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: Actually "Myxic" comes from "Myxian", which is actually a contracted form of "Mixolydian", as used in the coinage of mode names like "Lydomyxian" and "Myxaeolian", see [[Wikipedia:Jazz scale|Wikipedia's Article on the Jazz Scale]]. The reason for this use is that "Mixolydian" is too long for use in forming other mode names, so a shortened form was created for this purpose. Given this etymology, we can assume that "Myxic" and "Mixolydic" are perfect synonyms. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 18:31, 14 February 2021 (UTC) | : Actually "Myxic" comes from "Myxian", which is actually a contracted form of "Mixolydian", as used in the coinage of mode names like "Lydomyxian" and "Myxaeolian", see [[Wikipedia:Jazz scale|Wikipedia's Article on the Jazz Scale]]. The reason for this use is that "Mixolydian" is too long for use in forming other mode names, so a shortened form was created for this purpose. Given this etymology, we can assume that "Myxic" and "Mixolydic" are perfect synonyms. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 18:31, 14 February 2021 (UTC) | ||
::“Myxolydic” then, not “Mixolydic” :-). Okay, maybe you have the reason. In all cases, I strongly suggest using only “Myxolydic” in the Microtonal Playground application, where it is much better to see consistent names, as they all come together. I've designed a way to represent all 49 modes in one window; you will see 7 main modes per each scale (Ionian for Ionian scale, Doric for Doric, etc.), and can dynamically switch to any other of 7 modes by Ctrl+Click, with proper changes in titles, key marks. and transposition to the new tonic. It's going to be quite playable. — [[User:SAKryukov|SA]], ''Sunday 2021 February 14, 19:22 UTC'' | ::“Myxolydic” then, not “Mixolydic” :-). Okay, maybe you have the reason. In all cases, I strongly suggest using only “Myxolydic” in the Microtonal Playground application, where it is much better to see consistent names, as they all come together. I've designed a way to represent all 49 modes in one window; you will see 7 main modes per each scale (Ionian for Ionian scale, Doric for Doric, etc.), and can dynamically switch to any other of 7 modes by Ctrl+Click, with proper changes in titles, key marks. and transposition to the new tonic. It's going to be quite playable. I think we need to discuss all this. — [[User:SAKryukov|SA]], ''Sunday 2021 February 14, 19:22 UTC'' | ||
:: Also, I would strongly suggest you think about your idea of using any shortened form of anything. In part, this is non-computer thinking, where we have to write and type anything manually. In case of even a little hardness, we don't do this anymore, right? We need to think exclusively about readability, not about writing. If some word is too long, you need to understand perfectly: where exactly it may not fit? can it be confused with some other word? If you cannot answer such questions, rethink shortening, maybe it can only make things worse. Well, just an idea to share... — [[User:SAKryukov|SA]], ''Sunday 2021 February 14, 19:29 UTC'' | :: Also, I would strongly suggest you think about your idea of using any shortened form of anything. In part, this is non-computer thinking, where we have to write and type anything manually. In case of even a little hardness, we don't do this anymore, right? We need to think exclusively about readability, not about writing. If some word is too long, you need to understand perfectly: where exactly it may not fit? can it be confused with some other word? If you cannot answer such questions, rethink shortening, maybe it can only make things worse. Well, just an idea to share... — [[User:SAKryukov|SA]], ''Sunday 2021 February 14, 19:29 UTC'' | ||