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==History | ==History== | ||
The "high" Etalocian musical tradition abstractly considers the space of possible musical intervals to be the intervals with rational frequency ratios factorized into primes, possibly modulo tempering out commas, intervals considered "negligible" for a particular tuning system. Prime factors commonly used in intervals, in addition to 3 and 5, also include 7, 11, and 13 which are not represented well by 12-tone equal temperament. | The "high" Etalocian musical tradition abstractly considers the space of possible musical intervals to be the intervals with rational frequency ratios factorized into primes, possibly modulo tempering out commas, intervals considered "negligible" for a particular tuning system. Prime factors commonly used in intervals, in addition to 3 and 5, also include 7, 11, and 13 which are not represented well by 12-tone equal temperament. | ||
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Music theory and mathematical questions have also motivated each other throughout Etalocian history. | Music theory and mathematical questions have also motivated each other throughout Etalocian history. | ||
===Periodization=== | |||
Here follows a crude periodization of Etalocian classical music: | Here follows a crude periodization of Etalocian classical music: | ||
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*... | *... | ||
==Standardization== | |||
Scientific unit for intervals: exp(1/1728) | Scientific unit for intervals: exp(1/1728) | ||
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Temperament nomenclature | Temperament nomenclature | ||
== | ==Modern music== | ||
"Sophisticated" popular musicians borrow heavily from "classical" idioms such as: long, quasi-operatic song forms; use of traditional classical tunings and harmony (sometimes getting very harmonically complex chords); complex rhythms and time signatures inspired by non-Etalocian music. | "Sophisticated" popular musicians borrow heavily from "classical" idioms such as: long, quasi-operatic song forms; use of traditional classical tunings and harmony (sometimes getting very harmonically complex chords); complex rhythms and time signatures inspired by non-Etalocian music. | ||
Also something in the Baroque~chiptune cluster. | Also something in the Baroque~chiptune cluster. | ||
==Instruments== | |||
*''penicillin'' = a wind instrument | *''penicillin'' = a wind instrument | ||
*''ditoren'' = a string instrument | *''ditoren'' = a string instrument | ||
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*organs played with an isomorphic keyboard | *organs played with an isomorphic keyboard | ||
==Tuning systems== | |||
Some "modern" classical composers experiment with tuning systems such as high-limit (primes 17 or higher) JI, various EDOs and linear temperaments, especially higher-limit meantone. | Some "modern" classical composers experiment with tuning systems such as high-limit (primes 17 or higher) JI, various EDOs and linear temperaments, especially higher-limit meantone. | ||
=== | ==Talman classical music== | ||
===Instruments=== | |||
Some common Talman instruments are given below with their [[Eevo]] names; they can be divided into continuous-pitch and fixed-pitch instruments. | Some common Talman instruments are given below with their [[Eevo]] names; they can be divided into continuous-pitch and fixed-pitch instruments. | ||
====Continuous-pitch==== | |||
Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; ''ngjeoms'' quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; ''ngjeoms'' quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | ||
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*''iskól'' = a slide flute | *''iskól'' = a slide flute | ||
====Fixed-pitch==== | |||
*''sbwiþ'' = plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings | *''sbwiþ'' = plucked string instrument with sympathetic strings | ||
*''jogóm'' = a zither | *''jogóm'' = a zither | ||
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*the 37 string model: 1/1 21/20 35/32 8/7 6/5 5/4 21/16 48/35 10/7 3/2 or 1/1 25/24 15/14 7/6 6/5 5/4 9/7 7/5 35/24 3/2 | *the 37 string model: 1/1 21/20 35/32 8/7 6/5 5/4 21/16 48/35 10/7 3/2 or 1/1 25/24 15/14 7/6 6/5 5/4 9/7 7/5 35/24 3/2 | ||
====Music and veganism==== | |||
String instruments used gut strings before the invention of modern materials. Thus vegan composers and performers traditionally avoided using string instruments. | String instruments used gut strings before the invention of modern materials. Thus vegan composers and performers traditionally avoided using string instruments. | ||
===Tuning systems=== | |||
Classical music: | Classical music: | ||
*Older music uses 5, 7 limit JI scales (a variety of them; or free JI?) | *Older music uses 5, 7 limit JI scales (a variety of them; or free JI?) | ||
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Traditional folk music: 6:7:8:9:10:11:12 | Traditional folk music: 6:7:8:9:10:11:12 | ||
===Musical forms=== | |||
*Art song settings of poems, with ''sbwiþ'', ''sewvore'', or chamber accompaniment. Poems may deal with: | *Art song settings of poems, with ''sbwiþ'', ''sewvore'', or chamber accompaniment. Poems may deal with: | ||
**Nature, idyllic settings | **Nature, idyllic settings | ||
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**Winter solstice cantatas - there was a period where many composers wrote winter solstice cantatas. | **Winter solstice cantatas - there was a period where many composers wrote winter solstice cantatas. | ||
===Notation=== | |||
Scale-neutral JI notation: | Scale-neutral JI notation: | ||
# Notes are written on a staff similar to our staff but the scale is 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:15:16, not the diatonic scale | # Notes are written on a staff similar to our staff but the scale is 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:15:16, not the diatonic scale | ||