Verse:Hmøøh/Tumhan/Music
Template:Windermere sidebar Bjeheondian music is based on Netagin music. In modern times it is usually notated based on 19 equal divisions of the octave (19edo), however real-world intonational practices differ by region and context. Liturgical and folk music is usually based on scales similar to the semiquartal (5L 4s MOS) scale, the nine-note scale 331313131 which is an extension of the familiar pentatonic scale. This article mainly deals with the use of the semiquartal scale in Netagin music.
Folk music is not fixed to a particular tuning and may use traditional microtonal inflections or fine-tuned intervals.
A hanier /hɐ'nɪɾ/ (literally 'stepping') consists of a nine-note scale plus which subsets to emphasize, either a set of two pezům /pɛ'zuəm/ (pentachords, lit. 'set of five') or a framework based on a buri /by'ɾi/ (lit. 'sprint'), a pentatonic subset where 1\19 is not used as a step. Different styles encourage different subset use.
Some important modern hanier artists include composers Baqůr Dygieč and Qypaš Nabak and singer Stow Fitsmil.
Pezůms
In theory, there are six possible pezůms, with large (3\19) and small (1\19) steps that build up a scale. One adds an additional note above the fourth, usually a perfect fifth, but sometimes a tritone.
- pezům Qykabavin: 3311
- pezům Lannin: 3131 (The modern Lannie mode of the semiquartal scale is made of two pezům Lannin.)
- pezům Qahdiebin: 3113
- pezům Zierokin: 1331 (The modern Zierokie mode begins with a pezům Zierokin.)
- pezům Vašmin: 1313 (The modern Vašmie mode is made of two pezům Vašmin.)
- pezům Nobbaxin: 1133
In practice, usually only the first five are used. The two pezůms may be disjunct (separated by a major second), or conjunct (either spanning a minor seventh above the root or the major second above the root).
A style that emphasizes pezůms is preferred for folk music.
Other pezůms which include 2\19 (about 126 cents) steps:
- C-D-Ebb-E-F
- C-Db-Ebb-E#-F
- C-Db-Ebb-E-F
History
There is evidence that the Netagin at first used a quasi-equiheptatonic system similar to our Thai music. 7 more notes were added to the octave for extra chromatic gestures, producing a quasi-14edo system. The chromatic gestures used in melodic music developed over time resulting in the hanier system.
Bitaleta influence eventually led the Netagin to adopt 19edo as their abstract gamut.
Buris
Buris are said to sound brighter and are preferred for ceremonial and liturgical music.
Common buris are (TODO: Netagin names):
- C-D#-F-G-A#-C ("the most neutral-sounding")
- C-D-E-G-A-C ("mellow and joyful")
- C-D-E-G-A#-C ("pompous")
- C-D#-E#-G-A#-C ("majectic")
- C-D-E#-G-A#-C ("unsettled, suspended")
- C-D#-E#-G#-A-C ("slightly anxious and distressed")
- C-Eb-F-G-Bb-C
Rarer buris:
- C-Eb-F-G-A#-Cb ("exotic")
- C-D#-F#-Ab-Bb-C 0-250-550-800-1000-1200 ("disoriented")
Harmony
Semiquartal modal harmony is a more modern construct and is a staple of modern Netagin popular music, such as rock, metal and electronic music.
Semiquartal
Modes of the 9-note scale are called hačama (sg. hačame, lit. facial expression). These are distinct from the traditional haniers.
TODO: Netagin names
L = C-D, s = C-C# (C-C half-sharp in 24edo)
- Cimmaqie: LLsLsLsLs (Tsimmaïan)
- Tavůlie: LsLLsLsLs (Tavulian)
- Lannie: LsLsLLsLs (Lannian)
- Bonžie: LsLsLsLLs (Bonzhian)
- Ťatůpie: LsLsLsLsL (Tjatupian)
- Zierokie: sLLsLsLsL (Zierokian)
- Vašmie: sLsLLsLsL (Vashmian)
- Pahnačie: sLsLsLLsL (Pahnachian)
- Qyporie: sLsLsLsLL (Iporian)
Influences on other Trician musics
The Netagin hanier system inspired Talman theorist Etsoj Jopah to invent the 7-limit diasem JI scale, one chirality of which goes LMLSLMLSL with L = 9/8, M = 28/27 and S = 64/63. This JI scale has erroneously been called the "Netagin scale" by Talmans and Talmic speakers. The JI scale is a staple in low-complexity-JI- or RTT-based music in modern Tricin, scales of the same step pattern also being used in JI-agnostic contexts.
Practheng Sngoal Yatalisrilh
A Talman thing?