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== Expanding names for smaller mosses == | |||
TAMANMS additionally provides optional names for mosses with fewer than six steps. 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 any 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 advised over ''trivial'' to refer to an octave-equivalent 1L 1s scale. | |||
{| class="wikitable center-all" | |||
! colspan="6" | 2-note mosses | |||
|- | |||
! Pattern !! Name !! Prefix !! Abbr. | |||
! Must be 2/1-equivalent? !! Etymology | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | [[1L 1s]] || trivial || triv- || trv | |||
| No || The simplest valid mos pattern. | |||
|- | |||
| monowood | |||
| monowd- | |||
| w | |||
| Yes | |||
| Blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 1 period. | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="6" | 3-note mosses | |||
|- | |||
! Pattern !! Name !! Prefix !! Abbr. | |||
! Must be 2/1-equivalent? !! Etymology | |||
|- | |||
| [[1L 2s]] || antrial || atri- || atri | |||
| No || Opposite pattern of 2L 1s, with broader range. Shortening of ''anti-trial''. | |||
|- | |||
| [[2L 1s]] || trial || tri- || tri | |||
| No || From tri- for 3. | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="6" | 4-note mosses | |||
|- | |||
! Pattern !! Name !! Prefix !! Abbr. | |||
! Must be 2/1-equivalent? !! Etymology | |||
|- | |||
| [[1L 3s]] || antetric || atetra- || att | |||
| No || Opposite pattern of 3L 1s, with broader range. Shortening of ''anti-tetric''. | |||
|- | |||
| [[2L 2s]] || biwood || biwd- || bw | |||
| Yes || Blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 2 periods. | |||
|- | |||
| [[3L 1s]] || tetric || tetra- || tt | |||
| No || From tetra- for 4. | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="6" | 5-note mosses | |||
|- | |||
! Pattern !! Name !! Prefix !! Abbr. | |||
! Must be 2/1-equivalent? !! Etymology | |||
|- | |||
| [[1L 4s]] || pedal || ped- || ped | |||
| No || From Latin ''ped'', for ''foot''; one big toe and four small toes. | |||
|- | |||
| [[2L 3s]] || pentic || pent- || pt | |||
| No || Common pentatonic; from penta- for 5. | |||
|- | |||
| [[3L 2s]] || antipentic || apent- || apt | |||
| No || Opposite pattern of 2L 3s. | |||
|- | |||
| [[4L 1s]] || manual || manu- || manu | |||
| No || From Latin ''manus'', for ''hand''; one thumb and four longer fingers. | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Reasoning for mos pattern names == | == Reasoning for mos pattern names == | ||