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==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ==== | ==== Use of a related pair of names for prime-limit and subgroup temperaments ==== | ||
It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma is named the "''X''-isma", then the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime subgroup]] containing that comma should be named "''X''-ic" and the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime limit]] containing that comma should be named "''X-''ismic". However, that was not the only pattern in use. Below | It is often useful to investigate the implied full-prime-limit temperament as well as the subgroup temperaments for a comma, especially in the higher limits where there is a shift of interest towards the subgroups. The following practice was established around 2022–2023 when many higher-limit commas were getting named: if a comma is named the "''X''-isma", then the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime subgroup]] containing that comma should be named "''X''-ic" and the temperament which tempers out the ''X''-isma in the minimal [[prime limit]] containing that comma should be named "''X-''ismic". However, that was not the only pattern in use. Below are tabulated all the widely observed and established patterns. | ||
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== Temperament name examples == | == Temperament name examples == | ||
{{Note| This is a closed list. Please explain temperament names in the temperament's dedicated article or catalog page. }} | |||
; [[Alphatricot]] | ; [[Alphatricot]] | ||
: Origin: Paul Erlich (2002) | : Origin: Paul Erlich (2002) | ||
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; [[Keemun]] | ; [[Keemun]] | ||
: Origin: Herman Miller ( | : Origin: Herman Miller (2006) | ||
: Meaning: Name of a variety of tea which could fit into the same space as "keenan" and replace it. | : Meaning: Name of a variety of tea which could fit into the same space as "keenan" and replace it. | ||
: | : This temperament was discovered by [[Dave Keenan]], so an earlier proposed name was ''keenan''. As he did for the comma now known as the [[Keenanisma #Etymology|''keenanisma'']], Dave Keenan resisted the temperament being named after him, and preferred descriptive names to eponymous ones because they would be more useful. Unfortunately, by the time Dave's preference reached [[Paul Erlich]], Paul had already begun to use the name ''keenan'' in a series of diagrams, and so renaming it to something descriptive such as ''minorthirds'' at this point would require an inordinate amount of reordering busywork. Due to this, the effort to rename the temperament continued, but with the additional constraint that the name could not alter its alphabetical ordering with respect to its nearest neighboring temperaments in Paul's diagrams. The name chosen in the end, ''keemun'', was suggested by [[Herman Miller|Herman "Teamouse" Miller]] as a reference to {{w|Keemun}}, a Chinese black tea with a winey and fruity taste, designated as a China Famous Tea. | ||
: Although this name did not satisfy Dave's request for descriptiveness, it fulfilled the ultimate goal of distinguishing itself from the name ''kleismic'', thereby ending the unfortunate practice of calling this temperament, a 7-limit extension of hanson with a much lower accuracy, by ''kleismic'' also. See the temperament's dedicated page for sources. | |||
; [[Mabila]] | ; [[Mabila]] | ||
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; [[Whitewood]] | ; [[Whitewood]] | ||
: Origin: Mike Battaglia (2010) | : Origin: Mike Battaglia (2010) | ||
: Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood. | : Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood. See the temperament's dedicated page for sources. | ||
; [[Würschmidt]] | ; [[Würschmidt]] | ||