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== Main mindset ==

As mentioned, I prefer to look at scales based in a temperament-agnostic sense, specifically scales whose notes are a subset of an equally divided octave ([[EDO|edo]]) wherein the number of steps needed to reach each successive note is one of two integer values ~~(in the case of [[MOS scale|mosses]])~~. Doing so relieves me of the expectation that a certain interval must necessarily fall within a few cents of a [[Just intonation|JI]] ratio and lets me be more explorative with musical scales. (It's also less names to memorize; [[superpyth]][7] and [[meantone]][7] both entail the same abstract scale pattern composed of five large steps and two small steps, or [[5L 2s]], but changing the step ratio to anything else may result in something that may be neither superpyth nor meantone.)

As mentioned, I prefer to look at scales based in a temperament-agnostic sense, specifically scales whose notes are a subset of an equally divided octave ([[EDO|edo]]) wherein the number of steps needed to reach each successive note is one of at least two integer values. Doing so relieves me of the expectation that a certain interval must necessarily fall within a few cents of a [[Just intonation|JI]] ratio and lets me be more explorative with musical scales. (It's also less names to memorize; [[superpyth]][7] and [[meantone]][7] both entail the same abstract scale pattern composed of five large steps and two small steps, or [[5L 2s]], but changing the step ratio to anything else may result in something that may be neither superpyth nor meantone.)

In other words, I see temperaments as starting with tempered JI ratios where edos and mosses are the outcome. I prefer to start with edos and mosses and have tempered JI ratios be the outcome instead.

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 == Main mindset ==
-As mentioned, I prefer to look at scales based in a temperament-agnostic sense, specifically scales whose notes are a subset of an equally divided octave ([[EDO|edo]]) wherein the number of steps needed to reach each successive note is one of two integer values (in the case of [[MOS scale|mosses]]). Doing so relieves me of the expectation that a certain interval must necessarily fall within a few cents of a [[Just intonation|JI]] ratio and lets me be more explorative with musical scales. (It's also less names to memorize; [[superpyth]][7] and [[meantone]][7] both entail the same abstract scale pattern composed of five large steps and two small steps, or [[5L 2s]], but changing the step ratio to anything else may result in something that may be neither superpyth nor meantone.)
+As mentioned, I prefer to look at scales based in a temperament-agnostic sense, specifically scales whose notes are a subset of an equally divided octave ([[EDO|edo]]) wherein the number of steps needed to reach each successive note is one of at least two integer values. Doing so relieves me of the expectation that a certain interval must necessarily fall within a few cents of a [[Just intonation|JI]] ratio and lets me be more explorative with musical scales. (It's also less names to memorize; [[superpyth]][7] and [[meantone]][7] both entail the same abstract scale pattern composed of five large steps and two small steps, or [[5L 2s]], but changing the step ratio to anything else may result in something that may be neither superpyth nor meantone.)
 In other words, I see temperaments as starting with tempered JI ratios where edos and mosses are the outcome. I prefer to start with edos and mosses and have tempered JI ratios be the outcome instead.