Alternative Names for EDOs
Names like 31edo, 17-tone equal temperament, the 9th root of 2, etc, while mathematically descriptive, are not especially evocative or poetic! Here are a few suggestions for alternative names, nicknames if you will. Please add your own!
| EDO | Battaglia | I. Jones | K. Pepper | G. Breed | A. Heathwaite | Tútim Dennsuul | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5edo | Woodbeach | blackwood whole tones | slendro | Bananabell | Kindergarden, Taib | slendro ~ H. Miller | |
| 6edo | Pandero, Enis | Debussy ~ Chris Vaisvil | |||||
| 7edo | Note from 2013: does anyone
remember why on earth I named equal temperaments after Sonic the Hedgehog? |
Paintmask | whitewood whole tones | Goldenhair | Epit | burmese ~ H. Miller
Mozambican ~ R. Avella | |
| 8edo | Hill Top | Diabolon | Bloodcape | Otin | |||
| 9edo | Mystic Cave | Gongweaver | mavila whole tones | pelog | Greentouch | Basichromal, Tiibis | |
| 10edo | Sandopolis | Nightsweat | blackwood 1/2-tones | Skyladder | Hands, Atdih | ||
| 11edo | Green Hill Zone | Bleachbrass | Blackfrog | Uxnid | Machine 1/2-tone | ||
| 12edo | lol | standard 1/2-tones | chromatic | Whitewash | The Rusty Old Bastard, Coscacho Piedra, Bernid | Dominant ~ R. Avella | |
| 13edo | Hidden Palace | Swimmingstone,
a-team 1/2-tones |
Tanswan | Primayan, Rilnid | |||
| 14edo | Mushroom Hill, when it turns to winter | Fernmouth | whitewood 1/2-tones | Forestbeard | Orange Aura, Volkid | touchtone ~ J. Barton | |
| 15edo | Angel Island, Peppermeister II | Vermilliorgan | blackwood 1/3-tones | Bluepine | Semiday, Barif | porcupine chromatic | |
| 16edo | Also Mystic Cave, Sword[16] | Citrigloam | mavila 1/2-tones | Orangecore | Superdiatonic, Selkif | Esadecafonia ~ Armodue | |
| 17edo | Lava Reef | Buzzshock | superpyth 1/3-tones | Yellowedge | Hertif | Scorp ~ J. Barton | |
| 18edo | possibly Hydrocity, | Lunarity, a-team 1/3-tones | Oʤif | Gandalf ~ Chris Vaisvil | |||
| 19edo | possibly Marble zone | Cloudcutter | meantone 1/3-tones | Purplefin | Luís Waltz, Lubnif | metonic ~ H. Miller | |
| 20edo | Ice Cap | Mechfruit | blackwood 1/4-tones | Firelake | Mayan Civial, Gawir | ||
| 21edo | Querrelude | whitewood 1/3-tones | Yarun | ||||
| 22edo | Aquatic Ruin | Limpidity | superpyth 1/4-tones | shruti | Maroonmoon | Baurun | Shruti ~ Karma Jinpa Zangpo |
| 23edo | Swelterspots | hornbostel 1/3-tones | Limelog | Hornbostel (3;1 superdiatonic relation), Icositriphony, Dalplun | |||
| 24edo | Hiveshackle | standard 1/4-tones | Wintercup | Kalwir | Balrog ~ Chris Vaisvil | ||
| 25edo | blackwood 1/5-tones | Armodue-Mávila 1/3-tone, Filbat | |||||
| 26edo | flattone 1/4-tones | Plumstone | Fermosus Nostalgius, Leiwir | alphabetic ~ H. Miller | |||
| 27edo | superpyth 1/5-tones | Lilredsportscar | Truechromatic, Perlun | ||||
| 28edo | whitewood 1/4-tones | Oowir | |||||
| 29edo | schismatic 1/5-tones | Woodblossom | Narim, Orange Sunflower, Niltib | ||||
| 31edo | meantone 1/5-tones | enharmonic | Brownflower | DolbySurround, Ulvi-lum | |||
| 36edo | standard 1/6-tones | Guatón, Ulvi-enis | Legolas ~ Chris Vaisvil | ||||
| 37edo | Dangria Triba, Ulvi-epit | porcupine hyperenharmonic | |||||
| 39edo | superpyth 1/7-tones | Hornbostel (5;2 superdiatonic relation), Tricesanonaphony, Ulvi-tiibis | |||||
| 41edo | schismatic 1/7-tones | Armodue-Mávila 1/5-tone, Ulvi-uxnid | |||||
| 43edo | meantone 1/7-tones | Tiglio della suerte, Ulvi-rilnid | |||||
| 50edo | meantone 1/8-tones | Delbus, Ulvi-gawir | |||||
| 53edo | schismatic 1/9-tones | holdrian | Serta, Ki, Ulvi-dalplun | ||||
| 57edo | Armodue-Mávila 1/7-tone, Ulvi-perlun | ||||||
| 59edo | Ulvi-niltib | ||||||
| 60edo | standard 1/10-tones | 'Nibiru, el Yeta', Bidulvi | Bamboo ~ R. Perry | ||||
| 62edo | meantone 1/10-tones | Hornbostel (8;3 superdiatonic relation), Hexacesaduophony, Bidulvi-bid | |||||
| 72edo | standard 1/12-tones | sextulas | Ediondo, Bidulvi-bernid | ||||
| 85edo | Hornbostel (11;4 superdiatonic relation), Octocesapentaphony, Bidulvi-filbat |