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==== Pelogic ==== | ==== Pelogic ==== | ||
"[[Pelogic]]” sounds so close to “[[pelog]]” as to give the impression they are the exact same thing, which they are not. The definition implicit in the name “pelogic temperament” is “the regular temperament which generates pelog scales.” And that’s not what it is. It is ''inspired'' by pelog scales, it doesn’t ''make'' them. | "[[Pelogic]]” sounds so close to “[[pelog]]” as to give the impression they are the exact same thing, which they are not. The definition implicit in the name “pelogic temperament” is “the regular temperament which generates pelog scales.” And that’s not what it is. It is ''inspired'' by pelog scales, it doesn’t ''make'' them. | ||
A musicologist could too easily confuse the terms "pelogic temperament" (the Western temperament) and "pelog tuning" (the Indonesian scale). | A musicologist could too easily confuse the terms "pelogic temperament" (the Western temperament) and "pelog tuning" (the Indonesian scale). | ||
===== Possible alternative names? ===== | |||
* "Pelomatic" = "pelog approximated with mathematics" | |||
* "Peloglike" = "bears a likeness to pelog" | |||
* "Pelogram" = "pelog approximated with RTT diagrams" | |||
* "Pelograph" = "pelog approximated with RTT graphs" | |||
==== Slendro diesis ==== | ==== Slendro diesis ==== | ||
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==== Srutal, shrutar, sruti ==== | ==== Srutal, shrutar, sruti ==== | ||
[[Srutal]] temperament and its [[Diaschismic family|siblings]] are audibly quite close to the [[Indian]] shruti system, so it is good that they give credit to that inspiration in the title. | [[Srutal]] temperament and its [[Diaschismic family|siblings]] are audibly quite close to the [[Indian]] shruti system, so it is good that they give credit to that inspiration in the title. | ||
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Terms like "srutal music" or "sruti music" are ambiguous, it's not clear if they refer to traditional Indian music, or music in the modern Western temperaments. This is a failure on the part of the names. | Terms like "srutal music" or "sruti music" are ambiguous, it's not clear if they refer to traditional Indian music, or music in the modern Western temperaments. This is a failure on the part of the names. | ||
===== Possible alternative names? ===== | |||
* "Zurutal, zurutar, zuruti" = The letter z represents the winding path the temperaments took across the world | |||
* "Srutalic, shrutaran, srutinian" = Resembles diatonic mode names, which are another low complexity 2.3.5 tuning | |||
* "Krutal, krutar, kruti" = The short "k" sound represents how nimble and efficient the tunings are at approximating JI | |||
=== 2 stars (fail) === | === 2 stars (fail) === | ||
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"Slendric" used to be called "wonder", so maybe we can bring that name back? | "Slendric" used to be called "wonder", so maybe we can bring that name back? | ||
===== Possible alternative names? ===== | |||
* "Wonder" = the original name for the temperament | |||
* "Gamelike" = "bears a likeness to gamelan", but also "approximates the 2.3.7 subgroup so easily it's like a game" | |||
* "Slenmatic" = "slendro approximated with mathematics" | |||
* "Slendrolike" = "bears a likeness to slendro" | |||
* "Slendragram" = "slendro approximated with RTT diagrams" | |||
=== 3 stars (pass) === | === 3 stars (pass) === | ||