6L 4s

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↖5L 3s↑6L 3s 7L 3s↗
←5L 4s6L 4s7L 4s→
↙5L 5s↓6L 5s 7L 5s↘
Brightest mode LLsLsLLsLs
Period 1\2
Range for bright generator 3\10 (360¢) to 2\6 (400¢)
Range for dark generator 1\6 (200¢) to 2\10 (240¢)
TAMNAMS name lemon
TAMNAMS prefix lem-
Parent MOS 4L 2s
Sister MOS 4L 6s
Daughter MOSes 10L 6s, 6L 10s
Equal tunings
Supersoft (L:s = 4:3) 11\36 (366.7¢)
Soft (L:s = 3:2) 8\26 (369.2¢)
Semisoft (L:s = 5:3) 13\42 (371.4¢)
Basic (L:s = 2:1) 5\16 (375¢)
Semihard (L:s = 5:2) 12\38 (378.9¢)
Hard (L:s = 3:1) 7\22 (381.8¢)
Superhard (L:s = 4:1) 9\28 (385.7¢)

6L 4s, also called lemon, is a moment of symmetry scale consisting of 6 large steps and 4 small steps, with a period of 3 large steps and 2 small steps that repeats twice every octave, or every 600¢. This scale is made using a generator ranging from 360¢ to 400¢, or from 200¢ to 240¢.

Good temperaments include antikythera, lemba, and echidnic.

Scale tree

Generator Cents L s L/s Comments
Chroma-positive Chroma-negative
3\10 360.000 240.000 1 1 1.000
17\56 364.286 235.714 6 5 1.200
14\46 365.217 234.783 5 4 1.250 Echidnic
25\82 365.854 234.146 9 7 1.286
11\36 366.667 233.333 4 3 1.333 Baladic
30\98 367.347 232.653 11 8 1.375
19\62 367.742 232.258 7 5 1.400
27\88 368.182 231.818 10 7 1.428
8\26 369.231 230.769 3 2 1.500 L/s = 3/2, lemba
29\94 370.213 229.787 11 7 1.571
21\68 370.588 229.412 8 5 1.600
34\110 370.909 229.091 13 8 1.625 Unnamed golden tuning
13\42 371.429 228.571 5 3 1.667
31\100 372.000 228.000 12 7 1.714
18\58 372.414 227.586 7 4 1.750
23\74 372.973 227.027 9 5 1.800
5\16 375.000 225.000 2 1 2.000 Basic lemon
(Generators smaller than this are proper)
22\70 377.143 222.857 9 4 2.250
17\54 377.778 222.222 7 3 2.333
29\92 378.261 221.739 12 5 2.400
12\38 378.947 221.053 5 2 2.500
31\98 379.592 220.408 13 5 2.600 Unnamed golden tuning
19\60 380.000 220.000 8 3 2.667 Divination
26\82 380.488 219.512 11 4 2.750 Soothsaying
7\22 381.818 218.182 3 1 3.000 L/s = 3/1, antikythera/astrology
23\72 383.333 216.667 10 3 3.333 Wizard
16\50 384.000 216.000 7 2 3.500
25\78 384.615 215.385 11 3 3.667
9\28 385.714 214.286 4 1 4.000
20\62 387.097 212.903 9 2 4.500
11\34 388.235 211.765 5 1 5.000
13\40 390.000 210.000 6 1 6.000
2\6 400.000 200.000 1 0 → inf