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===== Possible alternative names? ===== | ===== Possible alternative names? ===== | ||
* "Srutan, shrutaric, srutinic" = Resembles diatonic mode names, which makes sense | * "Srutan, shrutaric, srutinic" = Resembles [[diatonic]] mode names, which makes sense in many levels: | ||
** Meantone and its diatonic modes are a kind of ‘sister tuning’ of srutal due to | ** [[Meantone]] and its diatonic modes are a kind of ‘sister tuning’ of srutal due to: | ||
** These temperaments are a compromise between Indian shruti theory and Western diatonic-descended MOS and RTT theory, so it’s fitting for the names to be a hybrid of the two | *** both being generated by [[3/2]] | ||
*** both having exceptionally low [[complexity]] and [[badness]] in the 2.3.5 subgroup | |||
*** both having [[12edo]] as their smallest viable [[equal tuning]] | |||
** These temperaments are a compromise between Indian shruti theory and Western diatonic-descended [[MOS]] and RTT theory, so it’s fitting for the names to be a hybrid of the two | |||
* "Zurutal, zurutar, zuruti" = The letter z represents the winding path the temperaments took across the world | * "Zurutal, zurutar, zuruti" = The letter z represents the winding path the temperaments took across the world | ||
* "Krutal, krutar, kruti" = The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating JI | * "Krutal, krutar, kruti" = The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating JI |