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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[edit | edit source] ===
+== Names for MOS scales with up to 4 notes ==
-L 1s Trivial MOS
-L 2s Happy triad
+* 1L 1s Trivial MOS
+* 1L 2s Happy triad
+* 2L 1s Grumpy triad
+* 1L 3s Happy tetrad
+* [[2L 2s]] bi-equal tetrad
+* 3L 1s Grumpy tetrad
-L 1s Grumpy triad
+== Names for MOS scales with 5 to 10 notes, as proposed by Graham Breed ==
-L 3s Happy tetrad
-[[2L 2s]] bi-equal tetrad
-L 1s Grumpy tetrad
-=== Names for MOS with number of elements from 5 to 10, as proposed by Graham Breed[edit | edit source] ===
 The logic behind new names is as follows:
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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.
-[[1L 4s]] Happy pentatonic
+* [[1L 4s]] Happy pentatonic
+* [[2L 3s]] classic pentatonic
-[[2L 3s]] classic pentatonic
+* [[3L 2s]] father (sometimes also called: anti-pentatonic)
+* [[4L 1s]] bug
-[[3L 2s]] father (sometimes also called: anti-pentatonic)
+* [[1L 5s]] Happy hexatonic
+* [[2L 4s]] Rice hexatonic
-[[4L 1s]] bug
+* [[3L 3s]] augmented
+* [[4L 2s]] bicycle
-[[1L 5s]] Happy hexatonic
+* [[5L 1s]] Grumpy hexatonic
+* [[1L 6s]] Happy heptatonic
-[[2L 4s]] Rice hexatonic
+* [[2L 5s]] mavila (other common name: anti-diatonic)
+* [[3L 4s]] mosh
-[[3L 3s]] augmented
+* [[4L 3s]] mish
+* [[5L 2s]] diatonic
-[[4L 2s]] bicycle
+* [[6L 1s]] Grumpy heptatonic
+* [[1L 7s]] Happy octatonic
-[[5L 1s]] Grumpy hexatonic
+* [[2L 6s]] Rice octatonic
+* [[3L 5s]] fair father
-[[1L 6s]] Happy heptatonic
+* [[4L 4s]] diminished
+* [[5L 3s]] unfair father
-[[2L 5s]] mavila (other common name: anti-diatonic)
+* [[6L 2s]] Biggie octatonic
+* [[7L 1s]] Grumpy octatonic
-[[3L 4s]] mosh
+* [[1L 8s]] Happy nonatonic
+* [[2L 7s]] fair mavila
-[[4L 3s]] mish
+* [[3L 6s]] fair augmented
+* [[4L 5s]] fair bug
-[[5L 2s]] diatonic
+* [[5L 4s]] unfair bug
+* [[6L 3s]] unfair augmented
-[[6L 1s]] Grumpy heptatonic
+* [[7L 2s]] unfair mavila
+* [[8L 1s]] Grumpy nonatonic
-[[1L 7s]] Happy octatonic
+* [[1L 9s]] Happy decatonic
+* [[2L 8s]] Rice decatonic
-[[2L 6s]] Rice octatonic
+* [[3L 7s]] fair mosh
+* [[4L 6s]] fair bicycle
-[[3L 5s]] fair father
+* [[5L 5s]] bi-equal decatonic
+* [[6L 4s]] unfair bicycle
-[[4L 4s]] diminished
+* [[7L 3s]] unfair mosh
+* [[8L 2s]] Biggie decatonic
-[[5L 3s]] unfair father
+* [[9L 1s]] Grumpy decatonic
-[[6L 2s]] Biggie octatonic
-[[7L 1s]] Grumpy octatonic
-[[1L 8s]] Happy nonatonic
-[[2L 7s]] fair mavila
-[[3L 6s]] fair augmented
-[[4L 5s]] fair bug
-[[5L 4s]] unfair bug
-[[6L 3s]] unfair augmented
-[[7L 2s]] unfair mavila
-[[8L 1s]] Grumpy nonatonic
-[[1L 9s]] Happy decatonic
-[[2L 8s]] Rice decatonic
-[[3L 7s]] fair mosh
-[[4L 6s]] fair bicycle
-[[5L 5s]] bi-equal decatonic
-[[6L 4s]] unfair bicycle
-[[7L 3s]] unfair mosh
-[[8L 2s]] Biggie decatonic
-[[9L 1s]] Grumpy decatonic
-=== Some names of higher-numbered ones[edit | edit source] ===
-[[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]
+== Names for larger MOS scales ==
-[[17L 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]
-[[12L 17s]] Garibaldi[29]
+[[Category:MOS scale]]
+[[Category:Scale naming]]

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