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## All of the wood mosses are exceptions to this rule, as are lemon, lime, and tcherepnin. | ## All of the wood mosses are exceptions to this rule, as are lemon, lime, and tcherepnin. | ||
# With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, mosses shouldn't have additional prefixes, such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question are related somehow. | # With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, mosses shouldn't have additional prefixes, such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question are related somehow. | ||
## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric | ## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric, jaric, and taric; monowood, biwood, triwood, tetrawood, pentawood; antidiatonic and diatonic (in that they're sister mosses) | ||
## Semiquartal is an exception to the no-prefixes rule because event though it bears the semi- prefix, its mosprefix is chton-. | ## Semiquartal is an exception to the no-prefixes rule because event though it bears the semi- prefix, its mosprefix is chton-. | ||
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|amech- | |amech- | ||
|amech | |amech | ||
|selenite | |selenite or moonstone | ||
|sel- | |sel- or moon- | ||
|sel | |sel or moon | ||
|selenic | |selenic | ||
| rowspan="4" |Shorter names. These names follow in the same spirit as "onyx" for 1L 6s in the following ways: | | rowspan="4" |Shorter names. These names follow in the same spirit as "onyx" for 1L 6s in the following ways: | ||
* "Selenite" is a mineral and is Greek for "moon", indirectly referencing [[luna]] temperament. | * "Selenite" is a mineral and is Greek for "moon", indirectly referencing [[luna]] temperament, as does "moonstone". | ||
* "Spinel" contains the word "pine", referencing its sister mos of "pine". | * "Spinel" contains the word "pine", referencing its sister mos of "pine". | ||
* Depending on pronunciation, the word "agate" may rhyme with "eight". | * Depending on pronunciation, the word "agate" may rhyme with "eight". | ||
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|An indirect reference to [[bleu]] temperament; azure is a specific shade of blue. Simplified name. Also, the sub- prefix may falsely suggest another scale called "(prefix)neutralic", similar to how sub'''aric''' (2L 6s) is the parent to both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s). | |An indirect reference to [[bleu]] temperament; azure is a specific shade of blue. Simplified name. Also, the sub- prefix may falsely suggest another scale called "(prefix)neutralic", similar to how sub'''aric''' (2L 6s) is the parent to both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s). | ||
|New name is referencing a temperament, albeit indirectly. The sub- prefix reasoning may be a stretch, since subaric, jaric, and taric are the only mosses related this way. | |New name is referencing a temperament, albeit indirectly. The sub- prefix reasoning may be a stretch, since subaric, jaric, and taric are the only mosses related this way. | ||
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|Central zalzalian thirds (another name for neutral thirds) are not the scale's bright generator, but are produced by the scale. | |Central zalzalian thirds (another name for neutral thirds) are not the scale's bright generator, but are produced by the scale. | ||
'''With the removal of "zaltertic", "dicoid" is currently the only recognized name for this mos, making it hard to justify this change.''' | '''With the removal of "zaltertic", "dicoid" is currently the only recognized name for this mos, making it hard to justify this change.''' | ||
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|2L 6s | |||
|subaric | |||
|subar- | |||
|subar | |||
|baric | |||
|bara- | |||
|bar | |||
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|Rhymes perfectly with jaric and taric. May also mean "basic -aric", as this mos with a basic step ratio (L:s=2:1) cannot produce jaric or taric, or rather, produces both but equalized. | |||
|'''Too minor of a modification.''' The use of "bar" as an abbreviation may be problematic ("bar" may also mean "measure" in sheet music). | |||
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| rowspan="3" |malic | | rowspan="3" |malic | ||
| rowspan="2" |2L 6s | | rowspan="2" |2L 6s | ||
| rowspan="2" | | | rowspan="2" |subaric | ||
|2L 8s | |2L 8s | ||
|jaric | |jaric | ||