Kite's color notation/Temperament names: Difference between revisions

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4thward commas sharpen the 5th and 5thward ones flatten it. This indicates where in the scale tree compatible edos are likely to be. Thus temperaments that start with sa-, e.g. Sayo, tend to be compatible with sharp-5th edos 15, 17, 22, etc. And la- temperaments, e.g. Laru, tend to be compatible with edos 19, 21, 26, etc. Several caveats: central comma names like Triyo don't indicate 4thwd vs. 5thwd. Also, it's possible for a la- comma to be 4thwd if the color depth is >= 5 and the color is over, e.g. Laquinyo = Magic = (-10 -1 5). Sasa- or lala- commas are safe up to color depth 11. Furthermore, Layo, while quite 5thwd, is compatible only with accurate-5th edos like 12, 24, etc.

Color names are easier than conventional temperament names for non-Anglophones ~~to learn, spell, pronounce and remember~~. No need to learn obscure English words like porcupine and ~~hedgehog~~. Color names ~~don't rely~~ on ~~obscure facts to indicate extensions~~, ~~such as that porcupines~~ and ~~hedgehogs both have quills~~.

Color names are easier than conventional temperament names for non-Anglophones. No need to learn to spell and pronounce obscure English words like porcupine, hedgehog and opossum. Color names are based on only those words that a first-year student of English would know, and spelling and pronunciation are greatly simplified.

Color names don't use mnemonics that rely on obscure facts, many with an implicit cultural bias, such as:

* Heinz ketchup uses 57 varieties of pickles

* The Beatles toured the US in 1964

* Injera is an Ethiopean bread, and the Ethiopean alphabet has 26 letters

* James Bond is agent 007

* Mavila is a Chopi village

* Orwell wrote "1984", in which Winston, Big Brother and Doublethink appear

Color names can be spoken without confusion, because there are no homonyms such as:

* Squares/Skwares

* Srutar/Shrutar

* Sensei/Sensi

* Wurschmidt/Worschmidt/Whirrschmidt

One last advantage: Color names are very flowing, and fun to say out loud. :)

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 thward commas sharpen the 5th and 5thward ones flatten it. This indicates where in the scale tree compatible edos are likely to be. Thus temperaments that start with sa-, e.g. Sayo, tend to be compatible with sharp-5th edos 15, 17, 22, etc. And la- temperaments, e.g. Laru, tend to be compatible with edos 19, 21, 26, etc. Several caveats: central comma names like Triyo don't indicate 4thwd vs. 5thwd. Also, it's possible for a la- comma to be 4thwd if the color depth is >= 5 and the color is over, e.g. Laquinyo = Magic = (-10 -1 5). Sasa- or lala- commas are safe up to color depth 11. Furthermore, Layo, while quite 5thwd, is compatible only with accurate-5th edos like 12, 24, etc.
-Color names are easier than conventional temperament names for non-Anglophones to learn, spell, pronounce and remember. No need to learn obscure English words like porcupine and hedgehog. Color names don't rely on obscure facts to indicate extensions, such as that porcupines and hedgehogs both have quills.
+Color names are easier than conventional temperament names for non-Anglophones. No need to learn to spell and pronounce obscure English words like porcupine, hedgehog and opossum. Color names are based on only those words that a first-year student of English would know, and spelling and pronunciation are greatly simplified.
+Color names don't use mnemonics that rely on obscure facts, many with an implicit cultural bias, such as:
+* Heinz ketchup uses 57 varieties of pickles
+* The Beatles toured the US in 1964
+* Injera is an Ethiopean bread, and the Ethiopean alphabet has 26 letters
+* James Bond is agent 007
+* Mavila is a Chopi village
+* Orwell wrote "1984", in which Winston, Big Brother and Doublethink appear
+Color names can be spoken without confusion, because there are no homonyms such as:
+* Squares/Skwares
+* Srutar/Shrutar
+* Sensei/Sensi
+* Wurschmidt/Worschmidt/Whirrschmidt
 One last advantage: Color names are very flowing, and fun to say out loud. :)