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==Theaterism== | ==Theaterism== | ||
Naquian religion uses theater as a religious text. Plays are used to | Naquian religion uses theater as a religious text. Plays are used to teach moral and religious lessons. Hence Talmans called it "Theaterism" ([[Eevo]]: ''binspyçáhvih'', [[Windermere]]: ''thngop lithgow''); the name stuck but scholars today consider it misleading, as theater is merely a medium by which the religion is taught. | ||
Naquian mythology was immensely complex with many | Naquian mythology was immensely complex with many characters and plot arcs. Originally epics were used to transmit this knowledge but plays began playing a much greater role in transmitting the stories in a memorable form. The scripts for the sacred plays meticulously specified not only words and gestures, but also props, costumes, staging, and Ancient Greek-style chorus commentary. Theological commentary consists mainly of analyzing the meanings of sacred plays. | ||
The Theaterist canon has different levels of plays teaching the same material, one level for children, one level for teens and one level for adults. | |||
===The law=== | |||
* morality, wisdom and advice: often fables, but choruses inject this kind of thing into anything | |||
* Todo: religion-specific rules such as "observe certain festivals and fasts"; this part is justified with Naquian national myths | |||
===The lore=== | |||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
===Instruments=== | ===Instruments=== | ||
===Tuning=== | ===Tuning=== | ||
Ancient Naquian music uses a division of the perfect fifth into 4 or 8 equal parts. (The 8 equal parts tuning is very close to the 88 cents equal tuning.) Skellan composer [[Verse:Tricin/Rewhd Sgutsis|Rewhd Sgutsis]] noted that these scales fit nicely into a framework of 41 equal parts to the octave. | Ancient Naquian music uses a division of the perfect fifth into 4 or 8 equal parts. (The 8 equal parts tuning is very close to the 88 cents equal tuning.) Skellan composer [[Verse:Tricin/Rewhd Sgutsis|Rewhd Sgutsis]] noted that these scales fit nicely into a framework of 41 equal parts to the octave, though Talman music preferred 31edo at the time. | ||
Scales in steps of the 8 equal division of the fifth scale: | Scales in steps of the 8 equal division of the fifth scale: | ||
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*Neutral fourth = 528 cents | *Neutral fourth = 528 cents | ||
*Major fourth = 616 cents | *Major fourth = 616 cents | ||
*Perfect fifth | *Perfect fifth = 704 cents | ||
*Minor sixth = 792 cents | *Minor sixth = 792 cents | ||
*Neutral sixth = 880 cents | *Neutral sixth = 880 cents |
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