Acronyms

This is a list of common acronyms. See also: glossary.

A

AG

Alternating generator property

B

BP

Bohlen–Pierce

BPS

Bohlen–Pierce–Stearns

C

CPS

combination product set

CS

Constant structure (see Glossary of scale properties)

CTE

Constrained Tenney-Euclidean (especially pure-octave constrained)

D

DE

Distributionally even (see Glossary of scale properties)

DR

Delta-rational

E

ED-n

Equal division of n (ED2 = EDO, ED3 = EDT, ED3/2 = EDF, etc.)

EDD

Equal division of the diapason/ditave (synonym of EDO)

EDF

Equal division of the fifth (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 9-EDF)

EDO

Equal division of the octave (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-EDO)

EDONOI

Equal division of a non-octave interval

EDT

Equal division of the tritave/twelfth (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 13-EDT)

ET

Equal temperament (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-ET)

G

GO

Generator-offset property

H

HC

Harmonic class

HE

Harmonic entropy

J

JI

Just intonation

L

LCJI

Low-complexity JI

M

ME

Maximal evenness (or maximally even)

MP

Myhill's property (see Glossary of scale properties)

MOS

Moment of symmetry

MOSS

Moment of symmetry scale

MV-n

Maximum variety n

P

POTE

Pure-octave Tenney–Euclidean

R

RTT

Regular temperament theory

S

SV-n

Strict variety n

T

TE

Tenney–Euclidean (short for Tenney–Euclidean tuning)

TET

Tone equal temperament (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-TET) (synonym of ET)

TOP

TOP tuning (Tenney OPtimized or Tempered Octaves, Please)

V

VF

Virtual fundamental

W

WF

Well-formed (see MOS/DE)

WT

Well temperament

X

XA

Xenharmonic Alliance

Z

ZPI

Zeta peak index

See also

• Glossary
• Arithmetic tunings: a family of tunings with systematic acronyms