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The '''TAMNAMS''' (read "tame names"; from '''''T'''emperament-'''A'''gnostic '''M'''OS '''NAM'''ing '''S'''ystem''), by [[Inthar lus Lăneaf|Inthar]] and others on the XA Discord, is an attempt at a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others, as well as some of the names (such as "mish" and "mosh") from [[Graham Breed]]'s names below. Some are directly taken from an arbitrary temperament that generates the scale. 1L ns names are intentionally unspecific because the generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)) and can better be viewed as subsets of larger MOSes, for example [[1L 6s]] as a subset of [[7L 1s]].

TAMNAMS also comes with a set of prefixes and abbreviations for each MOS, to denote interval classes within the MOS. The ~~modifiers~~ ''~~small~~'' ~~and~~ ''~~large~~'' ~~are used instead of~~ ''~~major~~'' ~~and~~ ''~~minor~~''; ''perfect'', ''augmented~~'' and ''~~diminished~~'' are used analogously to their diatonic meanings~~. When more redundancy is desired, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed below. Usage example: ''In 21edo [[oneirotonic]], the small mosthird is a neutral third.''

TAMNAMS also comes with a set of prefixes and abbreviations for each MOS, to denote interval classes within the MOS. The followingmodifiers are used to denote different interval sizes within a MOS interval class:

* Generator: ''perfect'' (e.g. perfect mos4th, Pmos4)

* Smaller interval class (when not the generator's): ''small'' (e.g. small mos3rd, smos3)

* Larger interval class (when not the generator's): ''large'' (e.g. large mos3rd, Lmos3)

* "small" minus chroma or "perfect" minus chroma: ''diminished'' (e.g. diminished mos3rd, dmos3)

* "large" plus chroma or "perfect" plus chroma: ''augmented'' (e.g. augmented mos3rd, Amos3)

* similarly, doubly augmented, doubly diminished, etc.

When more redundancy is desired, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed below. Usage example: ''In 21edo [[oneirotonic]], the small mosthird is a neutral third.''

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 The '''TAMNAMS''' (read "tame names"; from '''''T'''emperament-'''A'''gnostic '''M'''OS '''NAM'''ing '''S'''ystem''), by [[Inthar lus Lăneaf|Inthar]] and others on the XA Discord, is an attempt at a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others, as well as some of the names (such as "mish" and "mosh") from [[Graham Breed]]'s names below. Some are directly taken from an arbitrary temperament that generates the scale. 1L ns names are intentionally unspecific because the generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)) and can better be viewed as subsets of larger MOSes, for example [[1L 6s]] as a subset of [[7L 1s]].
-TAMNAMS also comes with a set of prefixes and abbreviations for each MOS, to denote interval classes within the MOS. The modifiers ''small'' and ''large'' are used instead of ''major'' and ''minor''; ''perfect'', ''augmented'' and ''diminished'' are used analogously to their diatonic meanings. When more redundancy is desired, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed below. Usage example: ''In 21edo [[oneirotonic]], the small mosthird is a neutral third.''
+TAMNAMS also comes with a set of prefixes and abbreviations for each MOS, to denote interval classes within the MOS. The followingmodifiers are used to denote different interval sizes within a MOS interval class:
+* Generator: ''perfect'' (e.g. perfect mos4th, Pmos4)
+* Smaller interval class (when not the generator's): ''small'' (e.g. small mos3rd, smos3)
+* Larger interval class (when not the generator's): ''large'' (e.g. large mos3rd, Lmos3)
+* "small" minus chroma or "perfect" minus chroma: ''diminished'' (e.g. diminished mos3rd, dmos3)
+* "large" plus chroma or "perfect" plus chroma: ''augmented'' (e.g. augmented mos3rd, Amos3)
+* similarly, doubly augmented, doubly diminished, etc.
+When more redundancy is desired, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed below. Usage example: ''In 21edo [[oneirotonic]], the small mosthird is a neutral third.''
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