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'''TAMNAMS''' (read "tame names"; from '''''T'''emperament-'''A'''gnostic '''M'''os '''NAM'''ing '''S'''ystem''), devised by the XA Discord, is a system of temperament-agnostic names for octave-[[mos]] scales and their associated generator ranges, taking into account the relative sizes of large and small steps. | '''TAMNAMS''' (read "tame names"; from '''''T'''emperament-'''A'''gnostic '''M'''os '''NAM'''ing '''S'''ystem''), devised by the XA Discord, is a system of temperament-agnostic names for octave-[[mos]] scales and their associated generator ranges, taking into account the relative sizes of large and small steps. | ||
== | == Mos step ratio spectrum == | ||
=== Simple step ratios === | === Simple step ratios === | ||
The TAMNAMS system names nine specific simple [[Blackwood's R|L:s ratios]]. These correspond to the simplest edos that have the mos scale. | The TAMNAMS system names nine specific simple [[Blackwood's R|L:s ratios]]. These correspond to the simplest edos that have the mos scale. | ||
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'''Paucitonic''': L/s = 1/0 = infinity (trivial/pathological) | '''Paucitonic''': L/s = 1/0 = infinity (trivial/pathological) | ||
== Naming 3-step scales' step ratios == | |||
Analogously to 2-step scales including mosses, scales with three step sizes L > M > S, including [[MV3]] scales, can also be uniquely characterized by their L:M:S ratios. Here TAMNAMS names L/M, then M/S ratios separately: for example, 21edo [[diasem]] (5L 2M 2s, LMLSLMLSL or its inverse) has a ratio of L:M:S = 3:2:1, so we name it "soft basic". | |||
== Naming mos intervals == | == Naming mos intervals == | ||