Temperament naming
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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. ===Blackwood:=== Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale. ===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 ===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. ===Glacial:=== Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia Meaning: Glacial sounds like "Igliashon." ===Godzilla:=== Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. ===Hedgehog:=== So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different. ===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. ===Mohajira:=== Origin: Jacques Dudon Meaning: means "wandering." ===Mothra=== Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown. ===Negri:=== Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?) Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale. ===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. Reason unknown. ===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. ===Slendric:=== Named after slendro which it resembles very little. ===Superpyth:=== OLD 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".
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<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:--Blackwood:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 -->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:10:<h3> --><h3 id="toc5"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Dicot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:10 -->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:12:<h3> --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ervsec:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->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:14:<h3> --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Father:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 -->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:16:<h3> --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Glacial:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 -->Glacial:</h3> Origin: 2012, Igliashon Jones, Mike Battaglia<br /> Meaning: Glacial sounds like "Igliashon."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:<h3> --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Godzilla:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Godzilla:</h3> Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:20:<h3> --><h3 id="toc10"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Hedgehog:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:20 -->Hedgehog:</h3> So named because it is in the PORCUPINE family, but different.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:22:<h3> --><h3 id="toc11"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mabila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:22 -->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:24:<h3> --><h3 id="toc12"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Machine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:24 -->Machine:</h3> MIKE BATTAGLIA named it because it sounded like a 4:7:9:11 machine.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:26:<h3> --><h3 id="toc13"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Magic:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:26 --><strong>Magic</strong>:</h3> Origin: Graham Breed?<br /> The "mag-" prefix stands for "major third."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:28:<h3> --><h3 id="toc14"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mavila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:28 -->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:30:<h3> --><h3 id="toc15"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Meantone:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:30 -->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:32:<h3> --><h3 id="toc16"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mohajira:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:32 -->Mohajira:</h3> Origin: Jacques Dudon<br /> Meaning: means "wandering."<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:34:<h3> --><h3 id="toc17"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mothra"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:34 -->Mothra</h3> Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:36:<h3> --><h3 id="toc18"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Negri:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:36 -->Negri:</h3> Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br /> Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:38:<h3> --><h3 id="toc19"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Orwell:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:38 -->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:40:<h3> --><h3 id="toc20"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Pajara:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:40 -->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:42:<h3> --><h3 id="toc21"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Porcupine:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:42 -->Porcupine:</h3> Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br /> Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:44:<h3> --><h3 id="toc22"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Rodan:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:44 -->Rodan:</h3> Named by GENE SMITH after a Japanese fictional monster. Reason unknown.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:46:<h3> --><h3 id="toc23"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Semaphore:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:46 -->Semaphore:</h3> Meaning: semi-fourth, i.e. half of a 4/3<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:48:<h3> --><h3 id="toc24"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:48 -->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.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:50:<h3> --><h3 id="toc25"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Slendric:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:50 -->Slendric:</h3> Named after slendro which it resembles very little.<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:52:<h3> --><h3 id="toc26"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Superpyth:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:52 -->Superpyth:</h3> OLD<br /> Meaning: fifths are wider than Pythagorean, hence super-Pythagorean or "superpyth"<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:54:<h3> --><h3 id="toc27"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Tetracot:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:54 -->Tetracot:</h3> Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 4 equal parts, hence "tetra-". Not sure why "-cot".</body></html>