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== Proposal: Naming mos modes ==

For any mos pattern, TAMNAMS allows one to use a modified version of [[UDP notation]] to name a given mos's mode~~: for~~ example, "5L 3s 5|" for LsLLsLLs, read "5 ell 3 ess 5 up". "5 up" ~~here means that this mode has 5 [[chroma-positive]] generators stacked~~ up ~~from the tonic~~. We skip the number of chroma-positive generators down and the number of periods, which are redundant though these are required by standard UDP notation.

For any mos pattern, TAMNAMS allows one to use a modified version of [[UDP notation]] to name a given mos's mode. We add the modifier "xL ys k|" to denote the mode of the mos xL ys that has k generators above the tonic and n − 1 − k generators below the tonic. For example, "5L 3s 5|" for LsLLsLLs, read "5 ell 3 ess 5 pipe". The | symbol is read "pipe" instead of "up" to prevent confusion with the up accidental ^. We skip the number of chroma-positive generators down and the number of periods, which are redundant though these are required by standard UDP notation.

For an altered mode we can use any accidental alteration whose meaning is clear. For non-diatonic mosses, the degree modified is indicated using TAMNAMS's 0-indexing convention. For example, LsLsLLLs can be written "5L 3s 5| @4d" (read "5L 3s 5 up at-4-degree"), using the @ accidental from [[diamond-mos notation]]. Using this convention, any mode of any mos can be referred to without introducing new mode names to memorize.

For an altered mode we can use any accidental alteration whose meaning is clear. For non-diatonic mosses, the degree modified is indicated using TAMNAMS's 0-indexing convention. For example, LsLsLLLs can be written "5L 3s 5| @4d" (read "5L 3s 5 pipe at-4-degree"), using the @ accidental from [[diamond-mos notation]]. Using this convention, any mode of any mos can be referred to without introducing new mode names to memorize.

For a mos pattern given a name in TAMNAMS, there is also the option of using the prefix for the pattern instead of saying "xL ys": the 5L 3s mode LsLLsLLs can be called "oneiro-5-up" and written "on-5|".

For a mos pattern given a name in TAMNAMS, there is also the option of using the prefix for the pattern instead of saying "xL ys": the 5L 3s mode LsLLsLLs can be called "oneiro-5-pipe" and written "on-5|".

== Non-mos scales ==

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 == Proposal: Naming mos modes ==
-For any mos pattern, TAMNAMS allows one to use a modified version of [[UDP notation]] to name a given mos's mode: for example, "5L 3s 5|" for LsLLsLLs, read "5 ell 3 ess 5 up". "5 up" here means that this mode has 5 [[chroma-positive]] generators stacked up from the tonic. We skip the number of chroma-positive generators down and the number of periods, which are redundant though these are required by standard UDP notation.
+For any mos pattern, TAMNAMS allows one to use a modified version of [[UDP notation]] to name a given mos's mode. We add the modifier "xL ys k|" to denote the mode of the mos xL ys that has k generators above the tonic and n &minus; 1 &minus; k generators below the tonic. For example, "5L 3s 5|" for LsLLsLLs, read "5 ell 3 ess 5 pipe". The | symbol is read "pipe" instead of "up" to prevent confusion with the up accidental ^. We skip the number of chroma-positive generators down and the number of periods, which are redundant though these are required by standard UDP notation.
-For an altered mode we can use any accidental alteration whose meaning is clear. For non-diatonic mosses, the degree modified is indicated using TAMNAMS's 0-indexing convention. For example, LsLsLLLs can be written "5L 3s 5| @4d" (read "5L 3s 5 up at-4-degree"), using the @ accidental from [[diamond-mos notation]]. Using this convention, any mode of any mos can be referred to without introducing new mode names to memorize.
+For an altered mode we can use any accidental alteration whose meaning is clear. For non-diatonic mosses, the degree modified is indicated using TAMNAMS's 0-indexing convention. For example, LsLsLLLs can be written "5L 3s 5| @4d" (read "5L 3s 5 pipe at-4-degree"), using the @ accidental from [[diamond-mos notation]]. Using this convention, any mode of any mos can be referred to without introducing new mode names to memorize.
-For a mos pattern given a name in TAMNAMS, there is also the option of using the prefix for the pattern instead of saying "xL ys": the 5L 3s mode LsLLsLLs can be called "oneiro-5-up" and written "on-5|".
+For a mos pattern given a name in TAMNAMS, there is also the option of using the prefix for the pattern instead of saying "xL ys": the 5L 3s mode LsLLsLLs can be called "oneiro-5-pipe" and written "on-5|".
 == Non-mos scales ==