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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. | 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 == | == Vocal music == | ||
For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are | For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are vital for distinguishing singing from normal speech. | ||
Zzean singing traditions include: | Zzean singing traditions include: | ||
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Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts. | Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts. | ||
== Instrumental music == | == Instrumental music == | ||
The boundary between vocal and instrumental music in Zzean culture is ill-defined, as pitched instruments can "speak" by imitating the tones of speech. One can also choose to play instruments in a more "relaxed" or "conversational" manner by playing in speech-like contours rather than song-like ones, the same way as voice can. | The boundary between vocal and instrumental music in Zzean culture is ill-defined, as pitched instruments can "speak" by imitating the tones of speech. One can also choose to play instruments in a more "relaxed" or "conversational" manner by playing in speech-like contours rather than song-like ones, the same way as voice can. | ||
Revision as of 03:37, 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 vital 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
Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts.
Instrumental music
The boundary between vocal and instrumental music in Zzean culture is ill-defined, as pitched instruments can "speak" by imitating the tones of speech. One can also choose to play instruments in a more "relaxed" or "conversational" manner by playing in speech-like contours rather than song-like ones, the same way as voice can.
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.