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Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | Free-pitch instruments are prized for their ability to play in any tuning; string quartets and quintets are fertile ground for explorations of tuning systems. | ||
*''ðavr'' Ⓥ = a 4-stringed fiddle, used for the treble register | *''ðavr'' Ⓥ = a 4-stringed fiddle, used for the treble register. | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:5:7, lowest string = 204 Hz | ||
*'' | *''ñams'' Ⓥ = a viol-like 5-stringed bowed string instrument used for the treble and alto register | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:5:7:9, lowest string = 136 Hz | ||
**softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically | **softwood; arched plates; sound post; should be thicker than a viola and be played vertically | ||
*'' | *''ñamsóm'' Ⓥ = an instrument the size of a large cello or small double bass which is tuned an octave lower than a ''ŋams'' | ||
**Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz | **Tuning: 2:3:4:5:7:9, lowest string = 68 Hz | ||
*'' | *''txovíh'' Ⓥ = fretless steel guitar tuned to a hexany; steel frets | ||
*''lyzóf'' Ⓥ = a trombone; exists in many different pitch ranges, such as soprano, alto, tenor, and bass ''lazóf'' | *''lyzóf'' Ⓥ = a trombone; exists in many different pitch ranges, such as soprano, alto, tenor, and bass ''lazóf'' | ||
*''byrẃl'' Ⓥ = musical saw | *''byrẃl'' Ⓥ = musical saw | ||
*''gyvúas'' = a slide bassoon | *''gyvúas'' Ⓥ = a slide bassoon | ||
*''iskól'' Ⓥ = a slide flute | *''iskól'' Ⓥ = a slide flute | ||
*fretless guitar Ⓥ | *fretless guitar Ⓥ (''taswm'') | ||
===Fixed-pitch=== | ===Fixed-pitch=== | ||
*viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings) | *viola organista (keyboard instrument with a rosined conveyer belt mechanism for the strings) | ||
*''jogóm'' = an unfretted zither with 60 strings | *organ Ⓥ (with ivory-free keys) | ||
*''teem'' = an oboe | *''jogóm'' Ⓥ? = an unfretted zither with 60 strings | ||
*''teem'' Ⓥ = an oboe | |||
*''fewm'' = a drum | *''fewm'' = a drum | ||
*diamond marimba | *diamond marimba Ⓥ | ||
This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument: | This is more of a control mechanism than an instrument: | ||
*''sewvore'' (named after the inventor, Jamon Sewvore) = isomorphic keyboard | *''sewvore'' Ⓥ (named after the inventor, Jamon Sewvore) = isomorphic keyboard | ||
Some tunings for ''sewvore''s: | Some tunings for ''sewvore''s: | ||
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===Vegetarian and vegan substitutions=== | ===Vegetarian and vegan substitutions=== | ||
Since vegetarians and vegans were and are important constituents of Talman societies, many composers allowed vegetarian and vegan substitutions for nonveg(etari)an instruments. Often, non-veg(etari)an instruments were considered interchangeable with their veg(etari)an counterparts, and veg(etari)an composers refused to use nonveg(etari)an instruments at all. This shifted the balance | Since vegetarians and vegans were and are important constituents of Talman societies, many composers allowed vegetarian and vegan substitutions for nonveg(etari)an instruments. Often, non-veg(etari)an instruments were considered interchangeable with their veg(etari)an counterparts, and veg(etari)an composers refused to use nonveg(etari)an instruments at all. This shifted the balance against larger fixed-pitch instruments such as the viola organista. | ||
(Ⓥ is shown next to vegan instruments.) | |||
The main instrument family that historically required substitution was fiddles (the ''ŋams'' family and the violin family), which needed gelatin glue or hoof glue to manufacture and repair. Hence historically they were allowed to be swapped out for other fixed pitch instruments (such as trombones, and in the modern era, electric fiddles). | The main instrument family that historically required substitution was fiddles (the ''ŋams'' family and the violin family), which needed gelatin glue or hoof glue to manufacture and repair. Hence historically they were allowed to be swapped out for other fixed pitch instruments (such as trombones, and in the modern era, electric fiddles). | ||
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Since the invention of cell-cultured gelatin in Fyxoom, such substitutions were no longer required for fiddles, leading to a renaissance of JI music in the modern Talmosphere. | Since the invention of cell-cultured gelatin in Fyxoom, such substitutions were no longer required for fiddles, leading to a renaissance of JI music in the modern Talmosphere. | ||