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===Tuning and scales=== | ===Tuning and scales=== | ||
The tuning used by Zoom musicians is approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. Zoom musicians use | The tuning used by Zoom musicians is approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. Zoom musicians use modal harmony based on 7-note scales in 10edo, built by stacking neutral thirds (~ 360 cents). However, depending on the village, natives may not tune in 10 exactly equal steps. | ||
The scales are given below in scales, with their approximate pitches based on C. (+ = half sharp, d = half flat) | The scales are given below in scales, with their approximate pitches based on C. (+ = half sharp, d = half flat) | ||
Revision as of 04:37, 23 July 2019
The Zoom Islands are an archipelago in Verse:Tricin, and the homeland of the Zoomers who speak !Zoom.
Music
Instruments: Drums, metallophones, lithophones, voice
Tuning and scales
The tuning used by Zoom musicians is approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. Zoom musicians use modal harmony based on 7-note scales in 10edo, built by stacking neutral thirds (~ 360 cents). However, depending on the village, natives may not tune in 10 exactly equal steps.
The scales are given below in scales, with their approximate pitches based on C. (+ = half sharp, d = half flat)
The five "basic" modes are:
- 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 (≈ C D+ Ed F# G Bdb B C)
- 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 (≈ C D+ Ed F# G Ad B C)
- 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 (≈ C D+ Ed F G Ad B C)
- 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 (≈ C Db Ed F G Ad B C)
- 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 (≈ C Db Ed F G Ad Bdb C)