Scale Diagram
The following are 21 of the 31 notes in the scale:
| Interval (cents) | 77 | 39 | 77 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 77 | 39 | 77 | 77 | 39 | 77 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 77 | 39 | 77 | 77 | 39 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note name | A | A♯ | B♭ | B | C♭ | B♯ | C | C♯ | D♭ | D | D♯ | E♭ | E | F♭ | E♯ | F | F♯ | G♭ | G | G♯ | A♭ | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note (cents) | 0 | 77 | 116 | 194 | 232 | 271 | 310 | 387 | 426 | 503 | 581 | 619 | 697 | 735 | 774 | 813 | 890 | 929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The remaining 10 notes can be added with, for example, five "double flat" notes and five "double sharp" notes, or by half sharp and half flats, similar to the quarter tone system.
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