Verse:Hmøøh/Pategia: Difference between revisions

mNo edit summary
Line 9: Line 9:
==Music==
==Music==


Inspiration: Carnatic music, gayageum sanjo
Inspiration: gayageum sanjo, Ancient Greek music?


The quintessential Palkhan musical instruments are the ''tsaltho'' (''chaḷdō'' in Palkhan), very similar to the cello, and the Palkhan drum (''feam Parca'' in Windermere; ''pātre'' in Palkhan).
The quintessential Palkhan musical instruments are (some kind of lyre or fiddle?), and the Palkhan drum (''feam Parca'' in Windermere; ??? in Palkhan).


Palkhan music is highly multi-ethnic and uses elements from both native styles and Talman ones. Native Palkhan music tends to be richly ornamented, and is based on a unique set of 25 "tones", some of which are defined as vibratos with fixed endpoints. The underlying scale, though, has only 10 tones per octave.
Palkhan music is highly multi-ethnic and uses elements from both native styles and Talman ones. Native Palkhan music tends to be richly ornamented, and is based on a heptatonic scale.


Some ornaments include:
Some ornaments include:
Line 19: Line 19:
*rapid trills and turns
*rapid trills and turns
*slides
*slides
*pronouncing retroflex consonants in lyrics so that the tongue slaps the floor of the mouth, producing a percussive effect
Songs in both Palkhan classical and pop music address a wide variety of themes.


Palkha has its own offshoot of Windermere music as well. Some styles that fell out of use in Talma are still commonly performed in Palkha, such as the song with intoning voice (''wălam yăthmear''). Palkha is in fact home to the composer Dăraf Ko, a leading composer of ''yăthmear'' songs today, some of which incorporate native Palkhan classical styles in addition to Windermere ones.
Palkha has its own offshoot of Windermere music as well. Some styles that fell out of use in Talma are still commonly performed in Palkha, such as the song with intoning voice (''wălam yăthmear''). Palkha is in fact home to the composer Dăraf Ko, a leading composer of ''yăthmear'' songs today, some of which incorporate native Palkhan classical styles in addition to Windermere ones.
7,728

edits