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== Instruments == | == Instruments == | ||
* a shruti box that plays 5-note drones for guiding singing | * a shruti box that plays 5-note drones for guiding singing | ||
* "talking" drums, | * "talking" drums, trombones and fretless bowed strings | ||
== Scales == | == Scales == | ||
Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. 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. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent. | ||
Revision as of 03:16, 7 May 2023
Owing to the large number of tones in the Zzean language, how Zzeans perform or view as music is significantly different from mainstream Western or East Asian views.
Vocal music
For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are paramount for distinguishing singing from normal speech.
Zzean singing traditions include:
- an intoned singing tradition
- hiphop/rap (speech with stylized rhythm and sometimes autotune)
- a religious chanting tradition with much ornamentation
- something really weird and independent from Cuam music's weirdness
Instruments
- a shruti box that plays 5-note drones for guiding singing
- "talking" drums, trombones and fretless bowed strings
Scales
Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent.