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Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. The tonic of a scale can be any of the 5 level tones. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent. | Zzean music is abstractly based on a pentatonic framework, onto which the five tone levels of Zzean are mapped. The tonic of a scale can be any of the 5 level tones. Seven-note scales are viewed as ways to ornament 5-note scales. However, not all Zzean pentatonic scales are octave-equivalent. | ||
Traditional Zzean scales are not based on an equal tuning or the overtone series, but from | Traditional Zzean scales are not based on an equal tuning or the overtone series, but from 12 equal string length divisions of the octave or 6 equal string length divisions of the Pythagorean fifth. These scales are: | ||
* | * 12eldo: 24/24, 24/23, ..., 24/12 | ||
* | * 6eld3/2: 18/18, 18/17, ..., 18/12 | ||
Chord-scale theory is fundamental to the Zzean tradition, as scales are viewed as colorings of the tones of speech. | Chord-scale theory is fundamental to the Zzean tradition, as scales are viewed as colorings of the tones of speech. | ||