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===Shalian music=== | ===Shalian music=== | ||
Almost nothing is known of early Shalian music from primary sources, although Shalian oral tradition holds that Old Shalian songs were sung in large groups or in solo falsetto singing (à la Peking opera), as if to call upon the gods or to prepare the spirit for battle. | Almost nothing is known of early Shalian music from primary sources, although Shalian oral tradition holds that Old Shalian songs were sung in large groups or in solo falsetto singing (à la Peking opera), as if to call upon the gods or to prepare the spirit for battle. | ||
The most distinctive and well-known style of Modern Shalian music is heavily syncopated rhythmic choral music. | The most distinctive and well-known style of Modern Shalian music is heavily syncopated rhythmic choral music. |
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