User talk:FloraC/Critique on D&D's terminology: Difference between revisions

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 --[[User:Cmloegcmluin|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin|talk]]) 00:41, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
+== Re: Held interval  ==
+You think that instead of "held-interval" we should use "constraint". Well, "constraint" works fine in pure math or stats contexts. And indeed, in the D&D guide, we do explain that held-intervals are one type of constraint, where the system is for optimizing the tuning of a regular temperament.
+With "held-interval", we designed a way to speak about this concept in this context which clearly, concisely, and completely expresses it for our target audience, who are musicians, not mathematicians. So at the least, we're talking about some sort of "interval". What kind of interval, though? We might consider "constrained interval", but that's incomplete, because it leaves open to question how exactly it is constrained. A more specific term such as "constrained-to-pure interval" or perhaps "pure-constrained interval" would suffice, but "held interval" is shorter and sweeter than those. (Then we typically hyphenate to "held-interval basis" for clarity in some contexts.)
+--[[User:Cmloegcmluin|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin|talk]]) 00:42, 4 May 2023 (UTC)