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== Naming mos intervals ==

To denote interval classes within the mos, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed under "mos pattern names". One might attempt to ~~borrow~~ diatonic 1-indexed ordinal names: Usage example: ''In 31edo's ultrasoft [[mosh]] scale, the perfect mosthird (aka Pmosh3rd) is a neutral third and the major mosfifth (aka Lmosh5th) is a perfect fifth.''

To denote interval classes within the mos, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed under "mos pattern names". One might attempt to

generalize diatonic 1-indexed ordinal names: Usage example: ''In 31edo's ultrasoft [[mosh]] scale, the perfect mosthird (aka Pmosh3rd) is a neutral third and the major mosfifth (aka Lmosh5th) is a perfect fifth.''

The way intervals are named above (and in 12edo theory) has a problem. An interval that's n steps wide is named "(n+1)th". This means that adding two intervals is more complicated than it should be. Stacking two fifths makes a ninth, when naively it would make a tenth. We're used to this for the diatonic scale, but when dealing with unfamiliar scale structures, it can be very confusing.

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 == Naming mos intervals ==
-To denote interval classes within the mos, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed under "mos pattern names". One might attempt to borrow diatonic 1-indexed ordinal names: Usage example: ''In 31edo's ultrasoft [[mosh]] scale, the perfect mosthird (aka Pmosh3rd) is a neutral third and the major mosfifth (aka Lmosh5th) is a perfect fifth.''
+To denote interval classes within the mos, TAMNAMS uses the generic prefix ''mos-'', or the specific prefixes and abbreviations listed under "mos pattern names". One might attempt to
+generalize diatonic 1-indexed ordinal names: Usage example: ''In 31edo's ultrasoft [[mosh]] scale, the perfect mosthird (aka Pmosh3rd) is a neutral third and the major mosfifth (aka Lmosh5th) is a perfect fifth.''
 The way intervals are named above (and in 12edo theory) has a problem. An interval that's n steps wide is named "(n+1)th". This means that adding two intervals is more complicated than it should be. Stacking two fifths makes a ninth, when naively it would make a tenth. We're used to this for the diatonic scale, but when dealing with unfamiliar scale structures, it can be very confusing.