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*** both having [[12edo]] as their smallest viable [[equal tuning]] | *** both having [[12edo]] as their smallest viable [[equal tuning]] | ||
** These temperaments are a compromise or a fusion 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 | ** These temperaments are a compromise or a fusion 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 | ||
* "Qrutal, qrutar & qruti" = The short "q" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating [[5-limit]] JI, | * "Qrutal, qrutar & qruti" = The short "q" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating [[5-limit]] JI. the letter Q evokes the word “queen”, alluding to srutal’s elevated position at the top of the ranking of [[low harmonic entropy linear temperaments]] | ||
* "Krutal, krutar & kruti" = The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating [[5-limit]] JI. the letter K evokes the word “king”, alluding to srutal’s elevated position at the top of the ranking of [[low harmonic entropy linear temperaments]] | |||
* "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 | ||
;Difficulty of renaming - Very high. Lots of other temperaments are named in reference to these, lots of music and theory has been written with these, it'd be a massive pain. | ;Difficulty of renaming - Very high. Lots of other temperaments are named in reference to these, lots of music and theory has been written with these, it'd be a massive pain. | ||