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After fleeing the [[Idosian]]s who defeated them in the [[Verse:Tricin/Shalian Wars|Shalian Wars]] and settling in Cualuav, [[Shalian]]s slowly developed their own musical tradition.  
After fleeing the [[Idosian]]s who defeated them in the [[Verse:Tricin/Shalian Wars|Shalian Wars]] and settling in Cualuav, [[Shalian]]s slowly developed their own musical tradition.  


Shalian music employs inharmonic instruments and slendro (approximate 5edo) and mavila (7 or 9 notes out of approximate 16edo) scales.
Shalian tradition holds that Old Shalian songs were sung in large groups or in Chinese-style falsetto singing.
 
or maybe some sort of pseudo-Jewish cantillation?
 
The Shalians use the aġġiakkātą, borrowed from the Nurians.
 
The most distinctive and well-known style of Modern Shalian music is heavily syncopated rhythmic choral music.
====Terms====
====Terms====
Calque from British musical terms  
Calque from British musical terms  


*note length names: breve, semibreve, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, ...
*note length names: breve, semibreve, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, ...
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