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The simplest and most straightforward way to refer to MOS scales is by using the format #L#s, directly specifying the number of large steps (#L) and the number of small steps (#s).

== Standardized names ==

[[User:IlL|Inthar]] suggests a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for commonly used octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others. Some are directly taken from temperament-based names for scales, often because the regular temperament is the only "good" or simple temperament in the range. 1L ns ~~scales~~ are ~~not included since they aren't specific enough to define any musical framework (~~generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)).

[[User:IlL|Inthar]] suggests a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for commonly used octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others. Some are directly taken from temperament-based names for scales, often because the regular temperament is the only "good" or simple temperament in the range. 1L ns names are intentionally unspecific because the generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)) and can better be viewed as subsets of larger MOSes, for example [[1L 6s]] as a subset of [[7L 1s]].

Most of these names are still provisional; the relatively established names have been bolded.

=== 6-note MOSes ===

*[[2L 4s]]: ~~see 6L 2s or 2L 8s~~

* [[1L 5s]]: antimachinoid

*[[3L 3s]]: trisymmetric

* [[2L 4s]]: rice

*[[4L 2s]]: ~~see 4L 6s or 6L 4s~~

* [[3L 3s]]: trisymmetric (see also 3L 6s or 6L 3s)

*[[5L 1s]]: ~~mechanotonic~~

* [[4L 2s]]: bicycle

* [[5L 1s]]: machinoid

=== 7-note MOSes ===

* [[1L 6s]]: '''antiarcheotonic'''

* [[2L 5s]]: '''pelogic'''; '''antidiatonic''' (see also 2L 7s or 7L 2s)

* [[3L 4s]]: '''mosh'''

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=== 8-note MOSes ===

* [[2L 6s]]: ~~antihedgehog~~

* [[1L 7s]]: antiporcupoid

* [[3L 5s]]: ~~antioneirotonic~~

* [[2L 6s]]: antihedgehogoid (see also 2L 8s or 8L 2s)

* [[3L 5s]]: sensoid

* [[4L 4s]]: '''diminished'''

* [[5L 3s]]: '''oneirotonic'''

* [[6L 2s]]: ~~hedgehog~~

* [[6L 2s]]: hedgehogoid

* [[7L 1s]]: ~~porcutonic~~

* [[7L 1s]]: porcupoid

=== 9-note MOSes ===

* [[1L 8s]]: antibleuish

* [[2L 7s]]: joanotonic

* [[3L 6s]]: augmented; '''Tcherepnin'''

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* [[6L 3s]]: triforce

* [[7L 2s]]: '''superdiatonic'''; '''mavila'''

* [[8L 1s]]: bleu

* [[8L 1s]]: bleuish (after [[bleu]])

=== 10-note MOSes ===

* [[1L 9s]]: antisinatonic

* [[2L 8s]]: jaratonic

* [[3L 7s]]: ~~sephirotonic~~

* [[3L 7s]]: sephiroid

* [[4L 6s]]: ~~antilembatonic~~

* [[4L 6s]]: antilemboid

* [[5L 5s]]: '''blackwood'''

* [[6L 4s]]: ~~lembatonic~~

* [[6L 4s]]: lemboid

* [[7L 3s]]: ~~neutraltonic~~

* [[7L 3s]]: dicot

* [[8L 2s]]: octokaidecal

* [[9L 1s]]: sinatonic

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 The simplest and most straightforward way to refer to MOS scales is by using the format #L#s, directly specifying the number of large steps (#L) and the number of small steps (#s).
 == Standardized names ==
-[[User:IlL|Inthar]] suggests a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for commonly used octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others. Some are directly taken from temperament-based names for scales, often because the regular temperament is the only "good" or simple temperament in the range. 1L ns scales are not included since they aren't specific enough to define any musical framework (generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)).
+[[User:IlL|Inthar]] suggests a standardized set of temperament-agnostic names for commonly used octave-equivalent MOS scales of sizes between 6 and 10. Some of these come from temperament-agnostic MOS names coined by [[Igliashon Jones]] and others. Some are directly taken from temperament-based names for scales, often because the regular temperament is the only "good" or simple temperament in the range. 1L ns names are intentionally unspecific because the generator can be anywhere from the octave to to 1\(n+1)) and can better be viewed as subsets of larger MOSes, for example [[1L 6s]] as a subset of [[7L 1s]].
 Most of these names are still provisional; the relatively established names have been bolded.
 === 6-note MOSes ===
-*[[2L 4s]]: see 6L 2s or 2L 8s
+* [[1L 5s]]: antimachinoid
-*[[3L 3s]]: trisymmetric
+* [[2L 4s]]: rice
-*[[4L 2s]]: see 4L 6s or 6L 4s
+* [[3L 3s]]: trisymmetric (see also 3L 6s or 6L 3s)
-*[[5L 1s]]: mechanotonic
+* [[4L 2s]]: bicycle
+* [[5L 1s]]: machinoid
 === 7-note MOSes ===
+* [[1L 6s]]: '''antiarcheotonic'''
 * [[2L 5s]]: '''pelogic'''; '''antidiatonic''' (see also 2L 7s or 7L 2s)
 * [[3L 4s]]: '''mosh'''
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 === 8-note MOSes ===
-* [[2L 6s]]: antihedgehog
+* [[1L 7s]]: antiporcupoid
-* [[3L 5s]]: antioneirotonic
+* [[2L 6s]]: antihedgehogoid (see also 2L 8s or 8L 2s)
+* [[3L 5s]]: sensoid
 * [[4L 4s]]: '''diminished'''
 * [[5L 3s]]: '''oneirotonic'''
-* [[6L 2s]]: hedgehog
+* [[6L 2s]]: hedgehogoid
-* [[7L 1s]]: porcutonic
+* [[7L 1s]]: porcupoid
 === 9-note MOSes ===
+* [[1L 8s]]: antibleuish
 * [[2L 7s]]: joanotonic
 * [[3L 6s]]: augmented; '''Tcherepnin'''
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 * [[6L 3s]]: triforce
 * [[7L 2s]]: '''superdiatonic'''; '''mavila'''
-* [[8L 1s]]: bleu
+* [[8L 1s]]: bleuish (after [[bleu]])
 === 10-note MOSes ===
+* [[1L 9s]]: antisinatonic
 * [[2L 8s]]: jaratonic
-* [[3L 7s]]: sephirotonic
+* [[3L 7s]]: sephiroid
-* [[4L 6s]]: antilembatonic
+* [[4L 6s]]: antilemboid
 * [[5L 5s]]: '''blackwood'''
-* [[6L 4s]]: lembatonic
+* [[6L 4s]]: lemboid
-* [[7L 3s]]: neutraltonic
+* [[7L 3s]]: dicot
 * [[8L 2s]]: octokaidecal
 * [[9L 1s]]: sinatonic