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==Music== | ==Music== | ||
===Tuning=== | ===Tuning=== | ||
Shalian music is based on decatonic scales, which are built on 7-limit tempered pentatonic scales which are commonly used to build tension and | Shalian music is based on decatonic scales, which are built on 7-limit tempered pentatonic scales which are commonly used to build tension and septimal tetrads (esp. 4:5:6:7) which are commonly used as harmomic resolution. | ||
Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works. | Old Shalian and Idosian sources describe a just intonation system based on ratios of 3 and 5, which was much like the system of 22 shrutis described in early Indian works. | ||