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The '''Naquian Empire''' ([[Naquian]]: ''Nāquiz'' from PQ ''snākʷs'' 'homeland') was the major civilization in ancient [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli|Txapoalli.]] | The '''Naquian Empire''' ([[Naquian]]: ''Otapacaz Nāquiz'' from PQ ''snākʷs'' 'homeland') was the major civilization in ancient [[Verse:Tricin/Txapoalli|Txapoalli.]] | ||
==Place/person names== | ==Place/person names== | ||
*Quintlopetl Ztelmīz or just Quintlopetl | *Quintlopetl Ztelmīz or just Quintlopetl | ||
*Cuancalli | *Cuancalli | ||
*Quēhtłoyoz | *Quēhtłoyoz: [[Naquian]] grammarian | ||
*Huichaltzah | *Huichaltzah: [[Naquian]] explorer, conlanger and playwright | ||
* | *Ztlathuiyaz: a theater | ||
*Erencāhto: the Rencad, later became capital of [[Xaetjeon|Xaetjeonlowv]] | |||
==Theaterism== | |||
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 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 | ===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, though Talman music preferred 31edo at the time. | |||
Scales in steps of the 8 equal division of the fifth scale: | |||
*2 2 2 2 - 4edf | |||
*2 2 3 1 | |||
*3 1 3 1 | |||
Native sources describe the following system of naming intervals in this scale. | |||
*"Unison" | |||
*Minor second = 88 cents | |||
*Neutral second = 176 cents | |||
*Major second = Minor third = 264 cents | |||
*Neutral third = 352 cents | |||
*Major third = Minor fourth = 440 cents | |||
*Neutral fourth = 528 cents | |||
*Major fourth = 616 cents | |||
*Perfect fifth = 704 cents | |||
*Minor sixth = 792 cents | |||
*Neutral sixth = 880 cents | |||
*Major sixth = Minor seventh = 968 cents | |||
*Neutral seventh = 1056 cents | |||
*Major seventh = 1144 cents | |||
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