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Instruments: Drums, metallophones, lithophones, voice | Instruments: Drums, metallophones, lithophones, voice | ||
Tuning: Approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. | Tuning: Approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. Zoom musicians use tonal harmony and modulations 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. | ||
*2 1 1 2 1 2 1 | |||
* | 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) | |||
Revision as of 04:28, 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: Approximately 10-tone equal temperament, with a stretched octave. Zoom musicians use tonal harmony and modulations 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)