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For a discussion of mos names outside the named range, see [[TAMNAMS Extension|TAMNAMS extension]].

: ''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''

Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be used, and validly reused, in non-octave contexts. The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.

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Names for ''n''L ''n''s mosses are provided by prefixing the number of periods ''n'' to the term ''wood'', from blackwood and whitewood temperaments. The corresponding Greek numeral prefix may be used instead.

|''n''L ''n''s||''n''-wood||''none''||''none''||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to ''n''L ''n''s

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<blockquote>''The following is a rewrite to a section to the TAMNAMS appendix.''</blockquote>The goal of TAMNAMS mos names is to choose memorable but aesthetically neutral names for the most common octave-equivalent mosses.