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Lucite is another name for acrylic glass. | Lucite is another name for acrylic glass. | ||
Wery named the temperament "lucite" because musically, it sounds like frosted glass (perhaps to do with the timbre/partials of struck glass) | Wery named the temperament "lucite" because musically, it sounds like frosted glass (perhaps to do with the timbre/partials of struck glass). | ||
Some coincidence that make the name "lucite" particularly fitting | Some coincidence that make the name "lucite" particularly fitting | ||
* Lucite is often installed in double layers in building, and lucite temperament has two sizes of perfect fifth-like interval | * Lucite is often installed in double layers in building, and lucite temperament has two sizes of perfect fifth-like interval. | ||
* Lucite is close to ripple[23], but turned inside out | * Lucite[23] is close to ripple[23], but turned inside out; and lucite is reflective and clear like water, but solid instead of liquid | ||
* Lucite is an especially lightweight material, and lucite temperament is lightweight in the way it only needs 18 generators to reach every 17-limit prime. | |||
=== Other MOS scales === | === Other MOS scales === | ||