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===Annapolis:=== Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp 8/5 ===Calenda:=== Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the 15/7 period, which is a candidate for the least complex minor ninth. ===**Contrapyth:**=== Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any Pythagorean notion of concordance and discordance, hence "contrapyth" ===Corcovado:=== Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents). === === ===Esmeralda:=== This is name of the gypsy girl in the novel Notre Dame de Paris who turns out to be a French citizen's daughter at just the moment she is about be hung, hence the generator of Janeiro's relative neutral-small major third. ===Hugo:=== Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by 19/84 period. ===**Italic:**=== Origin: 2012 Named from the race of the Neapolitan people (the namesake of the 8:6:5 triad in common pratctice tonality and the most consonant 6-3 triad) ===Jamestown:=== Named from the possible period of 1607 cents (Jamestown, VA was established in 1607). ===Janeiro:=== Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the octave reduction of the temperament's period. ===Kilometric:=== So named because the comma called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period. ===Lampante:=== Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the 30/13 period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth. ===Marchettus:=== Named in honor of Marchettus of Padua, who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory. ===**Middletown:**=== Origin: "2012" Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament map into tempering out 64/63. ===Monocacy:=== Named after the Monocacy River in Frederick County, MD. Monocacy is also a play the medium minor tenth period of the temperament. ===Napoli:=== Means "Naples" in Italian, given by the fact the its relative subminor triad is the Neapolitan sixth triad. ===Notre Dame:=== Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the 32/15 period. ===Oriole:=== Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a 12/5 period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the MOS for it is not limited to linear combinations of 3L 4s and 9L 4s) ===Potomac:=== Named after the Potomac River, into which the Monocacy and the Shenandoah empty; hence its period of a neutral tenth. ===Rosada:=== The red of roses and of green of emeralds are complementary colors, hence the complementary structure to the Esmeralda scale. ===Shenandoah:=== Named after the Shenandoah River in Virginia. The initial "sh" is palatal like the "j" in "major"; as in the period of the medium major tenth. ===Victoria:=== Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.
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<html><head><title>Italic continuum names</title></head><body><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h3> --><h3 id="toc0"><a name="x--Annapolis:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Annapolis:</h3> Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp 8/5<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:<h3> --><h3 id="toc1"><a name="x--Calenda:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->Calenda:</h3> Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the 15/7 period, which is a candidate for the least complex minor ninth.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:<h3> --><h3 id="toc2"><a name="x--Contrapyth:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --><strong>Contrapyth:</strong></h3> Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any Pythagorean notion of concordance and discordance, hence "contrapyth"<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:<h3> --><h3 id="toc3"><a name="x--Corcovado:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 -->Corcovado:</h3> Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents).<br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:<h3> --><h3 id="toc4"><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 --> </h3> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:10:<h3> --><h3 id="toc5"><a name="x--Esmeralda:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 -->Esmeralda:</h3> This is name of the gypsy girl in the novel Notre Dame de Paris who turns out to be a French citizen's daughter at just the moment she is about be hung, hence the generator of Janeiro's relative neutral-small major third.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:<h3> --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="x--Hugo:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Hugo:</h3> Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by 19/84 period.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:<h3> --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="x--Italic:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 --><strong>Italic:</strong></h3> Origin: 2012<br /> Named from the race of the Neapolitan people (the namesake of the 8:6:5 triad in common pratctice tonality and the most consonant 6-3 triad)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:16:<h3> --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="x--Jamestown:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 -->Jamestown:</h3> Named from the possible period of 1607 cents (Jamestown, VA was established in 1607).<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:<h3> --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="x--Janeiro:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Janeiro:</h3> Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the octave reduction of the temperament's period.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:20:<h3> --><h3 id="toc10"><a name="x--Kilometric:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Kilometric:</h3> So named because the comma called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:<h3> --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="x--Lampante:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Lampante:</h3> Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the 30/13 period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:24:<h3> --><h3 id="toc12"><a name="x--Marchettus:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:24 -->Marchettus:</h3> Named in honor of Marchettus of Padua, who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:26:<h3> --><h3 id="toc13"><a name="x--Middletown:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:26 --><strong>Middletown:</strong></h3> Origin: "2012"<br /> Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament map into tempering out 64/63.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:28:<h3> --><h3 id="toc14"><a name="x--Monocacy:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:28 -->Monocacy:</h3> Named after the Monocacy River in Frederick County, MD. Monocacy is also a play the medium minor tenth period of the temperament.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:30:<h3> --><h3 id="toc15"><a name="x--Napoli:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:30 -->Napoli:</h3> Means "Naples" in Italian, given by the fact the its relative subminor triad is the Neapolitan sixth triad.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:32:<h3> --><h3 id="toc16"><a name="x--Notre Dame:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:32 -->Notre Dame:</h3> Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the 32/15 period.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:34:<h3> --><h3 id="toc17"><a name="x--Oriole:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:34 -->Oriole:</h3> Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a 12/5 period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the MOS for it is not limited to linear combinations of 3L 4s and 9L 4s)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:36:<h3> --><h3 id="toc18"><a name="x--Potomac:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:36 -->Potomac:</h3> Named after the Potomac River, into which the Monocacy and the Shenandoah empty; hence its period of a neutral tenth.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:38:<h3> --><h3 id="toc19"><a name="x--Rosada:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:38 -->Rosada:</h3> The red of roses and of green of emeralds are complementary colors, hence the complementary structure to the Esmeralda scale.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:40:<h3> --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="x--Shenandoah:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->Shenandoah:</h3> Named after the Shenandoah River in Virginia. The initial "sh" is palatal like the "j" in "major"; as in the period of the medium major tenth.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:42:<h3> --><h3 id="toc21"><a name="x--Victoria:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:42 -->Victoria:</h3> Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.</body></html>