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-Graham Breed has proposed the following scheme.
+The following MOS naming system was originally proposed by [[Graham Breed]].
-Names for sub-MOS
+== Names for MOS scales with up to 4 notes ==
-L 1s Trivial MOS
+* 1L 1s Trivial MOS
+* 1L 2s Happy triad
-L 2s Happy triad
+* 2L 1s Grumpy triad
+* 1L 3s Happy tetrad
-L 1s Grumpy triad
+* [[2L 2s]] bi-equal tetrad
+* 3L 1s Grumpy tetrad
-L 3s Happy tetrad
-L 2s bi-equal tetrad
-L 1s Grumpy tetrad
-Names for MOS with number of elements from 5 to 10, as proposed by Graham Breed
+== Names for MOS scales with 5 to 10 notes, as proposed by Graham Breed ==
 The logic behind new names is as follows:
-Happy and Grumpy are remnants of the dwarf scheme. A good proportion of the shapes fit this pattern, so it's worth having a word for it.
+Happy and Grumpy are remnants of the [[DwarfNamingScheme|dwarf scheme]]. A good proportion of the shapes fit this pattern, so it's worth having a word for it.
 Biggie is a contraction of "bi-grumpy". Rice is named after Rice Kagona.
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 Bug is another temperament name, from the draft of the first part of Paul's forthcoming magnum opus. If it's too specific to apply to this family, I suggest "bogey" instead.
-"Bi-equal" means the scale is made from two EDOs. There may be a better name for these. They become more important whan you look at complicated temperaments.
+"Bi-equal" means the scale is made from two EDOs. There may be a better name for these. They become more important when you look at complicated temperaments.
 I'm using "fair" and "unfair" to distinguish the large from the small.
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 All the names uniquely specify a shape, and if the number of notes doesn't need to be part of the name it isn't. That doesn't mean you'd leave them this terse in practice.
-L 4s Happy pentatonic
+* [[1L 4s]] Happy pentatonic
+* [[2L 3s]] classic pentatonic
-L 3s classic pentatonic
+* [[3L 2s]] father (sometimes also called: anti-pentatonic)
+* [[4L 1s]] bug
-L 2s father (sometimes also called: anti-pentatonic)
+* [[1L 5s]] Happy hexatonic
+* [[2L 4s]] Rice hexatonic
-L 1s bug
+* [[3L 3s]] augmented
+* [[4L 2s]] bicycle
-L 5s Happy hexatonic
+* [[5L 1s]] Grumpy hexatonic
+* [[1L 6s]] Happy heptatonic
-L 4s Rice hexatonic
+* [[2L 5s]] mavila (other common name: anti-diatonic)
+* [[3L 4s]] mosh
-L 3s augmented
+* [[4L 3s]] mish
+* [[5L 2s]] diatonic
-L 2s bicycle
+* [[6L 1s]] Grumpy heptatonic
+* [[1L 7s]] Happy octatonic
-L 1s Grumpy hexatonic
+* [[2L 6s]] Rice octatonic
+* [[3L 5s]] fair father
-L 6s Happy heptatonic
+* [[4L 4s]] diminished
+* [[5L 3s]] unfair father
-L 5s mavila (other common name: anti-diatonic)
+* [[6L 2s]] Biggie octatonic
+* [[7L 1s]] Grumpy octatonic
-L 4s mosh
+* [[1L 8s]] Happy nonatonic
+* [[2L 7s]] fair mavila
-L 3s mish
+* [[3L 6s]] fair augmented
+* [[4L 5s]] fair bug
-L 2s diatonic
+* [[5L 4s]] unfair bug
+* [[6L 3s]] unfair augmented
-L 1s Grumpy heptatonic
+* [[7L 2s]] unfair mavila
+* [[8L 1s]] Grumpy nonatonic
-L 7s Happy octatonic
+* [[1L 9s]] Happy decatonic
+* [[2L 8s]] Rice decatonic
-L 6s Rice octatonic
+* [[3L 7s]] fair mosh
+* [[4L 6s]] fair bicycle
-L 5s fair father
+* [[5L 5s]] bi-equal decatonic
+* [[6L 4s]] unfair bicycle
-L 4s diminished
+* [[7L 3s]] unfair mosh
+* [[8L 2s]] Biggie decatonic
-L 3s unfair father
+* [[9L 1s]] Grumpy decatonic
-L 2s Biggie octatonic
-L 1s Grumpy octatonic
-L 8s Happy nonatonic
-L 7s fair mavila
-L 6s fair augmented
-L 5s fair bug
-L 4s unfair bug
-L 3s unfair augmented
-L 2s unfair mavila
-L 1s Grumpy nonatonic
-L 9s Happy decatonic
-L 8s Rice decatonic
-L 7s fair mosh
-L 6s fair bicycle
-L 5s bi-equal decatonic
-L 4s unfair bicycle
-L 3s unfair mosh
-L 2s Biggie decatonic
-L 1s Grumpy decatonic
-Some names of higher-numbered ones
-L 3s Sensi[11]
-L 5s Machine[11]
-L 7s Keemun[11]
-L 2s Pajara[12]
-L 3s August[12]
-L 5s Meantone[12]
-L 6s Hexe[12]
-L 7s Superpyth[12]
-L 8s Diminished[12]
-L 9s Augene[12]
-L 10s Injera[12]
-L 2s Injera[14]
-L 9s Godzilla[14]
-L 10s Doublewide[14]
-L 4s Superkleismic[15]
-L 5s Blacksmith[15]
-L 7s Opossum[15]
-L 8s Porcupine[15]
-L 11s Myna[15]
-L 14s Valentine[15]
-L 10s Wizard[16]
-L 11s Mothra[16]
-L 3s Squares[17]
-L 5s Garibaldi[17]
-L 7s Beatles[17]
-L 10s Mohajira[17]
-L 3s Muggles[19]
-L 7s Meantone[19]
-L 9s Negri[19]
-L 11s Sensi[19]
-L 12s Flattone[19]
-L 13s Hemiwuerschmidt[19]
-L 15s Myna[19]
-L 16s Magic[19]
-L 17s Tritonic[19]
-L 17s Roman[20]
-L 11s Miracle[21]
-L 16s Rodan[21]
-L 19s Tritonic[21]
-L 3s Magic[22]
-L 10s Diaschismic[22]
-L 13s Orwell[22]
-L 15s Coendou[22]
-L 16s Wizard[22]
-L 20s Shrutar[22]
-L 8s Hemikleismic[23]
-L 10s Unidec[23]
-L 20s Roman[23]
-L 17s Mohajira[24]
-L 19s Luna[25]
-L 9s Ennealimmal[27]
-L 13s Octacot[27]
+== Names for larger MOS scales ==
-L 12s Leapday[29], Grackle[29]
+* [[8L 3s]] Sensi[11]
+* [[6L 5s]] Machine[11]
+* [[4L 7s]] Keemun[11]
+* [[10L 2s]] Pajara[12]
+* [[9L 3s]] August[12]
+* [[7L 5s]] Meantone[12]
+* [[6L 6s]] Hexe[12]
+* [[5L 7s]] Superpyth[12]
+* [[4L 8s]] Diminished[12]
+* [[3L 9s]] Augene[12]
+* [[2L 10s]] Injera[12]
+* [[12L 2s]] Injera[14]
+* [[5L 9s]] Godzilla[14]
+* [[4L 10s]] Doublewide[14]
+* [[11L 4s]] Superkleismic[15]
+* [[10L 5s]] Blacksmith[15]
+* [[8L 7s]] Opossum[15]
+* [[7L 8s]] Porcupine[15]
+* [[4L 11s]] Myna[15]
+* [[1L 14s]] Valentine[15]
+* [[6L 10s]] Wizard[16]
+* [[5L 11s]] Mothra[16]
+* [[14L 3s]] Squares[17]
+* [[12L 5s]] Garibaldi[17]
+* [[10L 7s]] Beatles[17]
+* [[7L 10s]] Mohajira[17]
+* [[16L 3s]] Muggles[19]
+* [[12L 7s]] Meantone[19]
+* [[10L 9s]] Negri[19]
+* [[8L 11s]] Sensi[19]
+* [[7L 12s]] Flattone[19]
+* [[6L 13s]] Hemiwuerschmidt[19]
+* [[4L 15s]] Myna[19]
+* [[3L 16s]] Magic[19]
+* [[2L 17s]] Tritonic[19]
+* [[3L 17s]] Roman[20]
+* [[10L 11s]] Miracle[21]
+* [[5L 16s]] Rodan[21]
+* [[2L 19s]] Tritonic[21]
+* [[19L 3s]] Magic[22]
+* [[12L 10s]] Diaschismic[22]
+* [[9L 13s]] Orwell[22]
+* [[7L 15s]] Coendou[22]
+* [[6L 16s]] Wizard[22]
+* [[2L 20s]] Shrutar[22]
+* [[15L 8s]] Hemikleismic[23]
+* [[13L 10s]] Unidec[23]
+* [[3L 20s]] Roman[23]
+* [[7L 17s]] Mohajira[24]
+* [[6L 19s]] Luna[25]
+* [[18L 9s]] Ennealimmal[27]
+* [[14L 13s]] Octacot[27]
+* [[17L 12s]] Leapday[29], Grackle[29]
+* [[12L 17s]] Garibaldi[29]
-L 17s Garibaldi[29]
+[[Category:MOS scale]]
+[[Category:Scale naming]]

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