Nicepent

Nicepent is a 5-note maximum variety-3 scale with the step signature 2L 1M 2s. It is also chiral, which means that there are two distinct variations of the scale, left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH). The name was suggested by Fitzgerald Lee as it is the pentatonic predecessor to nicetone (3L 2M 2s). The first edo that supports it is 10edo.

Nicepent can also be tuned as a 5-limit JI scale where L = 6/5, M = 9/8 and s = 10/9.

Tunings

Nicepent tunings

Tuning	L:M:s	Step sizes (¢)			Comments
		L	M	s
5-limit JI		315.641	203.910	182.404	L = 6/5, M = 9/8, s = 10/9
10edo	3:2:1	360.000	240.000	120.000	5-limit patent val
12edo	4:2:1	400.000	200.000	100.000	12c val
13edo	4:3:1	369.231	276.923	92.308	5-limit patent val
14edo	5:2:1	428.571	171.429	85.714
15edo	4:3:2	320.000	240.000	160.000	5-limit patent val
	5:3:1	400.000	240.000	80.000	15c val
16edo	5:4:1	375.000	300.000	75.000	16b val
	6:2:1	450.000	150.000	75.000
17edo	5:3:2	352.941	211.765	141.176	5-limit patent val
	6:3:1	423.529	211.765	70.588
18edo	5:4:2	333.333	266.667	133.333	5-limit patent val
	6:4:1	400.000	266.667	66.667	18c val
	7:2:1	466.667	133.333	66.667
19edo	6:3:2	378.947	189.474	126.316
	6:5:1	378.947	315.789	63.158
	7:3:1	442.105	189.474	63.158
20edo	5:4:3	300.000	240.000	180.000	20c val
	7:4:1	360.000	240.000	60.000
	8:2:1	420.000	120.000	60.000
21edo	6:5:2	347.857	285.714	114.286	21b val
	7:3:2	400.000	171.429	114.286
	7:5:1	400.000	285.714	57.143	21bc val
	8:3:1	457.143	171.429	57.143
22edo	6:4:3	327.273	218.182	163.636	5-limit patent val
	7:4:2	381.818	218.182	109.091
	7:6:1	381.818	327.273	54.545
	8:4:1	436.364	218.182	54.545
	9:2:1	490.909	109.091	54.545

Modes

The ten modes are listed from brightest to darkest (from minor to major) and are named after the names of fingers.

Nicepent modes

Left Hand	Right Hand
LsLsM LH Pinkie	LsLMs RH Pinkie
LsMLs LH Ring	LMsLs RH Ring
MLsLs LH Middle	sLsLM RH Middle
sLsML LH Index	sLMsL RH Index
sMLsL LH Thumb	MsLsL RH Thumb