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Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller.

These mosses require that some small integer multiple of the period is equal to an octave, under the reasoning that such step patterns are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts. As a result, these names are chosen to be as general as possible, so as to avoid bias or flavor.

These mosses require that some small integer multiple of the period is equal to an octave, under the reasoning that such step patterns are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts. As a result, these names are chosen to be as general as possible, so as to avoid bias or flavor towards anything other than their step counts or step patterns.

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. Additionally, the name ''monowood'' is ~~recommended~~ over ''trivial'' to refer to an octave-equivalent 1L 1s scale.

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. Additionally, the name ''monowood'' is advised over ''trivial'' to refer to an octave-equivalent 1L 1s scale.

{| class="wikitable center-all"

! colspan="6" | 2-note mosses

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

|No ||From Latin ''ped''; one big toe and four small toes.

|No ||From Latin ''ped'', for ''foot''; one big toe and four small toes.

|-

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

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

|No||From Latin ''manus''; one thumb and four longer fingers.

|No||From Latin ''manus'', for ''hand''; one thumb and four longer fingers.

|}

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==== Established names ====

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''

==== Names that describe an interval quality ====

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=== Reasonings for specific names ===

~~====Pedal (1L 4s)====~~

Pedals are operated with feet, which have one large toe and four small toes. Also comes from words like "bipedal", where in TAMNAMS, "bipedal" would literally mean a pedal scale with a period equal to half of some chosen interval, although such a scale would have either two right feet or two left feet depending on orientation chosen. If you think "car"/"vehicle" when you think "pedal" and don't think (or want to think) much about feet then you can think about "[[beep]]ing" (as [[beep]] is the 7-limit 4&5 exotemperament). Because this name relies so heavily and fundamentally on there being 1 large and 4 small steps per period, it is appropriate to generalise for any size of period you would want. In that regard, same goes for manual, pentic and anpentic.

====Machinoid (5L 1s)====

[[Machine]] is the 5&6 temperament in the 2.9.7.11 subgroup with a comma list of 64/63 and 99/98.

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 Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller.
-These mosses require that some small integer multiple of the period is equal to an octave, under the reasoning that such step patterns are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts. As a result, these names are chosen to be as general as possible, so as to avoid bias or flavor.
+These mosses require that some small integer multiple of the period is equal to an octave, under the reasoning that such step patterns are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts. As a result, these names are chosen to be as general as possible, so as to avoid bias or flavor towards anything other than their step counts or step patterns.
-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. Additionally, the name ''monowood'' is recommended over ''trivial'' to refer to an octave-equivalent 1L 1s scale.
+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. Additionally, the name ''monowood'' is advised over ''trivial'' to refer to an octave-equivalent 1L 1s scale.
 {| class="wikitable center-all"
 ! colspan="6" | 2-note mosses
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 |-
 |[[1L 4s]]||pedal||ped-||ped
-|No ||From Latin ''ped''; one big toe and four small toes.
+|No ||From Latin ''ped'', for ''foot''; one big toe and four small toes.
 |-
 |[[2L 3s]]||pentic||pent-||pt
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 |-
 |[[4L 1s]]||manual||manu-||manu
-|No||From Latin ''manus''; one thumb and four longer fingers.
+|No||From Latin ''manus'', for ''hand''; one thumb and four longer fingers.
 |}
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 ==== Established names ====
-Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''
+Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''
 ==== Names that describe an interval quality ====
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 === Reasonings for specific names ===
-====Pedal (1L 4s)====
-Pedals are operated with feet, which have one large toe and four small toes. Also comes from words like "bipedal", where in TAMNAMS, "bipedal" would literally mean a pedal scale with a period equal to half of some chosen interval, although such a scale would have either two right feet or two left feet depending on orientation chosen. If you think "car"/"vehicle" when you think "pedal" and don't think (or want to think) much about feet then you can think about "[[beep]]ing" (as [[beep]] is the 7-limit 4&5 exotemperament). Because this name relies so heavily and fundamentally on there being 1 large and 4 small steps per period, it is appropriate to generalise for any size of period you would want. In that regard, same goes for manual, pentic and anpentic.
 ====Machinoid (5L 1s)====
 [[Machine]] is the 5&amp;6 temperament in the 2.9.7.11 subgroup with a comma list of 64/63 and 99/98.