Talk:7th-octave temperaments

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“Septimal temperament”?

The name “septimal” doesn’t seem like a very good name for a temperament. It could be very confusing.

(I got confused by it for a minute and was wondering how there could be two different 7-limit versions of jamesbond and why one of them included the 11th and 13th harmonics despite calling itself septimal - and then I finally realised “septimal” was just the temperament’s name.)

Is everyone happy to keep this name or do we want to change it? (Maybe we could change it to “austinpowers”, “jasonbourne” or “goldfinger”?)

--BudjarnLambeth (talk) 13:42, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Regarding this, User:Fitzgerald Lee on the Discord proposed the name “heptimal”, which I quite like. Should we go with that?
--BudjarnLambeth (talk) 03:21, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Renamed the temperament from "septimal" to "austinpowers". Asked on Discord and Facebook first and commenters were all in favour. Note that if jamesbond is ever renamed in the future, then you are free to rename austinpowers along with it. I am not attached to the name :)
--BudjarnLambeth (talk) 07:05, 21 October 2024 (UTC)