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~~Music~~ of ~~Georgia often uses a specific heptatonic~~ scale, ~~sometimes called the~~ [[~~Kartvelian scale~~]], ~~which~~ is ~~similar~~ to ~~modern tuning systems such as [[7edo]] and [[tetracot]] temperament~~.

Georgian folk music is well known for its traditional vocal polyphony. There is no clear consensus on the structure of the underlying scale or tuning system, except that it is [[equiheptatonic|heptatonic and close to equalized]]. It is sometimes claimed that their scales are based on equal divisions of the fifth, but this is hard to verify.

== ~~External links~~ ==

From a corpus analysis of field recordings by Scherbaum et al.<ref>Scherbaum, F., Mzhavanadze, N., Rosenzweig, S., & Müller, M. (2022). Tuning Systems of Traditional Georgian Singing Determined From a New Corpus of Field Recordings. Musicologist 2022. 6 (2): 142-168. DOI: 10.33906/musicologist.1068947</ref>, the following conclusions can be made:

* Fourths and fifths are close to [[just]].

* Thirds tend to be [[neutral third|neutral]] (around 350{{c}}), as are sixths.

* Harmonic seconds are close to [[9/8]], while the melodic seconds are smaller (between 150{{c}} and 180{{c}}).

The field recordings are [https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-GeorgianMusic-Scherbaum available online] with videos and recordings of individual singers in each group.

== Videos ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFncneafovI&pp=ygULVEZuY25lYWZvdkk%3D The empirical research of a Georgian sound scale" by Z. Tsereteli and L. Veshapidze] (Video of a presentation from the IAML/IMS congress Music Research in the Digital Age, New York, 21-26 June 2015) (tuning essentially [[7edo]], but with occasional intentional pitch bending, called "shinfardi")

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxD6NB8-CI Georgian chant tuning (Malkhaz Erkvanidze demonstrates)] (2020)

* [https://youtu.be/NWLbdwFeYrk Video on Georgian music theory] by [[Stephen Weigel]] (suggests the use of [[34edo]] notation) (2026)

** ''[https://archive.org/details/stephen-weigel-georgian-music-video-2026-transcript transcript (Archive.org)]''

== Further reading ==

* [https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/georgian-polyphonic-singing-00008 Georgian polyphonic singing - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO]

* [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_100326.html https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tuning/conversations/messages/100326 Discussion on the Yahoo tuning list, June 2011]

* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenharmonic2/permalink/1239427779410855/ Dicussion on Facebook, October 2016 - XA II - The music of Georgia (7edo vs. tetracot)]

* [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalMusicTheory/wiki/georgianmusictheory/ r/GlobalMusicTheory's list] of Georgian theory resources; many are academic/scholarly

[[Category:Georgian music| ]]

== References ==

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-{{Wikipedia|Music of Georgia (country)}}
+{{Wikipedia| Music of Georgia (country) }}
-Music of Georgia often uses a specific heptatonic scale, sometimes called the [[Kartvelian scale]], which is similar to modern tuning systems such as [[7edo]] and [[tetracot]] temperament.
+Georgian folk music is well known for its traditional vocal polyphony. There is no clear consensus on the structure of the underlying scale or tuning system, except that it is [[equiheptatonic|heptatonic and close to equalized]]. It is sometimes claimed that their scales are based on equal divisions of the fifth, but this is hard to verify.
-== External links ==
+From a corpus analysis of field recordings by Scherbaum et al.<ref>Scherbaum, F., Mzhavanadze, N., Rosenzweig, S., & Müller, M. (2022). Tuning Systems of Traditional Georgian Singing Determined From a New Corpus of  Field Recordings. Musicologist 2022. 6 (2): 142-168. DOI: 10.33906/musicologist.1068947</ref>, the following conclusions can be made:
+* Fourths and fifths are close to [[just]].
+* Thirds tend to be [[neutral third|neutral]] (around 350{{c}}), as are sixths.
+* Harmonic seconds are close to [[9/8]], while the melodic seconds are smaller (between 150{{c}} and 180{{c}}).
+The field recordings are [https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-GeorgianMusic-Scherbaum available online] with videos and recordings of individual singers in each group.
+== Videos ==
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFncneafovI&pp=ygULVEZuY25lYWZvdkk%3D The empirical research of a Georgian sound scale" by Z. Tsereteli and L. Veshapidze] (Video of a presentation from the IAML/IMS congress Music Research in the Digital Age, New York, 21-26 June 2015) (tuning essentially [[7edo]], but with occasional intentional pitch bending, called "shinfardi")
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxD6NB8-CI Georgian chant tuning (Malkhaz Erkvanidze demonstrates)] (2020)
+* [https://youtu.be/NWLbdwFeYrk Video on Georgian music theory] by [[Stephen Weigel]] (suggests the use of [[34edo]] notation) (2026)
+** ''[https://archive.org/details/stephen-weigel-georgian-music-video-2026-transcript transcript (Archive.org)]''
+== Further reading ==
 * [https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/georgian-polyphonic-singing-00008 Georgian polyphonic singing &#45; intangible heritage &#45; Culture Sector &#45; UNESCO]
 * [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_100326.html https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tuning/conversations/messages/100326 Discussion on the Yahoo tuning list, June 2011]
 * [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenharmonic2/permalink/1239427779410855/ Dicussion on Facebook, October 2016 - XA II - The music of Georgia (7edo vs. tetracot)]
+* [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalMusicTheory/wiki/georgianmusictheory/ r/GlobalMusicTheory's list] of Georgian theory resources; many are academic/scholarly
+{{Todo|cultural expertise}}
+[[Category:Georgian music| ]] <!-- main article -->
+== References ==