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===== Possible alternative names? ===== | ===== Possible alternative names? ===== | ||
* "Srutalic, shrutaran & srutinic" | * "Srutalic, shrutaran & srutinic": Resembles [[diatonic]] mode names, which makes sense on 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: | ||
*** both being generated by [[3/2]] | *** both being generated by [[3/2]] | ||
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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" | |||
* "Krutal, krutar & kruti" | |||
* "Zurutal, zurutar & zuruti" | * "Qrutal, qrutar & qruti": | ||
** The short "q" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating [[5-limit]] JI. | |||
** 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 looks like a big barn door with the diagonal beam to stabilise it, representing how simple yet stable srutal is and how much harmonic weight it can bear with very few notes | |||
** The letter Z looks like the winding path the temperaments took across the world | |||
** The letter Z calls to mind the idea of “alpha and omega”, of infinity and timelessness, representing the ancient tradition of shruti, and the cyclic nature of Hindu cosmology and the way that is reflected in the cyclic nature of the 22-tone scale of generators and periods | |||
;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. | ||