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Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella | Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella | ||
Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname. | Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname. | ||
===Beatles=== | |||
Named for the 19\64 generator, since 1964 is the year the Beatlemania swept the world. | |||
===Blackwood:=== | ===Blackwood:=== | ||
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path | Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path | ||
Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale. | Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale. | ||
===Catler=== | |||
Named for [[Jon Catler]]. | |||
===Dicot:=== | ===Dicot:=== | ||
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===Dominant:=== | ===Dominant:=== | ||
Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone. | Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone. | ||
===Doublewide=== | |||
Named after a type of mobile home. | |||
===Ennealimmal:=== | ===Ennealimmal:=== | ||
Origin: Gene Smith | Origin: Gene Smith | ||
Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence "ennea-". | Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence "ennea-"; the period is very close to the large limma, [[27_25|27/25]], hence "limmal". | ||
===Ervsec:=== | ===Ervsec:=== | ||
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===Godzilla:=== | ===Godzilla:=== | ||
Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster; part of the daikaiju series of names for temperaments with an approximate 8/7 as generator. | ||
===Hanson:=== | ===Hanson:=== | ||
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Origin: Paul Erlich | Origin: Paul Erlich | ||
Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants. | Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants. | ||
===Jamesbond=== | |||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<0 0 7 ...|| | |||
===Mabila:=== | ===Mabila:=== | ||
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===Machine:=== | ===Machine:=== | ||
Mike Battaglia named it because it sounded like a 4:7:9:11 machine. | |||
===**Magic**:=== | ===**Magic**:=== | ||
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===Mothra:=== | ===Mothra:=== | ||
Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative. | ||
===Myna=== | |||
Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.) | |||
===Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):=== | ===Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):=== | ||
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===Rodan:=== | ===Rodan:=== | ||
Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster. A daikaiju name, from the 8/7 generator. | ||
===Semaphore:=== | ===Semaphore:=== | ||
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===Srutal:=== | ===Srutal:=== | ||
===Squares=== | |||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2. | |||
===Superpyth:=== | ===Superpyth:=== | ||
Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or "superpyth" | Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or "superpyth" | ||
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Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.<br /> | Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.<br /> | ||
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Named for the 19\64 generator, since 1964 is the year the Beatlemania swept the world.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:10:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc5"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Blackwood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 -->Blackwood:</h3> | |||
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br /> | Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br /> | ||
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Named for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jon%20Catler">Jon Catler</a>.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Dicot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 -->Dicot:</h3> | |||
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence &quot;di-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;. &quot;-Cot&quot; has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.<br /> | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence &quot;di-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;. &quot;-Cot&quot; has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.<br /> | ||
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Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | ||
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Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.<br /> | Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.<br /> | ||
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Named after a type of mobile home.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:20:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc10"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ennealimmal:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Ennealimmal:</h3> | |||
Origin: Gene Smith<br /> | Origin: Gene Smith<br /> | ||
Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence &quot;ennea-&quot;.<br /> | Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence &quot;ennea-&quot;; the period is very close to the large limma, <a class="wiki_link" href="/27_25">27/25</a>, hence &quot;limmal&quot;.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ervsec:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Ervsec:</h3> | ||
Origin: 1980s?<br /> | Origin: 1980s?<br /> | ||
Meaning: Attributed to the scale discovered by Erv Wilson and George Secor while George was visiting Erv.<br /> | Meaning: Attributed to the scale discovered by Erv Wilson and George Secor while George was visiting Erv.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 2000s?<br /> | Origin: 2000s?<br /> | ||
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;fourth&quot; and &quot;third.&quot; This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br /> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;fourth&quot; and &quot;third.&quot; This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:26:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc13"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Flattone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:26 -->Flattone:</h3> | ||
Origin: Gene Smith<br /> | Origin: Gene Smith<br /> | ||
Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.<br /> | Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia<br /> | Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia<br /> | ||
Meaning: Glacial sounds like &quot;Igliashon.&quot;<br /> | Meaning: Glacial sounds like &quot;Igliashon.&quot;<br /> | ||
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Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster; part of the daikaiju series of names for temperaments with an approximate 8/7 as generator.<br /> | ||
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Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator)<br /> | Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator)<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:34:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc17"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hedgehog:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:34 -->Hedgehog:</h3> | ||
So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different.<br /> | So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different.<br /> | ||
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So named because Hermann von Helmholtz proposed 1/8-schisma flattened fifths.<br /> | So named because Hermann von Helmholtz proposed 1/8-schisma flattened fifths.<br /> | ||
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Origin: Paul Erlich<br /> | Origin: Paul Erlich<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> | Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:40:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Jamesbond"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->Jamesbond</h3> | ||
Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;0 0 7 ...||<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:42:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc21"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mabila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:42 -->Mabila:</h3> | |||
Origin: 2011, Gene Smith, Ryan Avella<br /> | Origin: 2011, Gene Smith, Ryan Avella<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.<br /> | Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.<br /> | ||
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Mike Battaglia named it because it sounded like a 4:7:9:11 machine.<br /> | |||
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Origin: Graham Breed<br /> | Origin: Graham Breed<br /> | ||
The &quot;mag-&quot; prefix stands for &quot;major third.&quot;<br /> | The &quot;mag-&quot; prefix stands for &quot;major third.&quot;<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br /> | Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. Nobody can agree on how to pronounce this word.<br /> | Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. Nobody can agree on how to pronounce this word.<br /> | ||
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Origin: Really really old<br /> | Origin: Really really old<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.<br /> | Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.<br /> | ||
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Origin: Joe Monzo<br /> | Origin: Joe Monzo<br /> | ||
Meaning: It is a miracle that this scale is so accurate! Many people falsely attribute its origin to the backronym &quot;Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly.&quot;<br /> | Meaning: It is a miracle that this scale is so accurate! Many people falsely attribute its origin to the backronym &quot;Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly.&quot;<br /> | ||
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Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> | Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> | ||
Meaning: means &quot;wandering&quot; in Arabic.<br /> | Meaning: means &quot;wandering&quot; in Arabic.<br /> | ||
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Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative.<br /> | ||
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Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.)<br /> | |||
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Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> | Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> | Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 8 equal parts, therefore &quot;octa-&quot;.<br /> | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 8 equal parts, therefore &quot;octa-&quot;.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 2010, Andrew Heathwaite<br /> | Origin: 2010, Andrew Heathwaite<br /> | ||
Meaning: An analogy between Wilhelm Reich's proposal for an invisible, ephemeral creative energy and the subtleties of the higher harmonics 7 and 11.<br /> | Meaning: An analogy between Wilhelm Reich's proposal for an invisible, ephemeral creative energy and the subtleties of the higher harmonics 7 and 11.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br /> | Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19\84.<br /> | Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19\84.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1990s? Paul Erlich<br /> | Origin: 1990s? Paul Erlich<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named by Paul Erlich after &quot;Paul, John, and Ara,&quot; the three people jamming at his house at some random point in time.<br /> | Meaning: Named by Paul Erlich after &quot;Paul, John, and Ara,&quot; the three people jamming at his house at some random point in time.<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> | Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> | ||
Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> | Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> | ||
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Named by | Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster. A daikaiju name, from the 8/7 generator.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> | Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> | ||
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Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> | ||
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot; Or so they say. (Yes, they do say - Ryan)<br /> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot; Or so they say. (Yes, they do say - Ryan)<br /> | ||
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Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | ||
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Named from the fact that the wedgie is &lt;&lt;4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2.<br /> | |||
Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or &quot;superpyth&quot;<br /> | <br /> | ||
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Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or &quot;superpyth&quot;<br /> | |||
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Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence &quot;tetra-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;.<br /> | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence &quot;tetra-&quot;. Not sure why &quot;-cot&quot;.<br /> | ||
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Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood</body></html></pre></div> | Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood</body></html></pre></div> | ||