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| '''Traditional Æ music''' is comprised of various styles, but is entirely based on the following nine seven-note modes found in harmonics 8-16 (the complete list of 7-note subsets that are CS and have a 3/2 on the tonic):
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| # ''vọj Bæ̀v'': 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:16
| | ===Proto-Wiebian music=== |
| #* This mode is used in a meditative mood as it is also the simplest to describe.
| | ===Proto-Etatalman music=== |
| # ''vọj Hủd'': 8:9:10:11:12:13:15:16
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| #* This is canonically called the happiest mode.
| | ===Proto-Trician music=== |
| # ''vọj Rů̃'': 8:9:10:11:12:14:15:16
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| #* This mode is not very commonly used.
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| # ''vọj Var Njị'': 10:11:12:13:15:16:18:20
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| # ''vọj Kyn'': 10:11:12:14:15:16:18:20
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| # ''vọj Gjám'': 10:11:13:14:15:16:18:20
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| # ''vọj Jav Læ{{cdb}}q'': 12:13:14:16:18:20:22:24
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| # ''vọj Hír Må̉r'': 12:13:15:16:18:20:22:24
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| # ''vọj Mèd'': 12:14:15:16:18:20:22:24
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| These were formalized by theorist Rå̃v Ngúm Sæ̊ng in Gregorian year 1657, and the nine modes are referred to as ''vọj-vọj Rå̃v''.
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| The fundamental pitch, ''dó'', is usually taken to have a value of 2<sup>22</sup> (alternatively, 8<sup>7</sup>) vibrations per day in scientific communities, though traditional Æ ensembles traditionally have a movable ''dó''. There is usually only one traditional tonic for each mode:
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| * for ''Bæ̀v, Hủd'' and ''Rů̃'' the tonic is ''dó'' and its octaves
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| * for ''Var Njị, Kyn'' and ''Gjám'' the tonic is a 5/4 above ''dó'' and its octaves
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| * for ''Jav Læ{{cdb}}q, Hír Må̉r'' and ''Mèd'' the tonic is a 3/2 above ''dó'' and its octaves
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| This means that there are only eight pitch classes in traditional Æ music.
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| All pitches will be taken as intervals over ''dó''.
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| == Instruments == | |
| * ''æ̉m'': the vertical flute
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| ** The lowest pitch of this instrument's traditional size is 8/1 above ''dó'' and it is an eight-holed instrument, opne for each of the eight pitches, with the top note of the lowest register being identical to the lowest note in the next highest register.
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| * ''vód'': the natural horn
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| ** The fundamental pitch is usually ''dó'' itself, though there have been smaller models of horn that are straight and have a fundamental pitch an octave higher.
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| * ''bæ{{ring}}{{cdb}}m'': the bass drum
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| ** This bass drum is usually square and single-headed. The skin is not fastened to the body of the bass drum, instead they are usually tied with rope.
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| * ''ỏr'': the monochord
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| ** This is usually tuned to ''dó'' itself, with the two main methods of playing the instrument being plucking while pressing the strings or lightly touching them to produce harmonics.
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| * ''slů{{grave}}'': the fiddle
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| ** This is usually tuned to 4/1 6/1 over ''dó''. It is played vertically, and it has a small circular body and a long neck.
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| * ''lum jáq'': the guitar
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| ** This is usually tuned to 2/1 3/1 4/1 6/1 over ''dó''. This is played in the exact same manner as the Chinese ''ruan'' but it has a rectangular body.
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| * ''væ{{tilde}}'': shruti box
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| ** This replaced an organ-like instrument, also formerly called the ''væ{{tilde}}'', which was used to provide drones. It has one reed for each of the eight pitch classes in Æ music.
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| ==Styles== | |
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| The most common folk style is a melody over a drone on 1/1 and 3/2 of the tonic of the mode. It is mostly rhythmic but with complex changing meters.
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| ==Notation== | |
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| The numbers 8 to 15 are used on a line, indicating the harmonic scale 8:9:10:11:12:13:14:15, with superscript numbers to indicate how many octaves above ''dó'' the note is played. Here are the 40 traditional notes in the traditional gamut of Æ music.
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| 8<sup>0</sup> 9<sup>0</sup> 10<sup>0</sup> 11<sup>0</sup> 12<sup>0</sup> 13<sup>0</sup> 14<sup>0</sup> 15<sup>0</sup>
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| 8<sup>1</sup> 9<sup>1</sup> 10<sup>1</sup> 11<sup>1</sup> 12<sup>1</sup> 13<sup>1</sup> 14<sup>1</sup> 15<sup>1</sup>
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| 8<sup>2</sup> 9<sup>2</sup> 10<sup>2</sup> 11<sup>2</sup> 12<sup>2</sup> 13<sup>2</sup> 14<sup>2</sup> 15<sup>2</sup>
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| 8<sup>3</sup> 9<sup>3</sup> 10<sup>3</sup> 11<sup>3</sup> 12<sup>3</sup> 13<sup>3</sup> 14<sup>3</sup> 15<sup>3</sup>
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| 8<sup>4</sup> 9<sup>4</sup> 10<sup>4</sup> 11<sup>4</sup> 12<sup>4</sup> 13<sup>4</sup> 14<sup>4</sup> 15<sup>4</sup>
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| The unit of time is the beat and usually no music uses any units of time smaller than the beat. Lengthenings are accompanied by dashes/
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