6L 4s
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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¢)
↖5L 3s | ↑6L 3s | 7L 3s↗ |
←5L 4s | 6L 4s | 7L 4s→ |
↙5L 5s | ↓6L 5s | 7L 5s↘ |
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 |