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===Names for mos linear families===

~~A mos linear~~ family is a family of related mosses of the form xL (nx + y)s. This family starts with the mos xL ys, where x < y and n = 0, and continue with mosses with the same number of large steps but a linearly growing quantity of small steps. An example of such a family is the mos sequence 5L 2s, 5L 7s, 5L 12s, 5L 17s, etc, where each successive mos has 5 more small steps than the last.

Mosses with the same number of large steps can be described as its own family, specifically a family of related mosses of the form xL (nx + y)s. This family starts with the mos xL ys, where x < y and n = 0, and continue with mosses with the same number of large steps but a linearly growing quantity of small steps. An example of such a family is the mos sequence 5L 2s, 5L 7s, 5L 12s, 5L 17s, etc, where each successive mos has 5 more small steps than the last.

Mosses in a linear family are based on repeated applications of the replacement ruleset L->Ls and s->s on the initial mos, and reaching the nth member of a linear family requires the initial mos have a hard or pseudocollapsed step ratio. The child mos (x+y)L xs is the start of its own linear family, which relates back to the initial mos xL ys if the initial mos has a step ratio that is soft or pseudoequalized.

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The overall motivation for these names is to give names to closely related mosses and refer to individual mosses as some member of a broader family, rather than name individual mosses.

The names for ~~chromatic scales~~ are based on ~~former names for the child mosses of diatonic (5L 2s) - p-chromatic for 5L 7s and m-chromatic for 7L 5s - and was generalized to ''chromatic mos''~~. ~~The term enharmonic is already in use to describe the grandchild mosses of diatonic, and so was generalized to ''enharmonic mos''. The term subchromatic is a term coined by Mike Battaglia~~ to ~~describe a scale that is more chromatic than either chromatic or enharmonic, and is generalized~~ to ~~''subchromatic mos''~~.

The names for the first three generations of mosses are based on existing terms. These terms are open to further changes to make pronunciation easier.

The format of adding a mos's prefix to the terms descendant, chromatic, enharmonic, and subchromatic is best applied to mosses that have no more than three periods. With mosses that descend directly from nL ns mosses especially (4L 4s and above), this is to keep names from being too ~~cumbersome~~ (eg, ''chromatic (number)-wood'' instead of ''(number)-woodchromatic'').

* The phrase ''chromatic mos'' is based on former names for the child mosses of diatonic (5L 2s) - p-chromatic for 5L 7s and m-chromatic for 7L 5s - and has seen use on the wiki to refer the children of non-diatonic mosses.

* The phrase ''enharmonic mos'' is based off of Discord discussions on how to name grandchild mosses. This has also seen use on the wiki to refer to the grandchild mosses of 5L 2s.

* The phrase ''subchromatic mos'' is based on a term coined by Mike Battaglia to describe a scale that is more chromatic than either chromatic or enharmonic. These terms also line up with [[Diatonic, Chromatic, Enharmonic, Subchromatic|this page]], which describes the progression of a diatonic scale's (or mos's) progression of child mosses.

The format of adding a mos's prefix to the terms descendant, chromatic, enharmonic, and subchromatic is best applied to mosses that have no more than three periods. With mosses that descend directly from nL ns mosses especially (4L 4s and above), this is to keep names from being too complicated (eg, ''chromatic (number)-wood'' instead of ''(number)-woodchromatic'').

Various people have suggested the use of p- and m- as prefixes to refer to specific chromatic mosses, as well as the use of f- and s- for enharmonic mosses. Generalizing the pattern to 3rd mos descendants shows the letters diverging from one another, notably where m- is no longer next to p- and f- and s- are no longer along the extremes. Rather than using these letters, as well as being temperament-agnostic, prefixes based on step ratios are used instead. However, temperament-based prefixes may be used specifically for diatonic descendants as alternatives to the prefixes based on step ratios.

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 ===Names for mos linear families===
-A mos linear family is a family of related mosses of the form xL (nx + y)s. This family starts with the mos xL ys, where x < y and n = 0, and continue with mosses with the same number of large steps but a linearly growing quantity of small steps. An example of such a family is the mos sequence 5L 2s, 5L 7s, 5L 12s, 5L 17s, etc, where each successive mos has 5 more small steps than the last.
+Mosses with the same number of large steps can be described as its own family, specifically a family of related mosses of the form xL (nx + y)s. This family starts with the mos xL ys, where x < y and n = 0, and continue with mosses with the same number of large steps but a linearly growing quantity of small steps. An example of such a family is the mos sequence 5L 2s, 5L 7s, 5L 12s, 5L 17s, etc, where each successive mos has 5 more small steps than the last.
 Mosses in a linear family are based on repeated applications of the replacement ruleset L->Ls and s->s on the initial mos, and reaching the nth member of a linear family requires the initial mos have a hard or pseudocollapsed step ratio. The child mos (x+y)L xs is the start of its own linear family, which relates back to the initial mos xL ys if the initial mos has a step ratio that is soft or pseudoequalized.
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 The overall motivation for these names is to give names to closely related mosses and refer to individual mosses as some member of a broader family, rather than name individual mosses.
-The names for chromatic scales are based on former names for the child mosses of diatonic (5L 2s) - p-chromatic for 5L 7s and m-chromatic for 7L 5s - and was generalized to ''chromatic mos''. The term enharmonic is already in use to describe the grandchild mosses of diatonic, and so was generalized to ''enharmonic mos''. The term subchromatic is a term coined by Mike Battaglia to describe a scale that is more chromatic than either chromatic or enharmonic, and is generalized to ''subchromatic mos''.
+The names for the first three generations of mosses are based on existing terms. These terms are open to further changes to make pronunciation easier.
-The format of adding a mos's prefix to the terms descendant, chromatic, enharmonic, and subchromatic is best applied to mosses that have no more than three periods. With mosses that descend directly from nL ns mosses especially (4L 4s and above), this is to keep names from being too cumbersome (eg, ''chromatic (number)-wood'' instead of ''(number)-woodchromatic'').
+* The phrase ''chromatic mos'' is based on former names for the child mosses of diatonic (5L 2s) - p-chromatic for 5L 7s and m-chromatic for 7L 5s - and has seen use on the wiki to refer the children of non-diatonic mosses.
+* The phrase ''enharmonic mos'' is based off of Discord discussions on how to name grandchild mosses. This has also seen use on the wiki to refer to the grandchild mosses of 5L 2s.
+* The phrase ''subchromatic mos'' is based on a term coined by Mike Battaglia to describe a scale that is more chromatic than either chromatic or enharmonic. These terms also line up with [[Diatonic, Chromatic, Enharmonic, Subchromatic|this page]], which describes the progression of a diatonic scale's (or mos's) progression of child mosses.
+The format of adding a mos's prefix to the terms descendant, chromatic, enharmonic, and subchromatic is best applied to mosses that have no more than three periods. With mosses that descend directly from nL ns mosses especially (4L 4s and above), this is to keep names from being too complicated (eg, ''chromatic (number)-wood'' instead of ''(number)-woodchromatic'').
 Various people have suggested the use of p- and m- as prefixes to refer to specific chromatic mosses, as well as the use of f- and s- for enharmonic mosses. Generalizing the pattern to 3rd mos descendants shows the letters diverging from one another, notably where m- is no longer next to p- and f- and s- are no longer along the extremes. Rather than using these letters, as well as being temperament-agnostic, prefixes based on step ratios are used instead. However, temperament-based prefixes may be used specifically for diatonic descendants as alternatives to the prefixes based on step ratios.
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