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===Tuning=== | ===Tuning=== | ||
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. The note a 4/1 below that, 101 Hz, is referred to in Hlou as the ''Gab Mud'' | 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. The note a 4/1 below that, 101 Hz, is referred to in Hlou as the ''Gab Mud''. Notes are specified as ratios from the ''Gab Mud''. | ||
Melodies in Hlou music are inspired by the contours of speech, and follow the tones of the [[Hlou]] language. | Melodies in Hlou music are inspired by the contours of speech, and follow the tones of the [[Hlou]] language. | ||
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Some common tunings in the Romantic period: | Some common tunings in the Romantic period: | ||
*overtone scales up to the 16th harmonic on the fundamentals | *overtone scales up to the 16th harmonic on the fundamentals 1/2, 4/9, 2/5, 1/3, and 2/7. | ||
*overtone scales up to the 12th harmonic on the fundamentals | *overtone scales up to the 12th harmonic on the fundamentals 1/2, 4/9, 2/5, 8/21, 1/3, 8/27, 2/7, and 4/15 (higher harmonics above these fundamentals are technically allowed; they're just not used on fixed pitch instruments) | ||
When working with the second tuning, composers often work with subsets of the set of possible fundamentals (called ''Rag''); e.g. they might only work with overtone series on | When working with the second tuning, composers often work with subsets of the set of possible fundamentals (called ''Rag''); e.g. they might only work with overtone series on 1/2, 2/5, 1/3, 8/27, and 4/15 (a ''Rag'' called ''Schwan Ton'', which is a traditional ''Rag'' for the final pieces of concerts). | ||
Other common ''Rag''s are: | Other common ''Rag''s are: | ||
*''Flug Lieb'': overtone series on | *''Flug Lieb'': overtone series on 1/2, 2/5, 8/21, 1/3, 4/15 | ||
*''Schloß Lieb'': overtone series on | *''Schloß Lieb'': overtone series on 1/2, 4/9, 8/21, 1/3, 2/7 | ||
*''Rad Lieb'': overtone series on | *''Rad Lieb'': overtone series on 1/2, 2/5, 8/21 | ||
*''Schein Lieb'': overtone series on | *''Schein Lieb'': overtone series on 4/9, 2/5, 1/3, 8/27, 4/15 | ||
*''Schlaub'': overtone series on | *''Schlaub'': overtone series on 2/5, 8/21, 2/7, 4/15 | ||
===Rhythm=== | ===Rhythm=== | ||