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===Annapolis:=== | ===Annapolis:=== | ||
Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp 8/5 | Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]] | ||
===Calenda:=== | ===Calenda:=== | ||
Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the 15/7 period, which is a candidate for the least complex minor ninth. | Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the [[15/7]] [[period]], which is a candidate for the least [[Complexity|complex]] minor ninth. | ||
==='''Contrapyth:'''=== | ==='''Contrapyth:'''=== | ||
Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any Pythagorean notion of concordance and discordance, hence "contrapyth" | Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any [[Pythagorean]] notion of [[concordance]] and discordance, hence "contrapyth" | ||
===Corcovado:=== | ===Corcovado:=== | ||
Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents). | Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents). | ||
===Esmeralda:=== | ===Esmeralda:=== | ||
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===Hugo:=== | ===Hugo:=== | ||
Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by 19/84 period. | Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by [[19/84]] period. | ||
==='''Italic:'''=== | ==='''Italic:'''=== | ||
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===Janeiro:=== | ===Janeiro:=== | ||
Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the octave reduction of the temperament's period. | Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the [[octave reduction]] of the temperament's period. | ||
===Kilometric:=== | ===Kilometric:=== | ||
So named because the comma called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period. | So named because the [[comma]] called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period. | ||
===Lampante:=== | ===Lampante:=== | ||
Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the 30/13 period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth. | Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the [[30/13]] period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth. | ||
===Marchettus:=== | ===Marchettus:=== | ||
Named in honor of Marchettus of Padua, who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory. | Named in honor of [[Marchettus of Padua]], who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory. | ||
==='''Middletown:'''=== | ==='''Middletown:'''=== | ||
Origin: "2012" | Origin: "2012" | ||
Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament mapping into tempering out 64/63. | Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament mapping into [[tempering out]] [[64/63]]. | ||
===Monocacy:=== | ===Monocacy:=== | ||
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===Notre Dame:=== | ===Notre Dame:=== | ||
Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the 32/15 period. | Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the [[32/15]] period. | ||
===Oriole:=== | ===Oriole:=== | ||
Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a 12/5 period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the MOS for it is not limited to linear combinations of 3L 4s and 9L 4s) | Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a [[12/5]] period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the [[MOS]] for it is not limited to linear combinations of [[3L 4s]] and [[9L 4s]]) | ||
===Potomac:=== | ===Potomac:=== | ||
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Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo. | Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo. | ||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
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