
1157.142
1200.
Nesssafof[39]
14.285
71.429
85.714
142.858
157.143
171.428
228.572
242.857
257.142
314.286
328.571
385.715
400.
414.285
471.429
485.714
542.858
557.143
571.428
628.572
642.857
657.142
714.286
728.571
785.715
800.
814.285
871.429
885.714
942.858
957.143
971.428
1028.572
1042.857
1057.142
1114.286
1128.571
1185.715
1200.
Absurdity[42]
14.286
28.572
128.571
142.857
157.143
171.429
185.715
200.001
300.
314.286
328.572
342.858
357.144
371.43
471.429
485.715
500.001
514.287
528.573
542.859
642.858
657.144
671.43
685.716
700.002
714.288
814.287
828.573
842.859
857.145
871.431
885.717
985.716
1000.002
1014.288
1028.574
1042.86
1057.146
1157.145
1171.431
1185.717
1200.003
Compton[36]
14.286
71.428
85.714
100.
114.286
171.428
185.714
200.
214.286
271.428
285.714
300.
314.286
371.428
385.714
400.
414.286
471.428
485.714
500.
514.286
571.428
585.714
600.
614.286
671.428
685.714
700.
714.286
771.428
785.714
800.
814.286
871.428
885.714
900.
914.286
971.428
985.714
1000.
1014.286
1071.428
1085.714
1100.
1114.286
1171.428
1185.714
1200.
Akjayland[42]
14.286
57.143
71.429
114.286
128.571
171.429
185.714
228.571
242.857
285.714
300.
342.857
357.143
400.
414.286
457.143
471.429
514.286
528.571
571.429
585.714
628.571
642.857
685.714
700.
742.857
757.143
800.
814.286
857.143
871.429
914.286
928.571
971.429
985.714
1028.571
1042.857
1085.714
1100.
1142.857
1157.143
1200.
Oquatonic[56]
14.286
42.857
57.143
85.714
100.
128.571
142.857
171.429
185.715
214.286
228.572
257.143
271.429
300.
314.286
342.857
357.143
385.714
400.
428.571
442.857
471.429
485.715
514.286
528.572
557.143
571.429
600.
614.286
642.857
657.143
685.714
700.
728.571
742.857
771.429
785.715
814.286
828.572
857.143
871.429
900.
914.286
942.857
957.143
985.714
1000.
1028.571
1042.857
1071.429
1085.715
1114.286
1128.572
1157.143
1171.429
1200.
Other scales
Arcade (approximation of 32afdo)
385.714
471.429
700.000
971.429
1200.000
Mechanical (approximation of 16afdo)
300.000
385.714
700.000
971.429
1200.000
Moonbeam (approximation of 16afdo)
200.000
300.000
700.000
1085.714
1200.000
Springwater (approximation of 8afdo)
200.000
385.714
700.000
971.429
1200.000
Deja Vu (approximated from 101afdo)
(This one sounds particularly lush and emotive, good for bittersweet synthwave tracks or things along those lines)
314.286
700.000
814.286
1014.286
1200.000
Freeway (approximation of 6afdo)
271.429
500.000
700.000
885.714
1042.857
1200.000
Geode (approximation of 6afdo)
271.429
500.000
700.000
1042.857
1200.000
Underpass (approximation of 10afdo)
314.286
700.000
914.286
1014.286
1200.000
Sourgummy (approximation of 51afdo)
257.143
471.429
714.286
957.143
1200.000
Bubblegum (approximation of 60afdo)
242.857
471.429
714.286
957.143
1200.000
Spearmint / Whitechocolate (approximation of 62afdo/90afdo)
228.571
485.714
714.286
957.143
1200.000
Lemonade (approximation of 79afdo)
242.857
471.429
728.571
971.429
1200.000
Cola (approximation of 99afdo)
242.857
485.714
714.286
957.143
1200.000
Spaceship (approximation of 68ifdo)
85.714
371.429
471.429
700.000
971.429
1200.000