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Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. The tonic of a scale can be any of the 5 level tones. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent. | Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. The tonic of a scale can be any of the 5 level tones. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent. | ||
Traditional Zzean scales are not based on just intonation, but use either roughly | Traditional Zzean scales are not based on just intonation, but use either roughly 16 equal divisions per octave (for both octave-equivalent scales of the form "1/1 x x x x 2/1" and fifth-equivalent scales) or 16 equal divisions of the Pythagorean perfect fifth (for fifth-equivalent scales of the form "1/1 x x x 3/2"). | ||
Chord-scale theory is fundamental to the Zzean tradition, as scales are viewed as colorings of the tones of speech. | Chord-scale theory is fundamental to the Zzean tradition, as scales are viewed as colorings of the tones of speech. | ||