MOS naming
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=MOS naming scheme= (as proposed by Graham Breed) The logic behind new names is as follows: Happy and Grumpy are remnants of the dwarf scheme. A good proportion of the shapes fit this pattern, so it's worth having a word for it. Biggie is a contraction of "bi-grumpy". Rice is named after Rice Kagona. Bicycle is a contraction of "bi-classical". This family is like the usual fifth-generated one, but half the size. Mosh is a contraction of "mohajiraish". Mish is related to mosh. Father is a temperament name. I think the etymology is a pun on "fourths/thirds" and as such names a shape. Bug is another temperament name, from the draft of the first part of Paul's forthcoming magnum opus. If it's too specific to apply to this family, I suggest "bogey" instead. "Bi-equal" means the scale is made from two EDOs. There may be a better name for these. They become more important whan you look at complicated temperaments. I'm using "fair" and "unfair" to distinguish the large from the small. All the names uniquely specify a shape, and if the number of notes doesn't need to be part of the name it isn't. That doesn't mean you'd leave them this terse in practice. 1L 4s Happy pentatonic 2L 3s classic pentatonic 3L 2s father 4L 1s bug 1L 5s Happy hexatonic 2L 4s Rice hexatonic 3L 3s augmented 4L 2s bicycle 5L 1s Grumpy hexatonic 1L 6s Happy heptatonic 2L 5s mavila 3L 4s mosh 4L 3s mish 5L 2s diatonic 6L 1s Grumpy heptatonic 1L 7s Happy octatonic 2L 6s Rice octatonic 3L 5s fair father 4L 4s diminished 5L 3s unfair father 6L 2s Biggie octatonic 7L 1s Grumpy octatonic 1L 8s Happy nonatonic 2L 7s fair mavila 3L 6s fair augmented 4L 5s fair bug 5L 4s unfair bug 6L 3s unfair augmented 7L 2s unfair mavila 8L 1s Grumpy nonatonic 1L 9s Happy decatonic 2L 8s Rice decatonic 3L 7s fair mosh 4L 6s fair bicycle 5L 5s bi-equal decatonic 6L 4s unfair bicycle 7L 3s unfair mosh 8L 2s Biggie decatonic 9L 1s Grumpy decatonic
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<html><head><title>MOSNamingScheme</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h1> --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="MOS naming scheme"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->MOS naming scheme</h1> (as proposed by Graham Breed)<br /> <br /> The logic behind new names is as follows:<br /> <br /> Happy and Grumpy are remnants of the dwarf scheme. A good proportion of the shapes fit this pattern, so it's worth having a word for it.<br /> Biggie is a contraction of "bi-grumpy". Rice is named after Rice Kagona.<br /> Bicycle is a contraction of "bi-classical". This family is like the usual fifth-generated one, but half the size.<br /> Mosh is a contraction of "mohajiraish". Mish is related to mosh.<br /> Father is a temperament name. I think the etymology is a pun on "fourths/thirds" and as such names a shape.<br /> Bug is another temperament name, from the draft of the first part of Paul's forthcoming magnum opus. If it's too specific to apply to this family, I suggest "bogey" instead.<br /> "Bi-equal" means the scale is made from two EDOs. There may be a better name for these. They become more important whan you look at complicated temperaments.<br /> I'm using "fair" and "unfair" to distinguish the large from the small.<br /> All the names uniquely specify a shape, and if the number of notes doesn't need to be part of the name it isn't. That doesn't mean you'd leave them this terse in practice.<br /> <br /> 1L 4s Happy pentatonic<br /> 2L 3s classic pentatonic<br /> 3L 2s father<br /> 4L 1s bug<br /> 1L 5s Happy hexatonic<br /> 2L 4s Rice hexatonic<br /> 3L 3s augmented<br /> 4L 2s bicycle<br /> 5L 1s Grumpy hexatonic<br /> 1L 6s Happy heptatonic<br /> 2L 5s mavila<br /> 3L 4s mosh<br /> 4L 3s mish<br /> 5L 2s diatonic<br /> 6L 1s Grumpy heptatonic<br /> 1L 7s Happy octatonic<br /> 2L 6s Rice octatonic<br /> 3L 5s fair father<br /> 4L 4s diminished<br /> 5L 3s unfair father<br /> 6L 2s Biggie octatonic<br /> 7L 1s Grumpy octatonic<br /> 1L 8s Happy nonatonic<br /> 2L 7s fair mavila<br /> 3L 6s fair augmented<br /> 4L 5s fair bug<br /> 5L 4s unfair bug<br /> 6L 3s unfair augmented<br /> 7L 2s unfair mavila<br /> 8L 1s Grumpy nonatonic<br /> 1L 9s Happy decatonic<br /> 2L 8s Rice decatonic<br /> 3L 7s fair mosh<br /> 4L 6s fair bicycle<br /> 5L 5s bi-equal decatonic<br /> 6L 4s unfair bicycle<br /> 7L 3s unfair mosh<br /> 8L 2s Biggie decatonic<br /> 9L 1s Grumpy decatonic</body></html>