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===General reasonings===

==== ~~Use~~ established names ~~if they do not cause confusion~~ ====

==== Using established names ====

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS. ~~Examples of such~~ names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''

==== ~~Use~~ names that describe an interval quality ====

==== Assigning names that describe an interval quality ====

Several mosses are named after an interval or a (diatonic) interval quality. Such ~~mosses~~ include ''smitonic'', ''gramitonic'', ''semiquartal'', and ''sinatonic''.

Several mosses are named after an interval or a (diatonic) interval quality. Such names include ''smitonic'', ''gramitonic'', ''semiquartal'', and ''sinatonic'', named after "sharp minor third", "grave minor third", "half-fourth", and the interval ''sinaic'', respectively.

==== ~~Reference~~ notable temperaments ====

==== Assigning names based on ''notable'' temperaments ====

~~Direct use~~ of temperament-based names is generally avoided except where the temperaments in question are exceptionally notable. ~~Names~~ include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; however these reference (in the case of ''hyrulic'') or are heavily abstracted forms of the original temperament names of porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.

Use of temperament-based names is generally avoided except where the temperaments in question are exceptionally notable. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; however these reference (in the case of ''hyrulic'') or are heavily abstracted forms of the original temperament names of porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.

Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperaments) ~~which, when~~ including extreme tunings, cover the entirety of ~~the~~ corresponding ~~mos~~. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).

Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperaments) whose tuning ranges (including extreme tunings) cover the entirety of their corresponding mosses. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).

====~~Name~~ mosses most likely to see use====

====Assigning names to mosses most likely to see use====

Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS primarily provides names for mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps (or 2 to 10 steps, when including the extended named range for mosses with 6 steps or fewer). This range is chosen to avoid naming large mosses for the sake of naming, though some mosses outside the named range have been given unique, though possibly idiosyncratic, names of their own.

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 ===General reasonings===
-==== Use established names if they do not cause confusion ====
+==== Using established names ====
-Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''
+Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', and ''diatonic.''
-==== Use names that describe an interval quality ====
+==== Assigning names that describe an interval quality ====
-Several mosses are named after an interval or a (diatonic) interval quality. Such mosses include ''smitonic'', ''gramitonic'', ''semiquartal'', and ''sinatonic''.
+Several mosses are named after an interval or a (diatonic) interval quality. Such names include ''smitonic'', ''gramitonic'', ''semiquartal'', and ''sinatonic'', named after "sharp minor third", "grave minor third", "half-fourth", and the interval ''sinaic'', respectively.
-==== Reference notable temperaments ====
+==== Assigning names based on ''notable'' temperaments ====
-Direct use of temperament-based names is generally avoided except where the temperaments in question are exceptionally notable. Names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; however these reference (in the case of ''hyrulic'') or are heavily abstracted forms of the original temperament names of porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.
+Use of temperament-based names is generally avoided except where the temperaments in question are exceptionally notable. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; however these reference (in the case of ''hyrulic'') or are heavily abstracted forms of the original temperament names of porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.
-Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperaments) which, when including extreme tunings, cover the entirety of the corresponding mos. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).
+Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperaments) whose tuning ranges (including extreme tunings) cover the entirety of their corresponding mosses. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).
-====Name mosses most likely to see use====
+====Assigning names to mosses most likely to see use====
 Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS primarily provides names for mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps (or 2 to 10 steps, when including the extended named range for mosses with 6 steps or fewer). This range is chosen to avoid naming large mosses for the sake of naming, though some mosses outside the named range have been given unique, though possibly idiosyncratic, names of their own.