Temperament naming: Difference between revisions
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===Srutal:=== | ===Srutal:=== | ||
Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale. | |||
===Squares=== | ===Squares=== | ||
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===Tetracot:=== | ===Tetracot:=== | ||
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=== | |||
Named for Robert C Valentine. | |||
===Whitewood:=== | ===Whitewood:=== | ||
Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood</pre></div> | Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Temperament Names</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Temperament Name Etymologies:</h1> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Temperament Names</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Temperament Name Etymologies:</h1> | ||
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<br /> | Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<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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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:--Whitewood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:88:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc44"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Valentine"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:88 -->Valentine</h3> | ||
Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood</body></html></pre></div> | Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.</body></html></pre></div> | |||