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Avella: well apparently someone decided that "cot" should refer to the fifth | Avella: well apparently someone decided that "cot" should refer to the fifth | ||
Avella: it is arbitrary | Avella: it is arbitrary | ||
===Dominant:=== | |||
Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. | |||
===Ennealimmal:=== | |||
Origin: Gene Smith | |||
Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence "ennea-". | |||
===Ervsec:=== | ===Ervsec:=== | ||
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Origin: 2000s? | Origin: 2000s? | ||
Meaning: A combination of the words "fourth" and "third." This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament. | Meaning: A combination of the words "fourth" and "third." This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament. | ||
===Flattone:=== | |||
Origin: | |||
Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone. | |||
===Glacial:=== | ===Glacial:=== | ||
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===Godzilla:=== | ===Godzilla:=== | ||
Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. | Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. | ||
===Hanson:=== | |||
Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator) | |||
===Hedgehog:=== | ===Hedgehog:=== | ||
So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different. | So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different. | ||
===Helmholtz:=== | |||
So named because Hermann von Helmholtz proposed 1/8-schisma flattened fifths. | |||
===Injera:=== | |||
Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants. | |||
===Mabila:=== | ===Mabila:=== | ||
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Origin: Really really old | Origin: Really really old | ||
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. | 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. | ||
===Miracle:=== | |||
Origin: Joe Monzo | |||
Meaning: Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly | |||
===Mohajira:=== | ===Mohajira:=== | ||
Origin: Jacques Dudon | Origin: Jacques Dudon | ||
Meaning: means "wandering. | Meaning: means "wandering" in Arabic. | ||
===Mothra=== | ===Mothra:=== | ||
Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. | Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. | ||
===Negri:=== | ===Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):=== | ||
Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?) | Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?) | ||
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale. | Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale. | ||
===Octacot:=== | |||
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 8 equal parts, therefore "octa-". | |||
===Orwell:=== | ===Orwell:=== | ||
Origin: 2001, Gene Smith | Origin: 2001, Gene Smith | ||
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19 | Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19\84. | ||
===Pajara:=== | ===Pajara:=== | ||
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===Tetracot:=== | ===Tetracot:=== | ||
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot".</pre></div> | Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot". | ||
===Whitewood:=== | |||
Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood</pre></div> | |||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Temperament Names</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Temperament Name Etymologies:</h1> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Temperament Names</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Temperament Name Etymologies:</h1> | ||
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Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ervsec:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Dominant:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Dominant:</h3> | ||
Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ennealimmal:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 -->Ennealimmal:</h3> | |||
Origin: Gene Smith<br /> | |||
Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence &quot;ennea-&quot;.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:16:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ervsec:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 -->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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Father:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Father:</h3> | ||
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:20:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc10"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Flattone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Flattone:</h3> | ||
Origin: <br /> | |||
Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Glacial:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Glacial:</h3> | |||
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 GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> | Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> | ||
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Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator)<br /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:28:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc14"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hedgehog:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:28 -->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 /> | |||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:32:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc16"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Injera:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:32 -->Injera:</h3> | |||
Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> | |||
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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 /> | 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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:44:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc22"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Miracle:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:44 -->Miracle:</h3> | ||
Origin: Joe Monzo<br /> | |||
Meaning: Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly<br /> | |||
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Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> | Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> | ||
Meaning: means &quot;wandering | Meaning: means &quot;wandering&quot; in Arabic.<br /> | ||
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Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> | Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<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 /> | |||
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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 | 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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:58:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc29"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Porcupine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:58 -->Porcupine:</h3> | ||
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 GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> | Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<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.<br /> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot; Or so they say.<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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OLD<br /> | OLD<br /> | ||
Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or &quot;superpyth&quot;<br /> | 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;.</body></html></pre></div> | 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> | |||