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Note there are many more warted tunings than this with even more extreme tunings, which makes it reasonable to loosely associate the exotemperament with the range of vaguely saner tunings.

====~~Superdiatonic/armotonic~~ (7L 2s)====

====Armotonic (7L 2s)====

Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1)~~. Like~~ 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. ~~In contexts where~~ the ~~term "superdiatonic" conveys a different meaning (other than referring to 7L 2s)~~, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, ~~can be used as an alternative~~ name.

Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s, so is accepted as ''a'' possible name, but "armotonic" is preferred due to its clarity as "superdiatonic" could reasonably be confused as describing sharp-fifth diatonic scales. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1), hence the reasoning for that name; like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. Because of the ambiguity, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, is TAMNAMS' recommended name, but "superdiatonic" is allowed in contexts where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.

====On the term ''diatonic''====

In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.

[[Category:MOS scale]]

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 Note there are many more warted tunings than this with even more extreme tunings, which makes it reasonable to loosely associate the exotemperament with the range of vaguely saner tunings.
-====Superdiatonic/armotonic (7L 2s)====
+====Armotonic (7L 2s)====
-Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1). Like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. In contexts where the term "superdiatonic" conveys a different meaning (other than referring to 7L 2s), the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, can be used as an alternative name.
+Though the term has seen some use in other contexts, the name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xenwiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s, so is accepted as ''a'' possible name, but "armotonic" is preferred due to its clarity as "superdiatonic" could reasonably be confused as describing sharp-fifth diatonic scales. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1), hence the reasoning for that name; like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. Because of the ambiguity, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, is TAMNAMS' recommended name, but "superdiatonic" is allowed in contexts where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.
 ====On the term ''diatonic''====
 In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.
 [[Category:MOS scale]]