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For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are vital for distinguishing monophonic singing from normal speech. Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts. | For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are vital for distinguishing monophonic singing from normal speech. Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts. | ||
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, an option also available for voice. | The boundary between vocal and instrumental music in Zzean culture is somewhat 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, an option also available for voice. | ||
== Forms and styles == | == Forms and styles == | ||
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* hiphop/rap (speech with stylized rhythm and sometimes autotune) | * hiphop/rap (speech with stylized rhythm and sometimes autotune) | ||
* a religious chanting tradition with much ornamentation | * a religious chanting tradition with much ornamentation | ||
* some weird form of musical theater? | |||
* something really weird and independent from [[Cuam]] music's weirdness | * something really weird and independent from [[Cuam]] music's weirdness | ||
== Instruments == | == Instruments == | ||
Revision as of 05:01, 7 May 2023
Owing in part to the large number of tones in the Zzean language, how Zzeans perform and view music radically differs from mainstream Western views.
For Zzeans, non-"tonal" elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are vital for distinguishing monophonic singing from normal speech. Choral vocal music that uses big block chords is wordless; polyphonic word-ful singing is used in specialized contexts.
The boundary between vocal and instrumental music in Zzean culture is somewhat 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, an option also available for voice.
Forms and styles
Zzean singing traditions include:
- an intoned singing tradition
- hiphop/rap (speech with stylized rhythm and sometimes autotune)
- a religious chanting tradition with much ornamentation
- some weird form of musical theater?
- something really weird and independent from Cuam music's weirdness
Instruments
- a shruti box that plays 5-note drones for guiding singing
- "talking" pitched instruments: drums, flutes, 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.