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'''L4MPLIGHT''', also known as '''LAMPLIGHT''' or '''ランプライト''', is a Japanese [[composer]], music theorist, conlanger and [[:Category:Worldbuilding|worldbuilder]].
'''L4MPLIGHT''', also known as '''LAMPLIGHT''' (stylized '''LΛMPLIGHT''') or '''ランプライト''', is a Japanese [[composer]], music theorist, conlanger and [[:Category:Worldbuilding|worldbuilder]].


They developed the Shasavic, Faentian, and Lisatopian constructed languages, and '''Shasavistic music theory'''.
They developed the Shasavic, Faentian, and Lisatopian constructed languages, and '''Shasavistic music theory'''.
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They describe ''Shasavistic music theory'' in their YouTube playlist titled ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPfWiftqUrIy3dMXdcpaYpGt6vZAeW5a 微分音理論 / Microtonal theory]''. It is recorded and illustrated in Shasavic with optional English and Japanese closed captions.
They describe ''Shasavistic music theory'' in their YouTube playlist titled ''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPfWiftqUrIy3dMXdcpaYpGt6vZAeW5a 微分音理論 / Microtonal theory]''. It is recorded and illustrated in Shasavic with optional English and Japanese closed captions.


=== Dimensions ===
A key concept in Shasavistic theory is the idea of '''dimensions''', which are different prime numbers in the harmonic series. Here are the first few dimensions:
A key concept in Shasavistic theory is the idea of '''dimensions''', which are different prime numbers in the harmonic series. Here are the first few dimensions:
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=== Chordonyms ===
=== Chordonyms ===
Chordonyms (Shasavic: ''Nafchaclap'') are a solmization system based on these ratios.
'''Chordonyms''' (Shasavic: ''Nafchaclap'' /nəfxəkləp/) are the system for referring to chords in Shasavistic theory. Chordonyms are formed out of the '''harmononyms''' for each note, in order. Harmononyms are a solmization system based on these ratios. Harmononyms represent movement in different dimensions (excluding 1D due to octave equivalency) to create the names for notes. Harmononyms and their ratios can be explored at the web app [https://lamplight0.sakura.ne.jp/a/music/chalaxata.php?mode=%E6%A0%BC%E5%AD%90&fund=261.6255653006https://lamplight0.sakura.ne.jp/a/music/chalaxata.php?mode=%E6%A0%BC%E5%AD%90&fund=261.6255653006 Chalaxata] (UI in Japanese).
 
Here are some harmononyms (Ah is the root)
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Dimension
! colspan="6" |Amount of movement
|-
!-2
!-1
!0
!1
!2
!3
|-
|2D
|Schu
|Fu
|Ah
|Chy
|Scy
|Xcy
|-
|3D
|Du
|Su
|Ah
|Ly
|Dry
|Drvy
|-
|4D
|Pru
|Pu
|Ah
|My
|Mry
|Mrvy
|-
|5D
|Kry
|Tschu
|Ah
|Zy
|Zry
|Zrvy
|-
|6D
|Ghru
|Ghu
|Ah
|Ghy
|Ghry
|Ghrvy
|}
Harmononyms can indicate movement in two dimensions simultaneously. For example, [[15/8]] is 3/2 times 5/4, or Chy + Ly, so it is called Chyli. [[11/6]] is 2/3 times 11/4, or Fu + Zy, so it is called Fuzi.
 
=== Chord diagrams ===
[[File:Shasavistic chord diagram.svg|alt=A chord diagram used in Shasavistic music theory|thumb|A chord diagram]]
Chord diagrams (Shasavic: ''Nafchalica'' /nəfxəlʲkə/) are a system for representing chords. Pitches are represented by horizontal white lines and steps in different dimensions are represented by different lines.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Dimension
!Color
!Position
|-
|2D
|Red
|Left
|-
|3D
|Green
|Right
|-
|4D
|Purple
|Diagonal (bottom-left to top-right)
|-
|5D
|Orange
|Diagonal (bottom-right to top-left)
|}
At right is an example of a chord diagram. From bottom to top, the pitches are Ah (root, identified by the triangle pointing at it), Ly (5/4), Chy (3/2), Fuzi (11/6), Scy (9/4), Zy (11/4), and Xcy (27/8).
 
Chord diagrams do not typically indicate voicing or octave doubling of pitches.


== Original music ==
== Original music ==
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