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| ==Instruments==
| | Music in Thedish speaking cultures differed strongly depending on region; Italian Thedish music was closer to European musical styles whereas North African Thedish music had more in common with Middle Eastern musical styles. Both styles are common among Thedes today. |
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| 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:
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| * pochette (''þe poczte, þí poczten''); tuned a fourth above our violin
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| * violin (''þe fiþlín''); slightly larger than our violin and tuned the same or a whole step below (F-C-G-D)
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| * viola (''þe altfiþel''); tuned like our viola
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| * tenor violin (''þe fiþel'' or ''þe tienerfiþel''); tuned a fourth or fifth below the viola
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| * violoncello (''þe boriefiþel''); tuned an octave below the viola
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| * bass (''þe básfiþel''); tuned an octave below the tenor violin
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| * contrabass (''þe jetenfiþel''); tuned an octave below the viola
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| * subcontrabass (''þe risьfiþel''); tuned two octaves below the tenor violin
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| * mega-bass (''þe þurьzefiþel''); tuned two octaves below the cello
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| ==Forms== | | ===Italian Thedish music=== |
| *þe klózel = discant clausula; contrapuntal piece based on a melismatic passage in a chant
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| *þí siúfnie = symphony
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| *þe lióþer = solo sonata with accompaniment; instrumental equivalent of the Lied
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| *þe briótstúcz = piece in variation form
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| *þí fancie = fantasy
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| *þe vurdiel / þí trópe = a vocal equivalent of the klózle, as in some medieval motets
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| *þí opre = opera
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| *þe lióþ = Lied; art song
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| *þe valterь = waltz
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| *þe miéniel = minuet
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| *þe czake = chaconne
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| *þí mazurke = mazurka
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| ==Other musical terms==
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| slap = piano (soft) | | slap = piano (soft) |
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| fanþiend = andante (walking) | | fanþiend = andante (walking) |
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| pik = allegro, vivace (quick) | | pik = allegro, vivace (lively) |
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| úthużingfól = expressive
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| slýþsam = adagio (slow) | | slýþsam = adagio (slow) |
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| þí simbskapie = chorus | | þí simbskapie = chorus |
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| ==Lõisian composers and theorists== | | ===North African Thedish music=== |
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| | żard = maqam |
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| | Maqam names used in Thedish music aren't translated: Rástı, Bajátı, Ażem, Kurdı, Sieká, Sabe, Hiżáz, Nahavend |
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| | sometimes they use ''dur'' and ''mól'' instead of Ażem and Nahavend |
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| | ===Common musical forms=== |
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| | furgang = bashraf; prelude |
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| | fiól = dulab; rondo |
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| | útþank = taqsim; impromptu |
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| | lióþ = song |
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| | lióþer = melody (from *hleu-þrą <- PIE *klew-trom) |
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| | ==Styles== |
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| | ===Thedish opera=== |
| | Very similar to Italian opera and often written in "Theditalian", a form of Italian with Germanic syntax; some modern composers write operas in Arabic and Persian |
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| | ===Hybrid musical forms=== |
| | Contemporary Thedish music incorporates both Arab and European influences; for instance symphonies are written in maqams |
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| | ==Thedish musicians== |
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| *Ancz-Sievrien '''Béþь''', early medieval author of ''Ãn θieraii mũsicaii'' (On Music)
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| *Marczel '''Myna''', medieval tuning theorist who proposed a division of the whole tone into 5
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| *Þyprík '''Miþerdát''', medieval composer of isorhythmic motets
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| *Amand '''Jacquier''', founder of the ''Smēahcræft'' movement in medieval music featuring complex rhythmic, harmonic and notational devices
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| *Fráþvin '''Lióbacz''', Thedish ''Smēahcræft'' composer, famous for his [suite] featuring ''klózele'' in various equal temperaments (from 10 to 20 notes per octave)
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| *(anonymous), author of ''Hlioþrъharpa'', an elaborate 4-part canon written in the shape of a harp
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