Glommish/Musical system
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Instruments
The Lõisian string orchestra has a much wider variety of instruments than our timeline's common-practice orchestra; it's comparable to Carleen Hutchins's Violin Octet. It's made up of the following instruments:
- pochette (þe poczte, þí poczten); tuned a fourth above our violin
- violin (þe fiþlín); slightly larger than our violin and tuned the same or a whole step below (F-C-G-D)
- viola (þe altfiþel); tuned like our viola
- tenor violin (þe fiþel or þe tienerfiþel); tuned a fourth or fifth below the viola
- violoncello (þe boriefiþel); tuned an octave below the viola
- bass (þe básfiþel); tuned an octave below the tenor violin
- contrabass (þe jetenfiþel); tuned an octave below the viola
- subcontrabass (þe risьfiþel); tuned two octaves below the tenor violin
- mega-bass (þe þurьzefiþel); tuned two octaves below the cello
Forms
- þí klózle = discant clausula; contrapuntal piece based on a melismatic passage in a chant
- þí siúfnie = symphony
- þe lióþer = solo sonata with accompaniment; instrumental equivalent of the Lied
- þe briótstúcz = piece in variation form
- þí fancie = fantasy
- þe vurdiel / þí trópe = a vocal equivalent of the klózle, as in some medieval motets
- þí opre = opera
- þe lióþ = Lied; art song
- þe valterь = waltz
- þe miéniel = minuet
- þe czake = chaconne
- þí mazurke = mazurka
Other musical terms
slap = piano (soft)
stark = forte (loud)
fanþiend = andante (walking)
pik = allegro, vivace (quick)
úthużingfól = expressive
slýþsam = adagio (slow)
snióen yncz = not rushed
þí spriakstamnie = Sprechstimme
þí simbskapie = chorus
Lõisian composers and theorists
- Ancz-Sievrien Béþь, early medieval author of Ãn θieraii mũsicaii (On Music)
- Marczel Patevь, medieval tuning theorist who proposed 29edo
- Þyprík Miedicz, medieval composer of motets