Talk:Gamelismic clan
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Undocumented temperament
Called "restles" in the temperament finder. http://x31eq.com/cgi-bin/rt.cgi?ets=77+%26+87&limit=7 FloraC (talk) 02:00, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
/Mothra
I am perplexed about something in this section. In the first paragraph it says, "Using 31edo with a generator of 6/31 is an excellent tuning choice. Once again something other than a mos should be used as a scale to get the most out of mothra."
The first part makes sense to me; that's how I make the 31edo hexatonic mothra mos scale that I'm familiar with.
But what would this non-MOS alternative look like? How does one build that scale? (All I can think of is adding whatever extra notes I want to make more harmonies and chords possible, but I am wondering if the original writer here has something methodical in mind, and wondering how you make it non-mos but still resolutely 'mothra'.)
Also, just thinking about good wiki practice: Although it says "once again", implying that this has been explained elsewhere, there is no citation or reference made, and I cannot find another place in the article that makes or elaborates on this point. I suggest / request that someone who knows what this is about either elaborate on the point in this paragraph, or link to an article or subarticle explains this.
Thanks in advance for any insight you can share!
- An example of not using mos is the diatonic–inflection approach in which we simply take the diatonic scale and apply comma-level inflections to reach the ratios we want, while using comma pumps to lock into the temperament. It's also possible to replace diatonic with whatever scales you like. If you're using a tuning of mothra and if the commas of mothra are required to be tempered out in the piece, then you're undoubtedly using mothra.
- On this wiki mothra used to be listed under the meantone family, but even there I can't find a previous temperament entry where non-mos approaches are/were ever suggested. I think the author simply assumed the readers should be familiar with all the approaches. The truth is these approaches are basically never documented on this wiki.
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