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"candidate for well temperament"... well temperament of what? Is there anything to suggest Georgian music is intended to approximate 7edo??
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The '''Kartvelian (heptatonic) scale''' is the [[wikipedia:Music_of_Georgia_(country)#Scales_and_tuning_system|traditional scale of Georgian folk music]].
{{Wikipedia| Music of Georgia (country) #Scales and tuning system }}
The '''Kartvelian (heptatonic) scale''' is a modern interpretation of the traditional scale of [[Music of Georgia|Georgian folk music]].
Note that this is just one possible interpretation, there is no academic consensus on the underlying scale of Georgian vocal music.


The scale is an alternating pattern of [[4edf]] and [[3ed4/3]], conjoined together and closing at the octave. Musicologically, it is a candidate for the prototypical [[well temperament]], if regarded to be an approximant of [[7edo]] in cultural practice{{Citation needed}}.
The scale is an alternating pattern of [[4edf]] and [[3ed4/3]], joined together and closing at the octave.
==Intervals ==
 
The term ''Kartvelian scale'', referring to the family of [[Wikipedia:Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian languages]] (of which the [[wikipedia:Georgian language|Georgian language]] is the main representative), seems to have been coined by [[User:Moremajorthanmajor|Moremajorthanmajor]].
 
Moremajorthanmajor has also generalized the Kartvelian scale into a whole family of scales, the [[Kartvelian scales]].
 
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== Video ==


== 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]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFncneafovI&pp=ygULVEZuY25lYWZvdkk%3D The empirical research of a Georgian sound scale" by Z. Tsereteli and L. Veshapidze]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxD6NB8-CI Georgian chant tuning (Malkhaz Erkvanidze demonstrates)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxD6NB8-CI Georgian chant tuning (Malkhaz Erkvanidze demonstrates)]


== See also ==
[[Category:7-tone scales]]
 
[[Category:Tempered scales]]
* [[Wikipedia: Kartvelian languages]]
[[Category:Pages with mostly numerical content]]
* [[Wikipedia: Music of Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Georgian music]]
 
[[Category:Kartvelian]]
[[Category:Georgian]]
[[Category:Scale]]

Latest revision as of 03:06, 24 June 2025

The Kartvelian (heptatonic) scale is a modern interpretation of the traditional scale of Georgian folk music. Note that this is just one possible interpretation, there is no academic consensus on the underlying scale of Georgian vocal music.

The scale is an alternating pattern of 4edf and 3ed4/3, joined together and closing at the octave.

The term Kartvelian scale, referring to the family of Kartvelian languages (of which the Georgian language is the main representative), seems to have been coined by Moremajorthanmajor.

Moremajorthanmajor has also generalized the Kartvelian scale into a whole family of scales, the Kartvelian scales.

Intervals

Intervals
Degree Cents
1 175.489
2 350.978
3 526.466
4 701.955
5 867.970
6 1033.985
7 1200.000

Videos