Acronyms

This is a list of common acronyms.

AG

Alternating generator property

BP

Bohlen-Pierce

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

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

WTN

Well tempered nonet

XA

Xenharmonic Alliance

See also

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