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Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1). Like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. In contexts where the term "superdiatonic" conveys a different meaning (other than referring to 7L 2s), the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, can be used as an alternative name.

====On the term ''diatonic''====

In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. ~~Other~~ diatonic~~-based~~ scales ~~(specifically~~ with 3 step sizes or more), such as [[Zarlino]], [[blackdye]] and [[diasem]], are called ''[[Detempering|detempered]]'' (if the philosophy is [[RTT]]-based) or ''deregularized/detuned'' (RTT-agnostic) ''diatonic scales''. The adjectives ''diatonic-like'' or ~~''quasi~~-~~diatonic'' may also be used to refer to diatonic-based scales, depending on what's contextually the most appropriate~~.

In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.

(The choice of how to define ''diatonic'' isn't bound by history, since many other terms have different meanings depending on the historical musical system referred to, for example the ''enharmonic scale'' may refer to a chain-of-fifths-based scale with 12edo enharmonics not equated, or to an ancient Greek genus.)

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 Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1). Like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. In contexts where the term "superdiatonic" conveys a different meaning (other than referring to 7L 2s), the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, can be used as an alternative name.
 ====On the term ''diatonic''====
-In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. Other diatonic-based scales (specifically with 3 step sizes or more), such as [[Zarlino]], [[blackdye]] and [[diasem]], are called ''[[Detempering|detempered]]'' (if the philosophy is [[RTT]]-based) or ''deregularized/detuned'' (RTT-agnostic) ''diatonic scales''. The adjectives ''diatonic-like'' or ''quasi-diatonic'' may also be used to refer to diatonic-based scales, depending on what's contextually the most appropriate.
+In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.
-(The choice of how to define ''diatonic'' isn't bound by history, since many other terms have different meanings depending on the historical musical system referred to, for example the ''enharmonic scale'' may refer to a chain-of-fifths-based scale with 12edo enharmonics not equated, or to an ancient Greek genus.)
-[[Category:Naming]]
 [[Category:MOS scale]]