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===Amity:=== | |||
Origin: Pre-Middle-Path | |||
Meaning: A restructuring of the words "acute minor third." The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third. | |||
===Blackwood:=== | ===Blackwood:=== | ||
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Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady | Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady | ||
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. | Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. | ||
===Meantone:=== | |||
Origin: Really really old | |||
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings. | |||
===Negri:=== | ===Negri:=== | ||
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Origin: Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | |||
Meaning: A restructuring of the words &quot;acute minor third.&quot; The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third.<br /> | |||
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Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | ||
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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Origin: 2000s?<br /> | Origin: 2000s?<br /> | ||
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;fourth&quot; and &quot;third.&quot; This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br /> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;fourth&quot; and &quot;third.&quot; This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br /> | Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales.<br /> | Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales.<br /> | ||
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Origin: Really really old<br /> | |||
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.<br /> | |||
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Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> | Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> | Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br /> | Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19/84.<br /> | Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19/84.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> | Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> | Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> | ||
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Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | ||
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot;</body></html></pre></div> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot;</body></html></pre></div> | ||