Temperament naming: Difference between revisions
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Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale. | Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale. | ||
===Catler=== | ===Catler:=== | ||
Named for [[Jon Catler]]. | Named for [[Jon Catler]]. | ||
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Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone. | Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone. | ||
===Doublewide=== | ===Doublewide:=== | ||
Named after a type of mobile home. | Named after a type of mobile home. | ||
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Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants. | Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants. | ||
===Jamesbond=== | ===Jamesbond:=== | ||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<0 0 7 ...|| | Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<0 0 7 ...|| | ||
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Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative. | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative. | ||
===Myna=== | ===Myna:=== | ||
Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.) | Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.) | ||
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Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale. | Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale. | ||
===Squares=== | ===Squares:=== | ||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2. | Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2. | ||
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Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot". | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot". | ||
===Valentine=== | ===Valentine:=== | ||
Named for Robert C Valentine. | Named for Robert C Valentine. | ||
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Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br /> | Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Catler"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Catler</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Catler:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Catler:</h3> | ||
Named for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jon%20Catler">Jon Catler</a>.<br /> | Named for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jon%20Catler">Jon Catler</a>.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.<br /> | Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Doublewide"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Doublewide</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Doublewide:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Doublewide:</h3> | ||
Named after a type of mobile home.<br /> | Named after a type of mobile home.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> | Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:40:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Jamesbond"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->Jamesbond</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:40:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Jamesbond:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->Jamesbond:</h3> | ||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;0 0 7 ...||<br /> | Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;0 0 7 ...||<br /> | ||
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Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative.<br /> | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:58:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc29"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Myna"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:58 -->Myna</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:58:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc29"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Myna:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:58 -->Myna:</h3> | ||
Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.)<br /> | Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.)<br /> | ||
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Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<br /> | Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:82:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc41"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Squares"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:82 -->Squares</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:82:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc41"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Squares:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:82 -->Squares:</h3> | ||
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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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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:88:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc44"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Valentine"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:88 -->Valentine</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:88:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc44"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Valentine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:88 -->Valentine:</h3> | ||
Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> | Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:90:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc45"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Whitewood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:90 -->Whitewood:</h3> | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:90:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc45"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Whitewood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:90 -->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> | ||