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===Semaphore:=== | ===Semaphore:=== | ||
Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3 | Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3 | ||
===Semisept:=== | |||
Meaning: semi-(septimal major sixth), i.e. half of a 12/7 | |||
===Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')=== | ===Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')=== | ||
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Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> | Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> | ||
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Meaning: semi-(septimal major sixth), i.e. half of a 12/7<br /> | |||
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Originally semisixths, but after it was decided that &quot;bi&quot; or &quot;semi&quot; should be half for periods and &quot;hemi&quot; should be half for generators, that was contracted to sensi.<br /> | Originally semisixths, but after it was decided that &quot;bi&quot; or &quot;semi&quot; should be half for periods and &quot;hemi&quot; should be half for generators, that was contracted to sensi.<br /> | ||
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Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | ||
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Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2.<br /> | Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:104:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc52"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Starling:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:104 -->Starling:</h3> | ||
The 126/125 planar temperament, named after Herman Miller's Starling scale.<br /> | The 126/125 planar temperament, named after Herman Miller's Starling scale.<br /> | ||
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A name proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<br /> | A name proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or &quot;superpyth&quot;<br /> | Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or &quot;superpyth&quot;<br /> | ||
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Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence &quot;tetra-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;.<br /> | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence &quot;tetra-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;.<br /> | ||
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Triforce has 3 periods per octave.<br /> | Triforce has 3 periods per octave.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:114:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc57"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Valentine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:114 -->Valentine:</h3> | ||
Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> | Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:116:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc58"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Whitewood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:116 -->Whitewood:</h3> | ||
Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.</body></html></pre></div> | Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.</body></html></pre></div> | ||