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Unlike other cultures in Timeline 1's Theasphere, the Æ do not have speech-tone music. | Unlike other cultures in Timeline 1's Theasphere, the Æ do not have speech-tone music. | ||
The fundamental pitch, ''dó'' (commonly called pitch class 8, see the section on notation), is usually taken to have a value of | The fundamental pitch, ''dó'' (commonly called pitch class 8, see the section on notation), is usually taken to have a value of 2²² vibrations per day (approximately 48.55 Hz) in scientific communities, though traditional Æ ensembles usually have a movable ''dó''. There is usually only one traditional tonic for each mode: | ||
* for the first group, ''Bæ̀v, Hủd'' and ''Rů̃'' the tonic is pitch class 8 | * for the first group, ''Bæ̀v, Hủd'' and ''Rů̃'' the tonic is pitch class 8 | ||
* for the second group, ''Var Njị, Kyn'' and ''Gjám'' the tonic is pitch class 10 | * for the second group, ''Var Njị, Kyn'' and ''Gjám'' the tonic is pitch class 10 | ||