User:Ganaram inukshuk/TAMNAMS Extension

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Main article: TAMNAMS

This page describes TAMNAMS-like names applied to octave-equivalent mosses with more than 10 notes, as well as non-octave mosses (fifth and tritave equivalent).

The names described in this section may be applied to mosses with very little usage, due to having a high step count or being generally unfamiliar. These names may only find usage by a single person or a small group and thus have limited acceptance by the community. These names may also be subject to change as the usage of these names or the scales they refer becomes more accepted by the community.

Relating a mos and its descendants

In the absence of any mos names, a mos can be related to its descendants by treating the parent mos as the root of its own scale tree. The descendants of that mos share the following pattern of step counts.

Parent Child Grandchild Great-grandchild
Large steps Small steps Large steps Small steps Large steps Small steps Large steps Small steps
x y x+y x x+y 2x+y x+y 3x+2y
3x+2y x+y
2x+y x+y 3x+2y 2x+y
2x+y 3x+2y
x x+y 2x+y x 2x+y 3x+y
3x+y 2x+y
x 2x+y 3x+y x
x 3x+y

Finding a named ancestor for a descendant mos

Names for mosses with more than 10 steps

Names for nL ns mosses with more than 10 steps

Pattern Name Prefix Abbrev.
6L 6s hexawood hexwd- hxw
7L 7s heptawood hepwd- hpw
8L 8s octawood octwd- ocw
9L 9s enneawood ennwd- enw
10L 10s decawood decwd- dkw
11L 11s hendecawood hedwd- hdw
12L 12s dodecawood dodwd- ddw
13L 13s 13-wood 13wd- 13w
14L 14s 14-wood 14wd- 14w
kL ks k-wood kwd kw

Names for mosses with 11 or more notes

11-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
1L 10s tanzanite, tenorite Ganaram inukshuk More naming puns (tenzanite or tenorite).
4L 7s kleistonic Former TAMNAMS name.
7L 4s suprasmitonic Former TAMNAMS name.
daemotonic Eliora Various reasons; see 7L 4s.
9L 2s villatonic Ganaram inukshuk Indirectly references avila and casablanca temperaments.
ultradiatonic, superarmotonic CompactStar In reference to diatonic and armotonic.
12-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
1L 11s helenite Ganaram inukshuk In reference to the "ele" substring found in the word "eleven".
5L 7s p-chromatic Former TAMNAMS name.
6L 6s hexawood Extension of k-wood scales; coincidentally references hexe temperament.
7L 5s m-chromatic Former TAMNAMS name.
13-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
1L 12s zircon Ganaram inukshuk Zircon is used as a birthstone for December.
11L 2s hendecoid Eliora From Greek "eleven"; references how "its generator is so close to 11/8 as to be called nothing but that" and that it has 11 large steps.
14-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
7L 7s heptawood Extension of k-wood scales.
13L 1s trollic Godtone The name proposed by Godtone refers to 12L 1s, but it refers to 13L 1s as a troll move.
Note count Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
17 2L 15s liesic Frostburn Frostburn's naming scheme only goes up to 3 generations, so this name is suggested.
19 3L 16s magicaltonic Xenllium In reference to magic temperament.
16L 3s muggletonic Xenllium In reference to muggle temperament.
21 10L 11s miracloid Eliora In reference to miracle temperament.
22 3L 19s zheligowskic Frostburn In reference to Lucjan Żeligowski leading fights against the town of Giedraičiai.
19L 3s giedraitic Frostburn Named after the basic magic layout of Kite Giedraitis' guitar. Proposed prefix is "kai-".
21L 1s escapist Eliora References escapade temperament, which is supported by both 21edo and 22edo, covering the entire range.
23 22L 1s quartismoid Eliora Five generators of roughly 33/32 quartertone are equal to 7/6 in the harmonic entropy minimum; also, the extreme ranges of 22edo and 23edo both support this mos.

Names for non-octave mosses

3/1-equivalent mosses

7-note mosses <3/1>
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
4L 3s electric CompactStar In reference to electra temperament
9-note mosses <3/1>
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
4L 5s lambdatonic n/a "Lambda" already refers to 4L 5s
11-note mosses <3/1>
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
7L 4s superelectric CompactStar? Expansion of 4L 3s
9L 2s subarcturus ? ?

3/2-equivalent mosses

4-note mosses <3/2>
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
1L 3s neptunian CompactStar In reference to "uranian" for 3L 2s<3/2>
5-note mosses <3/2>
Pattern Suggested name(s) Proposed by Reasoning
3L 2s uranian ? ?

Names for equave-agnostic mosses

TAMNAMS-named mosses
Mos Name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 1s trivial triv trv Trivial mos pattern, simplest possible mos pattern
1L 2s antrial
2L 1s trial
1L 3s antetric
3L 1s tetric
1L 4s pedal
2L 3s pentic
3L 2s anpentic
4L 1s manual
6-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 5s anhexic ahex- ahx
5L 1s hexic hex- hx
7-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 6s ansaptic ansap- asp
2L 5s anheptic anhep- ahp
3L 4s anseptenic ansep- asep
4L 3s septenic sep- sep
5L 2s heptic hep- hp
6L 1s saptic sap- sp
8-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 7s anastaic anast- aast
3L 5s anoctic anoct- aoct
5L 3s octic oct- oct
7L 1s astaic ast- ast
9-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 8s annavic annav- anv
2L 7s anennaic anenn- aenn
4L 5s annovemic annov- anv
5L 4s novemic nov- nv
7L 2s ennaic enn- enn
8L 1s navic nav- nv
10-note mosses
Pattern Suggested name Prefix Abbrev. Reasoning
1L 9s andashic andash- adsh
3L 7s andeckic andeck- adek
7L 3s deckic deck- dek
9L 1s dashic dash- dsh

Appendix