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"Porcusmine" is a name given by [[User:CellularAutomaton|cellularAutomaton]], who discovered it as a detempering of porcupine, although the scale has also been [[Kite_Guitar_Translations_by_Kite_Giedraitis#Couples_Therapy_.28Jacob_Barton.2C_microtonal.29|discussed]] by [[Kite Giedraitis]] and possibly others. The name is a portmanteau of "porcupine" and "smitonic", since its step sizes are intermediate between those of the 8-note porcupine and 7-note smitonic mosses. | "Porcusmine" is a name given by [[User:CellularAutomaton|cellularAutomaton]], who discovered it as a detempering of porcupine, although the scale has also been [[Kite_Guitar_Translations_by_Kite_Giedraitis#Couples_Therapy_.28Jacob_Barton.2C_microtonal.29|discussed]] by [[Kite Giedraitis]] and possibly others. The name is a portmanteau of "porcupine" and "smitonic", since its step sizes are intermediate between those of the 8-note porcupine and 7-note smitonic mosses. | ||
== Modes == | |||
Porcusmine has 8 modes. Names are provided based on porcupine (tuning-neutral) and smitonic (for tunings where s is small), as well as a unique portmanteau name. When M and s are close, the scale approaches [[Diminished|diminshed]] ([[4L 4s]]), which has two distinct modes and is therefore not useful for naming. The porcupine mode names refer to William Lynch's names, and the smitonic mode names refer to [[User:Ayceman|Alexandru Ianu]]'s names. Below are the modes arranged in cyclic order: | |||
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!Modes in cyclic order | |||
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|LMLMLMLs | |||
Porcusmine Octopus | |||
Porcusmine Sothic Ascending | |||
Octzothic | |||
|- | |||
|MLMLMLsL | |||
Porcusmine Mantis | |||
Porcusmine Dagothic | |||
Mandagothic | |||
|- | |||
|LMLMLsLM | |||
Porcusmine Dolphin | |||
Porcusmine Lorkhanic | |||
Dolkhanic | |||
|- | |||
|MLMLsLML | |||
Porcusmine Crab | |||
Porcusmine Almalexian | |||
Crablexian | |||
|- | |||
|LMLsLMLM | |||
Porcusmine Tuna | |||
Porcusmine Vivecan | |||
Tunivecan | |||
|- | |||
|MLsLMLML | |||
Porcusmine Salmon | |||
Porcusmine Kagrenacan | |||
Salmenacan | |||
|- | |||
|LsLMLMLM | |||
Porcusmine Starfish | |||
Porcusmine Nerevarine | |||
Starevarine | |||
|- | |||
|sLMLMLML | |||
Porcusmine Whale | |||
Porcusmine Sothic Descending | |||
Whothic | |||
|} | |||