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=Temperament Name Etymologies:=
===Amity:===
Origin: Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: A restructuring of the words "acute minor third." The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third.
===Ammonite:===
Origin: 2011, Ryan Avella, Gene Smith, KEENAN PEPPER
Meaning: KEENAN PEPPER suggested it was a good name of a weird spiral-shaped animal, for a temperament in the porcupine family (like nautilus)
===Avila:===
Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella
Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.
===Beatles===
Named for the 19\64 generator, since 1964 is the year the Beatlemania swept the world.
===Blackwood:===
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.
===Catler===
Named for [[Jon Catler]].
===Dicot:===
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence "di-". Not sure why "-cot". "-Cot" has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.
Avella: well apparently someone decided that "cot" should refer to the fifth
Avella: it is arbitrary
===Dominant:===
Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.
===Doublewide===
Named after a type of mobile home.
===Ennealimmal:===
Origin: Gene Smith
Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence "ennea-"; the period is very close to the large limma, [[27_25|27/25]], hence "limmal".
===Ervsec:===
Origin: 1980s?
Meaning: Attributed to the scale discovered by Erv Wilson and George Secor while George was visiting Erv.
===Father:===
Origin: 2000s?
Meaning: A combination of the words "fourth" and "third." This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.
===Flattone:===
Origin: Gene Smith
Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.
===Glacial:===
Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia
Meaning: Glacial sounds like "Igliashon."
===Godzilla:===
Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster; part of the daikaiju series of names for temperaments with an approximate 8/7 as generator.
===Hanson:===
Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator)
===Hedgehog:===
So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different.
===Helmholtz:===
So named because Hermann von Helmholtz proposed 1/8-schisma flattened fifths.
===Injera:===
Origin: Paul Erlich
Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.
===Jamesbond===
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<0 0 7 ...||
===Mabila:===
Origin: 2011, Gene Smith, Ryan Avella
Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.
===Machine:===
Mike Battaglia named it because it sounded like a 4:7:9:11 machine.
===**Magic**:===
Origin: Graham Breed
The "mag-" prefix stands for "major third."
===Mavila:===
Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. Nobody can agree on how to pronounce this word.
===Meantone:===
Origin: Really really old
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.
===Miracle:===
Origin: Joe Monzo
Meaning: It is a miracle that this scale is so accurate! Many people falsely attribute its origin to the backronym "Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly."
===Mohajira:===
Origin: Jacques Dudon
Meaning: means "wandering" in Arabic.
===Mothra:===
Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative.
===Myna===
Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.)
===Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):===
Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.
===Octacot:===
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 8 equal parts, therefore "octa-".
===Orgone:===
Origin: 2010, Andrew Heathwaite
Meaning: An analogy between Wilhelm Reich's proposal for an invisible, ephemeral creative energy and the subtleties of the higher harmonics 7 and 11.
===Orwell:===
Origin: 2001, Gene Smith
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19\84.
===Pajara:===
Origin: 1990s? Paul Erlich
Meaning: Named by Paul Erlich after "Paul, John, and Ara," the three people jamming at his house at some random point in time.
===Porcupine:===
Origin: 1999? Herman Miller
Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.
===Rodan:===
Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster. A daikaiju name, from the 8/7 generator.
===Semaphore:===
Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3
===Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')===
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: A combination of the words "semi-" and "sixth." Or so they say. (Yes, they do say - Ryan)
===Slendric:===
Named after slendro which it resembles very little.
===Srutal:===
Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.
===Squares===
Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2.
===Superpyth:===
Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or "superpyth"
===Tetracot:===
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot".
===Valentine===
Named for Robert C Valentine.
===Whitewood:===
Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.Original HTML content:
<html><head><title>Temperament Names</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h1> --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Temperament Name Etymologies:</h1> <br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:<h3> --><h3 id="toc1"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Amity:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->Amity:</h3> Origin: Pre-Middle-Path<br /> Meaning: A restructuring of the words "acute minor third." The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:<h3> --><h3 id="toc2"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ammonite:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Ammonite:</h3> Origin: 2011, Ryan Avella, Gene Smith, KEENAN PEPPER<br /> Meaning: KEENAN PEPPER suggested it was a good name of a weird spiral-shaped animal, for a temperament in the porcupine family (like nautilus)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:<h3> --><h3 id="toc3"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Avila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 -->Avila:</h3> Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella<br /> Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:<h3> --><h3 id="toc4"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Beatles"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 -->Beatles</h3> Named for the 19\64 generator, since 1964 is the year the Beatlemania swept the world.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:10:<h3> --><h3 id="toc5"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Blackwood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 -->Blackwood:</h3> Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:<h3> --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Catler"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Catler</h3> Named for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Jon%20Catler">Jon Catler</a>.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:<h3> --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Dicot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 -->Dicot:</h3> Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence "di-". Not sure why "-cot". "-Cot" has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.<br /> <br /> Avella: well apparently someone decided that "cot" should refer to the fifth<br /> Avella: it is arbitrary<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:16:<h3> --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Dominant:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 -->Dominant:</h3> Meaning: It's meantone which calls the dominant seventh chord a 4:5:6:7. It is one of the least complex 7-limit extensions of meantone.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:<h3> --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Doublewide"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Doublewide</h3> Named after a type of mobile home.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:20:<h3> --><h3 id="toc10"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ennealimmal:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Ennealimmal:</h3> Origin: Gene Smith<br /> Meaning: Ennealimmal has a 1/9-octave period, hence "ennea-"; the period is very close to the large limma, <a class="wiki_link" href="/27_25">27/25</a>, hence "limmal".<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:<h3> --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ervsec:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->Ervsec:</h3> Origin: 1980s?<br /> Meaning: Attributed to the scale discovered by Erv Wilson and George Secor while George was visiting Erv.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:24:<h3> --><h3 id="toc12"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Father:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:24 -->Father:</h3> Origin: 2000s?<br /> Meaning: A combination of the words "fourth" and "third." This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:26:<h3> --><h3 id="toc13"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Flattone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:26 -->Flattone:</h3> Origin: Gene Smith<br /> Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:28:<h3> --><h3 id="toc14"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Glacial:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:28 -->Glacial:</h3> Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia<br /> Meaning: Glacial sounds like "Igliashon."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:30:<h3> --><h3 id="toc15"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Godzilla:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:30 -->Godzilla:</h3> Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster; part of the daikaiju series of names for temperaments with an approximate 8/7 as generator.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:32:<h3> --><h3 id="toc16"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hanson:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:32 -->Hanson:</h3> Larry Hanson's 34-edo guitar (9\34 generator)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:34:<h3> --><h3 id="toc17"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hedgehog:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:34 -->Hedgehog:</h3> So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:36:<h3> --><h3 id="toc18"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Helmholtz:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:36 -->Helmholtz:</h3> So named because Hermann von Helmholtz proposed 1/8-schisma flattened fifths.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:38:<h3> --><h3 id="toc19"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Injera:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:38 -->Injera:</h3> Origin: Paul Erlich<br /> Meaning: Named after an Ethiopian flatbread because 26edo represents it well, and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 consonants.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:40:<h3> --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Jamesbond"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->Jamesbond</h3> Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<0 0 7 ...||<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:42:<h3> --><h3 id="toc21"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mabila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:42 -->Mabila:</h3> Origin: 2011, Gene Smith, Ryan Avella<br /> Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:44:<h3> --><h3 id="toc22"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Machine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:44 -->Machine:</h3> Mike Battaglia named it because it sounded like a 4:7:9:11 machine.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:46:<h3> --><h3 id="toc23"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Magic:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:46 --><strong>Magic</strong>:</h3> Origin: Graham Breed<br /> The "mag-" prefix stands for "major third."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:48:<h3> --><h3 id="toc24"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mavila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:48 -->Mavila:</h3> Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br /> Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales. Nobody can agree on how to pronounce this word.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:50:<h3> --><h3 id="toc25"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Meantone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:50 -->Meantone:</h3> Origin: Really really old<br /> Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:52:<h3> --><h3 id="toc26"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Miracle:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:52 -->Miracle:</h3> Origin: Joe Monzo<br /> Meaning: It is a miracle that this scale is so accurate! Many people falsely attribute its origin to the backronym "Multitude of Integer Ratios Approximated Consistently, Linearly and Evenly."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:54:<h3> --><h3 id="toc27"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mohajira:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:54 -->Mohajira:</h3> Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> Meaning: means "wandering" in Arabic.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:56:<h3> --><h3 id="toc28"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mothra:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:56 -->Mothra:</h3> Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster: a daikaiju name for a temperament with ~8/7 generator. Mothra has defeated Godzilla more times than any other daikaiju; the musical meaning of this fact is at best speculative.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:58:<h3> --><h3 id="toc29"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Myna"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:58 -->Myna</h3> Myna is related to starling, the 126/125 planar temperament, and a myna is a member of the starling familily (Sturnidae.)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:60:<h3> --><h3 id="toc30"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:60 -->Negri ("negripent", "negrisept"):</h3> Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:62:<h3> --><h3 id="toc31"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Octacot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:62 -->Octacot:</h3> Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 8 equal parts, therefore "octa-".<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:64:<h3> --><h3 id="toc32"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Orgone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:64 -->Orgone:</h3> Origin: 2010, Andrew Heathwaite<br /> Meaning: An analogy between Wilhelm Reich's proposal for an invisible, ephemeral creative energy and the subtleties of the higher harmonics 7 and 11.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:66:<h3> --><h3 id="toc33"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Orwell:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:66 -->Orwell:</h3> Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br /> Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19\84.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:68:<h3> --><h3 id="toc34"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Pajara:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:68 -->Pajara:</h3> Origin: 1990s? Paul Erlich<br /> Meaning: Named by Paul Erlich after "Paul, John, and Ara," the three people jamming at his house at some random point in time.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:70:<h3> --><h3 id="toc35"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Porcupine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:70 -->Porcupine:</h3> Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:72:<h3> --><h3 id="toc36"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Rodan:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:72 -->Rodan:</h3> Named by Gene Smith after a Japanese fictional monster. A daikaiju name, from the 8/7 generator.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:74:<h3> --><h3 id="toc37"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Semaphore:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:74 -->Semaphore:</h3> Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:76:<h3> --><h3 id="toc38"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:76 -->Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')</h3> Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br /> Meaning: A combination of the words "semi-" and "sixth." Or so they say. (Yes, they do say - Ryan)<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:78:<h3> --><h3 id="toc39"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Slendric:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:78 -->Slendric:</h3> Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:80:<h3> --><h3 id="toc40"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Srutal:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:80 -->Srutal:</h3> Proposed by Paul Erlich because the 22-tone MOS looks a lot like the Indian Shruti scale.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:82:<h3> --><h3 id="toc41"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Squares"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:82 -->Squares</h3> Named from the fact that the wedgie is <<4 16 9 ...||, which is 2^2, 4^2, 3^2.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:84:<h3> --><h3 id="toc42"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Superpyth:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:84 -->Superpyth:</h3> Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or "superpyth"<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:86:<h3> --><h3 id="toc43"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Tetracot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:86 -->Tetracot:</h3> Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot".<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:88:<h3> --><h3 id="toc44"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Valentine"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:88 -->Valentine</h3> Named for Robert C Valentine.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:90:<h3> --><h3 id="toc45"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Whitewood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:90 -->Whitewood:</h3> Meaning: Black keys are to Blackwood as white keys are to Whitewood.</body></html>