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* Maqam-like temperament | * Maqam-like temperament | ||
Any of those would get 5 stars. But "maqamic" is a trainwreck. | Any of those would get 5 stars. But "maqamic" is a trainwreck. | ||
==== Rastmic ==== | ==== Rastmic ==== | ||
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It's harmless though, just kind of underwhelming. | It's harmless though, just kind of underwhelming. | ||
==== Neutrominant ==== | |||
"Maqamic" has been renamed to "[[neutrominant]]". While that's an improvement, I actually dislike "neutrominant" too. Not as much, but still. | |||
Neutrominant was directly inspired by Arabic scales. Its explicit goal is to approximate them within an [[RTT]] framework. So the fact that its name includes no reference to Arabic music at all feels wrong. It's effectively stealing from Arabic music theory and claiming it as its own without giving credit. | |||
A better name might be "zaeimmuhayid temperament", Arabic for "neutral leader" (kinda close to "neutral dominant", "neutrominant"). | |||
That gives credit to the original source of the theory, but without claiming to be an exact replica of the theory. | |||
The reason neutrominant does still, ''barely'', get a pass, is that it does at least still reference neutral thirds in its name, which are a concept associated with Arabic music. | |||
And also, the wiki page for neutrominant temperament does devote almost its entire length to explaining the similarities, differences and relationship with maqams (it’s a really good page), so it’s not as if the community is trying to hide the temperament’s origins, they are very enthusiastic about sharing them. | |||
So neutrominant is okay, it’s a good enough name, could be better, but it’ll do. | |||
==== Rishi ==== | ==== Rishi ==== | ||