138,726
edits
Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond/Music: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
m (→Pieces) |
mNo edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
Hlou musicians don't confine themselves to fixed tuning systems, except on fixed pitch instruments, which are typically tuned to JI scales based on the tonic G = 404 Hz. | Hlou musicians don't confine themselves to fixed tuning systems, except on fixed pitch instruments, which are typically tuned to JI scales based on the tonic G = 404 Hz. | ||
Melodies in Hlou music are inspired by the contours of speech. | Melodies in Hlou music are inspired by the contours of speech, and follow the tones of the [[Hlou]] language. | ||
Later Hlou music uses tunings that consist of many overtone scales on different fundamentals; often the fundamentals themselves form an overtone or undertone series, in the latter case producing a Partchian "tonality diamond" structure, coincidentally very similar to early Windermere courtly music. | Later Hlou music uses tunings that consist of many overtone scales on different fundamentals; often the fundamentals themselves form an overtone or undertone series, in the latter case producing a Partchian "tonality diamond" structure, coincidentally very similar to early Windermere courtly music. | ||