Acronyms

This is a list of common acronyms.

AG

Alternating generator property

BP

Bohlen-Pierce

CPS

combination product set

CS

Constant structure (see Scale properties simplified)

CTE

Constrained Tenney-Euclidean (especially pure-octave constrained)

DE

Distributionally even (see Scale properties simplified)

DR

Delta-rational

EDn

Equal division of n (ED2 = EDO, ED3 = EDT, ED3/2 = EDF, etc.)

EDD

Equal division of the diapason/ditave (synonym of EDO)

EDF

Equal division of the fifth (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 9-EDF)

EDO

Equal division of the octave (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-EDO)

EDONOI

Equal division of a non-octave interval

EDT

Equal division of the tritave (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 13-EDT)

ET

Equal temperament (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-ET)

GO

Generator-offset property

HE

Harmonic entropy

LCJI

Low-complexity JI

JI

Just intonation

ME

Maximal evenness (or maximally even)

MP

Myhill's Property (see Scale properties simplified)

MOS

Moment of symmetry

MOSS

Moment of symmetry scale

MVn

Maximum variety n

POTE

Pure-octaves Tenney-Euclidean

RTT

Regular temperament theory

TE

Tenney-Euclidean (short for Tenney-Euclidean tuning)

TET

Tone equal temperament (usually prefixed with a number, e.g. 12-TET) (synonym of ET)

TOP

TOP tuning (Tenney OPtimized or Tempered Octaves, Please)

WF

Well-formed (see MOS/DE)

VF

Virtual fundamental

WT

Well temperament

XA

Xenharmonic Alliance

See also

• Glossary
• Arithmetic tunings: a family of tunings with systematic acronyms