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==Naming mos intervals==

==Naming mos degrees==

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TAMNAMS uses the following names for octave-equivalent (or tempered-octave) mosses with step counts between 6 and 10. These names are optional; interval size names and step ratio names can be combined with conventional ''xL ys'' names.

! colspan="5" |6-note mosses

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|[[1L 5s]]||selenite||sel-||sel||References [[luna]] temperament (selenite is named after the moon); also called ''antimachinoid<ref name="anti-name">Name of sister mos, with anti- prefix added.</ref>''.

|[[2L 4s]]||malic||mal-||mal||Sister mos of 4L 2s; apples have concave ends, whereas lemons/limes have convex ends.

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|[[4L 2s]]||citric||citro-||cit||Parent (or subset) mos of 4L 6s and 6L 4s.

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! colspan="5" |8-note mosses

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|[[4L 4s]]||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||Blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 4 periods; also called ''diminished<ref name="unofficial">Common name no longer recommend by TAMNAMS due to risk of ambiguity. Provided for reference.</ref>.''

|[[5L 3s]]||oneirotonic||oneiro-||onei||Originally a name for 13edo's 5L 3s scale; also called ''oneiro''<ref>Shortened form of name.</ref>.

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! colspan="5" |9-note mosses

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|[[2L 7s]]||balzano||bal-||bal||Originally a name for 20edo's 2L 7s (and 2L 11) scales; bal- is pronounced /bæl/.

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|[[4L 5s]]||gramitonic||gram-||gram||From "grave minor third".

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|[[6L 3s]]||hyrulic||hyru-|| hy||References [[triforce]] temperament.

|[[7L 2s]]||armotonic||arm-||arm||From [[Armodue]] theory; also called ''superdiatonic<ref name="unofficial" />.''

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! colspan="5" |10-note mosses

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|[[3L 7s]]||sephiroid||seph-||seph||From [[sephiroth]] temperament.

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|[[6L 4s]]||lemon||lem-||lem||From [[lemba]] temperament.

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:''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''

Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are provided for completeness and are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts.

The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.

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!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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|monowood

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|Yes

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! colspan="6" |3-note mosses

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!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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|[[2L 1s]]||trial||tri-||tri

! colspan="6" |4-note mosses

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|[[1L 3s]]||antetric||atetra-||att

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|Yes||Blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 2 periods.

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! colspan="6" |5-note mosses

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!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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|[[1L 4s]]||pedal||ped-||ped

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|[[2L 3s]]||pentic||pent-||pt

|No||Common pentatonic; from penta- for 5.

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|No||Opposite pattern of 2L 3s.

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|[[4L 1s]]||manual||manu-||manu

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==Reasoning for mos pattern names==

===General reasonings===

Names already in use to refer to mosses are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'', ''tcherepnin'', ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano, antidiatonic'', and ''diatonic.''

Several mosses are supported by notable temperaments and are named after them, namely ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference (in the case of ''hyrulic'') or are heavily abstracted forms of the original temperament names of porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.

Names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] which, when including extreme tunings, effectively cover the entirety of the corresponding mos. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).

====Monolarge mosses====

[[Step-generated scale|Monolarge]] mosses (mosses of the form 1L ''n''s) were originally left unnamed due to the tuning ranges for these mosses being so large that they were unhelpful with knowing how they sound. This position was changed as of August 2022, and names have been given since it's useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, and especially in such contexts, a specific tuning will likely be specified.

Originally, ''onyx'' (1L 6s) was the only unique name, not based on affixing the anti- prefix to the name of its sister mos (6L 1s, ''archeotonic''). The original reasoning is given verbatim:<blockquote>"1Ln-ic's" and "nL1-ic's (like, the -ic suffix applied to MOSS names, collectivised for 1Lns and nL1s) sounds like "one-el-en-ics" or "en-el-one-ics" which abbreviated sort of sounds like "one-ics" => "onyx". Then "onyx" sounds sort of like "one-six". Furthermore the onyx mineral comes in many colours and types, which seems fitting given this is the parent scale for a wide variety of MOSSes; specifically of interest being 7L 1s (pine), 8L 1s (subneutralic) and 9L 1s (sinatonic). Finally, the name "onyx" is also supposed to be vaguely reminiscent of "anti-archaeotonic" as "chi" (the greek letter) is written like an "x" (this is related to why "christmas" is abbreviated sometimes as "X-mas") and other than that, the letters "o" and "n" and their sounds are also present in "archaeotonic", and "x" is vaguely reminiscent of negation and multiplication. There is also something like a "y" sound in "archaeotonic" in the "aeo" part (depending partially on your pronounciation).</blockquote>Names for all monolarge mosses within the named range (6-10 steps) were given unique names following in the spirit of ''onyx'':

* 1L 9s is named ''olivine'', as it rhymes with "nine", depending on one's pronunciation.

Multiperiod mosses are given unique names that are not reliant on duplicating the name of a mos from the expanded named range, namely ''manual'', ''pedal'', ''pentic'', and ''antipentic''.

Note therefore how practically a full range of tunings is covered both in breadth and depth.

[[Dicot family#Dichotic|Dichotic]] is the 7&amp;10 temerament in the 11-limit with commas including 25/24, 45/44, 55/54, 56/55, 64/63 and is an extension of the 5-limit exotemperament [[dicot]] which tempers 25/24, equating 5/4 and 6/5 into a neutral third sized interval, which is the generator. To help justify using these temperament for inspiration for the name, note that:

Note there are many more warted tunings than this with even more extreme tunings, which makes it reasonable to loosely associate the exotemperament with the range of vaguely saner tunings.

The name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xen Wiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s, so is accepted as ''a'' possible name, but "armotonic" is preferred due to its clarity as "superdiatonic" could reasonably be confused as describing sharp-fifth diatonic scales. 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), hence the reasoning for that name; 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. Because of the ambiguity, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, is TAMNAMS' recommended name, but "superdiatonic" is allowed in contexts where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.

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.

!Pattern

!Former name(s)

!Date of change

!Reasoning

|[[2L 4s]]||antilemon

|malic (current)

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|[[3L 3s]]

|[[4L 2s]]||lemon

|citric (current)

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|[[5L 1s]]

|[[1L 6s]]

|''unnamed''

|August 2022

|Inclusion of monolarge names, as described above.

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!Pattern!!Former name(s)

!Date of change!!Reasoning

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|Inclusion of monolarge names, as described above.

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|balzano (current)

|August 2022||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.

|[[4L 5s]]||orwelloid

|gramitonic (current)

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|[[5L 4s]]

|''unnamed''

|antisinatonic (current)

|Inclusion of monolarge names, as described above.

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|[[6L 4s]]||antidipentic

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|[[7L 3s]]||dicotonic

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|[[8L 2s]]||dimanic

|August 2022|| rowspan="4" |Dropped when 10-note limit was established, but still sees some use.

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|''Not part of named range''

|August 2022

|[[5L 7s]]||p-chromatic

|''Not part of named range''

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|[[7L 5s]]||m-chromatic

|''Not part of named range''

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