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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.

Vocal music

For Zzeans, non-melodic elements such as rhythm, ornamentation, and scale choice are paramount 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