Standard Lumatone mapping for Pythagorean

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The standard Lumatone mapping for Pythagorean-like scale systems has a C on the middle of the 5 keys sticking out the very left side of the keyboard, and the C major scale goes horizontally across the keyboard from there, with octaves perfectly horizontal. The range is just under five octaves. The whole tone goes right-and-slightly-up and the diatonic semitone goes right-and-down, which implies that the chromatic semitone (the amount by which ♯/♭ alter pitches) goes up-and-slightly-right.

The name for this general kind of mapping is the Bosanquet–Wilson layout.

This mapping can be used without alteration for any rank-2 system whose period is an octave and whose generator is a (perhaps tempered) fourth or fifth. This includes Pythagorean, meantone, superpyth, helmholtz, etc. It will provide complete coverage for any edo up to 56 which has a single circle of 5ths, and many multi-ring edos can still be made to work with it by using a non-patent val as long as the generator forms a 5L 2s or 2L 5s mos scale.

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A𝄪♯
B𝄪♯
B𝄪
C𝄪♯
D𝄪♯
E𝄪♯
F𝄪𝄪
B♯
C𝄪
D𝄪
E𝄪
F𝄪♯
G𝄪♯
A𝄪♯
B𝄪♯
C♯
D♯
E♯
F𝄪
G𝄪
A𝄪
B𝄪
C𝄪♯
D𝄪♯
E𝄪♯
F𝄪𝄪
C
D
E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B♯
C𝄪
D𝄪
E𝄪
F𝄪♯
G𝄪♯
A𝄪♯
B𝄪♯
D♭
E♭
F
G
A
B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F𝄪
G𝄪
A𝄪
B𝄪
C𝄪♯
D𝄪♯
E𝄪♯
F𝄪𝄪
D𝄫
E𝄫
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D
E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B♯
C𝄪
D𝄪
E𝄪
F𝄪♯
G𝄪♯
A𝄪♯
B𝄪♯
E♭♭♭
F𝄫
G𝄫
A𝄫
B𝄫
C♭
D♭
E♭
F
G
A
B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F𝄪
G𝄪
A𝄪
B𝄪
C𝄪♯
D𝄪♯
E𝄪♯
F𝄪𝄪
E𝄫𝄫
F♭♭♭
G♭♭♭
A♭♭♭
B♭♭♭
C𝄫
D𝄫
E𝄫
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D
E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B♯
C𝄪
D𝄪
E𝄪
F𝄪♯
G𝄪♯
A𝄪♯
B𝄪♯
B𝄫𝄫
C♭♭♭
D♭♭♭
E♭♭♭
F𝄫
G𝄫
A𝄫
B𝄫
C♭
D♭
E♭
F
G
A
B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F𝄪
G𝄪
A𝄪
B𝄪
C𝄪♯
D𝄪♯
E𝄪♯
F𝄪𝄪
E𝄫𝄫
F♭♭♭
G♭♭♭
A♭♭♭
B♭♭♭
C𝄫
D𝄫
E𝄫
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D
E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B♯
C𝄪
D𝄪
E𝄪
F𝄪♯
G𝄪♯
B𝄫𝄫
C♭♭♭
D♭♭♭
E♭♭♭
F𝄫
G𝄫
A𝄫
B𝄫
C♭
D♭
E♭
F
G
A
B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F𝄪
G𝄪
A𝄪
E𝄫𝄫
F♭♭♭
G♭♭♭
A♭♭♭
B♭♭♭
C𝄫
D𝄫
E𝄫
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D
E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B𝄫𝄫
C♭♭♭
D♭♭♭
E♭♭♭
F𝄫
G𝄫
A𝄫
B𝄫
C♭
D♭
E♭
F
G
A
B
E𝄫𝄫
F♭♭♭
G♭♭♭
A♭♭♭
B♭♭♭
C𝄫
D𝄫
E𝄫
F♭
G♭
A♭
B♭
B𝄫𝄫
C♭♭♭
D♭♭♭
E♭♭♭
F𝄫
G𝄫
A𝄫
B𝄫
C♭
E𝄫𝄫
F♭♭♭
G♭♭♭
A♭♭♭
B♭♭♭
C𝄫
B𝄫𝄫
C♭♭♭
D♭♭♭

Not all notes with four or more flats are shown here; they follow the obvious pattern.