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Shalia (Shalian: Shalıarjów'tıowikh /ʃælʲəˈdʒəʊʔtʲəwɪx/ lit. 'Shalian realm') is a country in Eastern Txapoalli. Its official language is Shalian.

Music

Tuning

Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works.

Physicist Bów'ti Ma'kbów'tfais tried to extend the 22-note system to make it more compatible with playing various tetrachords found in Hetomic music theory. The result was a scale of 34 notes per octave.

As later Shalian music saw a move away from tetrachords and towards more harmonic, chord-based sounds, emphasizing 7-limit intervals became desirable, thus also using a 22-note well-tempered scale with good harmonic sevenths. Modern Shalian music is standardized to 22-tone equal temperament.

Instruments

The most important instrument in Shalian music is the human voice; but instruments such as violins, harpsichords, ocarinas, and various percussions may be used.

Vocal polyphony is an important part of Shalian music, especially in coming of age parties, festivities, and funerals. In particular it allows subtlety beyond what is expressed by the standardized 22-tone system.