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== Changes to TAMNAMS names ==
== Changes to TAMNAMS names ==
This section describes changes to existing TAMNAMS names that I would make.
This section describes changes to existing TAMNAMS names that I would make. (I made this list because there were Discord users with whom I shared a similar sentiment regarding the names of certain scales, mainly the mosses with the anti- prefix.)
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!Proposed name
!Proposed name
!Reasoning
!Reasoning
!Possible issues
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|1L 5s
|1L 5s
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|selenic
|selenic
|An indirect reference to luna temperament; "selene" is Greek for "moon". This drops the anti- prefix.
|An indirect reference to luna temperament; "selene" is Greek for "moon". This drops the anti- prefix.
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|2L 5s
|2L 5s
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|pelic
|pelic
| rowspan="2" |From "pelog" and "armodue". The proposed names are to make both scales more distinct from diatonic. This drops the anti- and super- prefixes.
| rowspan="2" |From "pelog" and "armodue". The proposed names are to make both scales more distinct from diatonic. This drops the anti- and super- prefixes.
| rowspan="2" |The connection to diatonic may be beneficial to some musicians. Additionally, the mode names for both mosses are those from diatonic (lydian, ionian, etc) with the anti- and super- prefixes added.
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|7L 2s
|7L 2s
|superdiatonic
|superdiatonic
|armic
|armic
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| rowspan="3" |1L 7s
| rowspan="3" |antipine
|astelic
|A reference to how 1L 7s is "somewhat of a w'''astel'''and as far as low-harmonic-entropy scales are concerned". This drops the anti- prefix.
|Coincidentally the name of a YouTuber.
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|astelanic
|A reference to how 1L 7s is "somewhat of a w'''astelan'''d as far as low-harmonic-entropy scales are concerned". This drops the anti- prefix.
|Actually resolves a possible issue with "astelic".
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|conic
|A pun on '''pine'''cones (porcu'''pine''' and '''pine'''cone). This drops the anti- prefix.
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|1L 8s
|antisubneutralic
|mineric
|A portmanteau of '''mi'''racle and '''ne'''g'''r'''i temperaments. Shorter name. This drops the anti- prefix.
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| rowspan="2" |1L 9s
| rowspan="2" |antisinatonic
|alentic
|An indirect reference to v'''alent'''ine temperament. This drops the anti- prefix.
|Coincidentally the name of a company.
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|pydecic
|An indirect reference to "hap'''py dec'''atonic", a name from Graham Breed's naming system. This drops the anti- prefix
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