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'''Shalia''' ([[Shalian]]: ''Shalıarjów'tıowikh'' /ʃælʲəˈdʒəʊʔtʲəwɪx/ lit. 'Shalian realm') is a country in Eastern Txapoalli. Its official language is [[Shalian]]. | '''Shalia''' ([[Shalian]]: ''Shalıarjów'tıowikh'' /ʃælʲəˈdʒəʊʔtʲəwɪx/ lit. 'Shalian realm') is a country in Eastern Txapoalli. Its official language is [[Shalian]]. | ||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
===Instruments=== | |||
The most important instrument in Shalian music is the human voice. Instruments such as Talman fiddles/violins, pianos, ocarinas, and various percussions are also used. | |||
Vocal polyphony is an important part of Shalian music, especially in coming of age parties, festivities, and funerals. Singers may also vocalize rhythms, clap, snap their fingers and make various gestures. Sung music reflects the glottal stops, stress accent and long-short rhythms of the Shalian language. | |||
===Tuning=== | ===Tuning=== | ||
Shalian music is based on [http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/paperspdf/Erlich-22.pdf decatonic scales], which are built on | Shalian music is based on [http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/paperspdf/Erlich-22.pdf decatonic scales], which are built on | ||
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As Shalian music embraced vocal polyphony it saw a move away from tetrachords and towards more harmonic, chord-based sounds. Emphasizing JI ratios of 7 became desirable. Thus fixed pitch instruments were tuned to 22-note well-tempered scales with good harmonic sevenths. Modern Shalian music is standardized to 22-tone equal temperament, which does not always reflect musical reality exactly, as unaccompanied Shalian polyphonic vocal music is intoned more accurately. | As Shalian music embraced vocal polyphony it saw a move away from tetrachords and towards more harmonic, chord-based sounds. Emphasizing JI ratios of 7 became desirable. Thus fixed pitch instruments were tuned to 22-note well-tempered scales with good harmonic sevenths. Modern Shalian music is standardized to 22-tone equal temperament, which does not always reflect musical reality exactly, as unaccompanied Shalian polyphonic vocal music is intoned more accurately. | ||