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This suggests a scale-tree based format for temperament pages; each page would focus on a fixed MOS structure and possible temperaments for the generator chain that generates that MOS. The temperaments are ordered in increasing generator size, and more complex temperaments (i.e. approximating additional JI intervals with intervals further out in the generator chain) would be children of simpler temperaments. See [[User:IlL/Temp_page_example|proposed format for rank-2 temperament pages]]. The new scale tree temperament pages need not replace current temperament pages, but I believe that this is the most intuitive format and should be what newcomers to RTT-based tunings should be directed to. [[User:IlL|Inthar]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 07:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC) | This suggests a scale-tree based format for temperament pages; each page would focus on a fixed MOS structure and possible temperaments for the generator chain that generates that MOS. The temperaments are ordered in increasing generator size, and more complex temperaments (i.e. approximating additional JI intervals with intervals further out in the generator chain) would be children of simpler temperaments. See [[User:IlL/Temp_page_example|proposed format for rank-2 temperament pages]]. The new scale tree temperament pages need not replace current temperament pages, but I believe that this is the most intuitive format and should be what newcomers to RTT-based tunings should be directed to. [[User:IlL|Inthar]] ([[User talk:IlL|talk]]) 07:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC) | ||
: You have a fair point, but the premise yet to be discussed is what purposes these temperament pages serve. In the end, most temperaments may be augmented with their own pages and even subpages just like those edo pages, where much more detailed information can be presented, so that novices can get practical help to the full extent. We've got some of them (such as ''Meantone family'' vs ''Meantone''), so why not most of them? Apart from that, this wiki must reserve the capacity to technically precisely document the temperaments. | |||
: The structure you illustrated looks like a catalog by MOS scales, but we've got pages for MOS scales such as ''5L 2s'', which you might feel like working on instead (they're indeed in need of an overhaul). The reason I'm saying this is, the scale structure is a function of generator set, not temperament. Meantone and garibaldi are temperaments which, despite having the same generator chain, require vastly different approaches to harmony due to tempering out different commas. All temperaments in meantone family takes +4 steps (or a multiple thereof if the generator is split) for harmonic 5, whereas all temperaments in schismatic family takes -8. So if you're interested in scale structure, there are such pages; if you're interested in temperaments, I think meantone, garibaldi and superpyth are too different to be temperament-wise reasonably listed in the same page. | |||
: A lot of problems in this wiki can be fixed by linking improvement. The navigation will be much more friendly to novices if there are straightforward, logical links between scala files, scale structure pages, and temperaments. | |||
=== New format for temperament entries === | === New format for temperament entries === | ||