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===Plucked string instruments=== | ===Plucked string instruments=== | ||
The harp is constructed similarly though harps in Earth#10 are much wider than in our timeline, as the harp has no pedals and thus there is a string for every note in the 10edo gamut. It has a range from between 0₀ to 5₇. In addition, they are shaped more like psalteries. (Red strings signify note 0 and blue strings signify note 5.) | |||
Smaller "half-size" harps (derogatorily called "Celtic harps") are lever harps tuned in 5edo where the levers shift by 10edo steps and are oftentimes used as teaching materials for children. | |||
===Woodwind instruments=== | ===Woodwind instruments=== | ||
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Double-reed 16ed3 instruments have also been made, providing a Western analogue of the Chinese guanzi. They are called nielsenphones after Christoffel Nielsen and they use both Boehm/Klosé systems. I will not mention oboes, bassoons, and saxophones here because their histories were pretty much the same except for the fact that they are tuned in 10edo. | Double-reed 16ed3 instruments have also been made, providing a Western analogue of the Chinese guanzi. They are called nielsenphones after Christoffel Nielsen and they use both Boehm/Klosé systems. I will not mention oboes, bassoons, and saxophones here because their histories were pretty much the same except for the fact that they are tuned in 10edo. | ||
The transposition system for these instruments is messy compared to that of the string instruments. To start, most flutes, oboes, bassoons, saxophones, orchestral clarinets and orchestral nielsenphones follow the system where every member of the family is always a 10edo fifth (5\10) apart. However, the pure clarinets and pure nielsenphones are all a | The transposition system for these instruments is messy compared to that of the string instruments. To start, most flutes, oboes, bassoons, saxophones, orchestral clarinets and orchestral nielsenphones follow the system where every member of the family is always a 10edo fifth (5\10) apart. However, the pure clarinets and pure nielsenphones are all a 16edt eighth (8\16<3/1> or sqrt(3)) apart, causing both transposition systems to have separate names for each register. That does not take into account the two "English" and "German" style key systems, which make classification of orchestral woodwind instruments in Earth#10 much more complicated than in our world. | ||
The soprano/high wind instruments of each type are written in concert pitch (in the treble clef) with the exceptions of the bassoon and the nielsenphone, where the contra-alto instruments of each type are written in concert pitch (in the bass clef). | The soprano/high wind instruments of each type are written in concert pitch (in the treble clef) with the exceptions of the bassoon and the nielsenphone, where the contra-alto instruments of each type are written in concert pitch (in the bass clef). | ||
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* 8 bass violoncellos | * 8 bass violoncellos | ||
* 8 contrabasses | * 8 contrabasses | ||
* 1 harp | |||
The pitched percussion section contains, at the minimum, 1 set of 10 timpani, and 1 metallophone. | |||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||