Names for Various Just Triads

Are there commonly-accepted names for many Just triads, other than those that span a perfect fifth (or their inversions)? I'm talking triads like 5:6:7, 16:18:21, 9:11:15, 8:10:11, etc.

-Igs

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "cityoftheasleep" <igliashon@...> wrote:
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> Are there commonly-accepted names for many Just triads, other than
> those that span a perfect fifth (or their inversions)? I'm talking
> triads like 5:6:7, 16:18:21, 9:11:15, 8:10:11, etc.

Not really. There are diatonic-based names, but of these chords
I think only "septimal diminished triad" would be common enough
to use without giving the numbers. The closest thing I know of
to a systematic naming scheme is this attempt by Dave Keenan
http://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm
which only covers dyads IIRC. -Carl

I thought either scala had a list

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:20 PM, cityoftheasleep <igliashon@...>wrote:

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> Are there commonly-accepted names for many Just triads, other than those
> that span a perfect fifth (or their inversions)? I'm talking triads like
> 5:6:7, 16:18:21, 9:11:15, 8:10:11, etc.
>
> -Igs
>
>
>

Cool, I'll stick with the numbers. Less descriptive but easier to parse.

-Igs

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <carl@...> wrote:
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> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "cityoftheasleep" <igliashon@> wrote:
> >
> > Are there commonly-accepted names for many Just triads, other than
> > those that span a perfect fifth (or their inversions)? I'm talking
> > triads like 5:6:7, 16:18:21, 9:11:15, 8:10:11, etc.
>
> Not really. There are diatonic-based names, but of these chords
> I think only "septimal diminished triad" would be common enough
> to use without giving the numbers. The closest thing I know of
> to a systematic naming scheme is this attempt by Dave Keenan
> http://dkeenan.com/Music/IntervalNaming.htm
> which only covers dyads IIRC. -Carl
>

Scala does have a list (Play > Chord...) but it's just a
hodgepodge of stuff like "contracting diminished seventh"
which doesn't mean anything to anyone. As it happens, none
of the chords Igs mentioned are listed except the "diminished
triad". -C.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:
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> I thought either scala had a list
>
> > Are there commonly-accepted names for many Just triads, other
> > than those that span a perfect fifth (or their inversions)?
> > I'm talking triads like 5:6:7, 16:18:21, 9:11:15, 8:10:11, etc.
> >
> > -Igs
>