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| '''Shalia''' ([[Shalian]]: ''Shalıarjów'tıowikh'' /ʃælʲəˈdʒəʊʔtʲəwɪx/ lit. 'Shalian realm') is a country in Eastern Txapoalli. Its official language is [[Shalian]].
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| ==Music==
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| ===Tuning===
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| Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works.
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| Physicist Bów'ti Ma'kbów'tfais tried to extend the 22-note system to make it more compatible with playing various tetrachords found in Hetomic music theory. The result was a scale of 34 notes per octave.
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| As later Shalian music saw a move away from tetrachords and towards more harmonic, chord-based sounds, emphasizing 7-limit intervals became desirable, thus also using a 22-note well-tempered scale with good harmonic sevenths. Modern Shalian music is standardized to 22-tone equal temperament.
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| ===Instruments===
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| The most important instrument in Shalian music is the human voice; but instruments such as violins, harpsichords, ocarinas, and various percussions may be used.
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| Vocal polyphony is an important part of Shalian music, especially in coming of age parties, festivities, and funerals. The glottal stops, stress accent and long-short rhythms of the Shalian language contribute to the quirky theatrical-sounding rhythm of Shalian vocal music.
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