Temperament naming: Difference between revisions
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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 | ||
===Ervsec:=== | |||
Origin: 1980s? | |||
Meaning: Attributed to the scale discovered by Erv Wilson and George Secor while George was visiting Erv. | |||
===Father:=== | ===Father:=== | ||
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Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> | ||
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Origin: 1980s?<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:16:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Godzilla:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 -->Godzilla:</h3> | ||
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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hedgehog:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->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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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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Machine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Machine:</h3> | ||
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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:24:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc12"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mavila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:24 -->Mavila:</h3> | ||
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.<br /> | Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:26:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc13"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Meantone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:26 -->Meantone:</h3> | ||
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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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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:30:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc15"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Negri:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:30 -->Negri:</h3> | ||
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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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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:34:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc17"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Porcupine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:34 -->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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:38:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc19"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Semaphore:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:38 -->Semaphore:</h3> | ||
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;<br /> | Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot;<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:42:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc21"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Slendric:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:42 -->Slendric:</h3> | ||
Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:44:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc22"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Superpyth:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:44 -->Superpyth:</h3> | ||
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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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:46:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc23"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Tetracot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:46 -->Tetracot:</h3> | ||
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;.</body></html></pre></div> | ||