Netagin/Music: Difference between revisions

'''Netagin music''', both classical and modern, is usually based on 19 equal divisions of the octave (19edo), a [[w:Regular diatonic tuning|diatonic tuning]] where E# is equated to Fb instead of E# = F as in 12edo. Before the invention of electronic tuners, this temperament could be realized by tuning a chain of 19 pure 5/3 minor sixths, which approximates the tuning to less than 3 [[w:cent (music)|cents]] of error. Though 19edo is a meantone tuning like 12edo and diatonic music is not uncommon in Netagin culture, liturgical and folk music is usually based on the nine-note MOS scale (called godzilla[9] in regular temperament theory; which also exists in 24edo, 43edo and 62edo which are sometimes preferred specifically for tuning this scale) which is an extension of the familiar pentatonic scale. This article mainly deals with the use of godzilla[9] in Netagin music.

Godzilla[9] modal and functional harmony is a more modern construct and is a staple of modern Netagin popular music, such as rock, metal and electronic music.

Many of the harmonic functions carry over from diatonic, because godzilla[9] has fifths and seconds similar to that of diatonic. The functions new to godzilla[9] are bolded; semi- is used for functions that are a semi-fourth below a diatonic function and similarly hemi- for semi-fourth above a diatonic function. Those modulate naturally via fourths or semifourths to other functions.