uruk

Jon Lyle Smith's "Uruk" scale

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Properties

Notes	17
Period	1200.0 ¢
Just	7-limit
Source	Mailing lists
Reference	https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/makemicromusic/topicId_16210.html#16213
Thread	1 scale

Tone	Tone (¢)	Step	Step (¢)
21/20	84	21/20	84
15/14	119	50/49	35
9/8	204	21/20	84
189/160	288	21/20	84
135/112	323	50/49	35
81/64	408	21/20	84
4/3	498	256/243	90
7/5	583	21/20	84
10/7	617	50/49	35
3/2	702	21/20	84
63/40	786	21/20	84
45/28	821	50/49	35
27/16	906	21/20	84
567/320	990	21/20	84
405/224	1025	50/49	35
243/128	1110	21/20	84
2/1	1200	256/243	90

Similar scales

File	Notes	Rotation	Max diff (¢)
xen18-darreg-djami-17	17	8	5.7
pyth_17	17	0	5.8
xen18-erlich-garibaldi-17	17	14	5.9
xen03-wilson-positive-17	17	1	7.7
dwarf17_5	17	8	7.7
xen02-wilson-arabic	17	8	7.7
xen18-erlich-helmholtz-17	17	14	7.8
xen18-erlich-dominant-17	17	14	8.0
schisynch17	17	1	8.0
shur17	17	14	16.6

Parent scales

File	Notes	Max diff (¢)
indiang	22	5.4
schis24	24	5.4
indianred	22	7.7
xen02-wilson-indic	22	7.7
indians	22	8.0
jsmith24	24	7.7
xen18-erlich-garibaldi-29	29	5.9
xen03-wilson-positive-29	29	7.7
xen18-erlich-helmholtz-29	29	7.8
schisynch29	29	8.0

Child scales

File	Notes	Max diff (¢)
xen06-london-ditone-diatonic	7	0.0
xen09-chalmers-tritriadic-64-81-96	7	0.0
xen09-wilson-marwa-02-02	7	0.0
xen10-wilson-purvi-01-02	7	0.0
xen15-gilson-pythagorean-diatonic	7	0.0
xen15-gilson-generalized-pythagorean-3-2-5	5	0.0
xen15-gilson-pythagorean-pentatonic	5	0.0
xen09-chalmers-tritriadic-22-26-33	7	0.8
ForJustin001	7	3.9
xen09-chalmers-tritriadic-28-33-42	7	3.9

Mailing list post

From: Gene Ward Smith (2007-02-23)
Subject: Re: "Uruk" scale...

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "J.Smith" <jsmith9624@...> 
wrote:

This scale is epimorphic, and maybe it's no surprise that tempering 
it by garibaldi, for instance 94-et, turns it into Garibaldi[17], a 
chain of fifths extending from -6 to 10.

> "Uruk" scale:

I think it's best to give these as Scala scl files:

! uruk.scl
Jon Lyle Smith's "Uruk" scale
17
!
21/20
15/14
9/8
189/160
135/112
81/64
4/3
7/5
10/7
3/2
63/40
45/28
27/16
567/320
405/224
243/128
2/1

Full thread (2 messages)

From: J.Smith (2007-02-23)
Subject: "Uruk" scale...

A few weeks back, I posted an article on the tuning of the Uruk Lute, in
which 21/20 and 15/14 are suggested as possible Sumerian/Babylonian
divisions of the tone. I thought it would be interesting to create an
extended scale based on this idea and came up with the following
17-tones. I haven't yet composed in it (I hope to shortly) but I thought
I'd pass this on to other composers for their consideration. No pretense
of historical accuracy is implied.

"Uruk" scale:

!

21/20 =84.5 cents

15/14 =119.4

9/8 =203.9

189/160 = 288.4

135/112 =323.3

81/64 =407.8

4/3 =498.1

7/5 =582.5

10/7 =617.5

3/2 =701.9

63/40 =786.4

45/28 =821.3

27/16 =905.8

567/320 =990.3

405/224 =1025.2

243/128 =1109.7

2/1

From: Gene Ward Smith (2007-02-23)
Subject: Re: "Uruk" scale...

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "J.Smith" <jsmith9624@...> 
wrote:

This scale is epimorphic, and maybe it's no surprise that tempering 
it by garibaldi, for instance 94-et, turns it into Garibaldi[17], a 
chain of fifths extending from -6 to 10.

> "Uruk" scale:

I think it's best to give these as Scala scl files:

! uruk.scl
Jon Lyle Smith's "Uruk" scale
17
!
21/20
15/14
9/8
189/160
135/112
81/64
4/3
7/5
10/7
3/2
63/40
45/28
27/16
567/320
405/224
243/128
2/1

Raw file

! uruk.scl
Jon Lyle Smith's "Uruk" scale
17
!
21/20
15/14
9/8
189/160
135/112
81/64
4/3
7/5
10/7
3/2
63/40
45/28
27/16
567/320
405/224
243/128
2/1
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