1L 6s: Difference between revisions
Adding temperament-specific names was a mistake; removed also descriptive names b/c I couldn't properly keep them on mobile |
restore & revamp the old description which gave a much better justification for the name than the frankly bad auto-generated one |
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
[[TAMNAMS]] suggests the temperament-agnostic name '''onyx''' for this scale. The name comes from ''a lot'' of naming puns and references, namely: | |||
* The name sounds like its step counts of '''one''' large step and '''six''' small steps. | |||
* Onyxes come in different colors and types, which is a metaphor for this scale's generator range being quite large and containing the generator ranges of other MOS scales, such as [[7L 1s]], [[8L 1s]], and [[9L 1s]]. | |||
* Building on the observation that it is the 7-note (heptatonic) MOS that is the ancestor of all xL 1s scales with x>6, the name "onyx" also sounds similar to "one x", as in 1 large step and x small steps. | |||
== Scale properties == | == Scale properties == | ||