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== Notation == | == Notation == | ||
=== Possible chemical notation === | === Possible chemical notation === | ||
This notation was proposed by Eliora in November 2021. | |||
118 is the number of chemical elements in the first 7 periods of the periodic table, and it is the number of elements which are ever expected to be most useful to humans. As a result, chemical element names can be used as note names in 118edo. In addition, such a notation is succinct and provides a fine one-to-one correspondence between notes and their names, as opposed to extending small scales into large EDOs which create excessive labels. Some may argue that other notations. like [[Ups and Downs Notation|ups and downs]] favor [[12edo]] or [[5L 2s|the diatonic scale]], while the chemical notation system has no such issue. | 118 is the number of chemical elements in the first 7 periods of the periodic table, and it is the number of elements which are ever expected to be most useful to humans. As a result, chemical element names can be used as note names in 118edo. In addition, such a notation is succinct and provides a fine one-to-one correspondence between notes and their names, as opposed to extending small scales into large EDOs which create excessive labels. Some may argue that other notations. like [[Ups and Downs Notation|ups and downs]] favor [[12edo]] or [[5L 2s|the diatonic scale]], while the chemical notation system has no such issue. | ||