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A perhaps useful (or otherwise mildly amusing) mnemonic is "2-soft is too soft to be hard and 2-hard is too hard to be soft", representing that 2-soft = 2-hard = 2/1 = '''basic'''.
A perhaps useful (or otherwise mildly amusing) mnemonic is "2-soft is too soft to be hard and 2-hard is too hard to be soft", representing that 2-soft = 2-hard = 2/1 = '''basic'''.


Note that often the central spectrum will be sufficient for exploring a MOS pattern-period combination, and the extended spectrum is intended more for (literally) edge cases where it may be useful. Often if a temperament interpretation doesn't seem to show up for a MOS  pattern-period combination, it just means the temperament needs a more complex MOS pattern to narrow down the generator range. An example of this phenomena is the highly complex MOS pattern of [[12L 17s]] represents near-Pythagorean tunings well due to having a generator of a fourth or a fifth bounded between those of [[12edo]] and those of [[29edo]], which are roughly equally off but in opposite directions, and many important near-Pythagorean systems show up in just the ratios of the central spectrum alone.
Note that often the central spectrum will be sufficient for exploring a MOS pattern-period combination, and the extended spectrum (below) is intended more for (literally) edge cases where it may be useful. Often if a temperament interpretation doesn't seem to show up for a MOS  pattern-period combination, it just means the temperament needs a more complex MOS pattern to narrow down the generator range. An example of this phenomena is the highly complex MOS pattern of [[12L 17s]] represents near-Pythagorean tunings well due to having a generator of a fourth or a fifth bounded between those of [[12edo]] and those of [[29edo]], which are roughly equally off but in opposite directions, and many important near-Pythagorean systems show up in just the ratios of the central spectrum alone.


== Naming MOS intervals ==
== Naming MOS intervals ==