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 "Maqamic" has been renamed to "[[neutrominant]]". While that's a big improvement, it isn’t perfect. Good enough, but not perfect.
-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 feels like stealing from Arabic music theory and claiming it as its own without giving credit.
+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 feels a little bit like 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.
 Neutrominant does still get a solid passing grade, though, because it does at least still reference neutral thirds in its name, which are a concept associated with Arabic music.