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~~==History of Earth#10 music==~~

~~===Classical music===~~

During the French Revolution, the music of earlier French composers was abandoned in favour of a purer, "more French", decimal music. The French decimal time caught on and was successful in this timeline and they also decimalized music. The Institution for the Decimal Music in France then "decimalized" several Bach works, as well as Mozart and Haydn sonatas and symphonies though these never caught on.

The 10-note "French" system spread throughout the entirety of continental Europe within thirty years, with younger composers picking it up and older composers who were accustomed to the older 12edo-adjacent systems vehemently despising it.

The equivalent of the Second Viennese School in this universe, the New Pythagoreans, were a group of cultists from America and England who believed that the decimal sequences of irrational numbers held the key to greater understanding of the universe, because of 'music of the spheres' and whatnot. The first New Pythagorean composer was William Shanks who was in love with the sequence 4592307816, as it is the first pandigital sequence in pi, and used it as a tone row in his magnum opus, Symphony in Pi. To this day this sequence of intervals is known as the Shanks row or the Shanks motif.

~~Then, Arnold Schoenberg (who is American) took up Shanks' idea and, unlike Shanks, used other tone-rows. His students, Scott Mount and Anthony Weaver were also New Pythagorean composers.~~

Since some composers weren't happy with neopentatonicism, they decided to make their own style informed by Mozart, which was based on the Durmoll scale (what we call Kleeth), and a dicot-based harmonic system. Many neo-Baroque chorales and chorale collections were written using this system.

William Shanks viewed nationalism as a catalyst for war, hence he decided to turn to the universal and mathematical world, hence New Pythagoreanism being almost anti-Romanticist. As a result, France and the greater Slavic world decided to adopt New Pythagoreanism, with Les Six and the Five (or the Mighty Handful) becoming major international proponents.

This attracted many Christian musicians and composers (Scott Mount was one of them). Mount wrote a Mass in 10edo, which was half-dicot-based and half-neopentatonicist, with a few small sections in the New Pythagorean style.

Hence, works commonly performed by symphony orchestras are from the Romantic onwards, with Classical-period works sparingly performed. Folk music, especially European, American, and African, is also commonly performed, with symphonic versions of these works composed.

~~===Jazz music===~~

Many African traditions (not sure which ones) developed equipentatonic systems. We take the fact that the French liked 10edo (what they call ‘metric tuning’) so much so that they even promoted it inside their colonies. This initially had more success than expected, due to a common arrangement by some Temitope Ayokunle who proposed the idea of two parallel balafons covering the entire 10edo gamut. This somehow eventually spread to America during the African slave trade and developed a new type of music (still called jazz), but Earth#10 jazz is more adventurous in the fact that they would regard each note of 10edo as equally important and thus they would regard the chromatic gamut as the scale itself. Equally interesting was the use of the [0 3 6 8] chord in 10edo as the main ‘primary’ chord in Earth#10 jazz music.

Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra.

~~===Mathematics===~~

Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals.

==Music theory==

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[[Media:Introduction and Waltz.mp3|Introduction and Waltz]], a short piece by Thomas Cunning, in the neopentatonicist style (dated to about 1820)

==History of Earth#10 music==

===Classical music===

During the French Revolution, the music of earlier French composers was abandoned in favour of a purer, "more French", decimal music. The French decimal time caught on and was successful in this timeline and they also decimalized music. The Institution for the Decimal Music in France then "decimalized" several Bach works, as well as Mozart and Haydn sonatas and symphonies though these never caught on.

The 10-note "French" system spread throughout the entirety of continental Europe within thirty years, with younger composers picking it up and older composers who were accustomed to the older 12edo-adjacent systems vehemently despising it.

The equivalent of the Second Viennese School in this universe, the New Pythagoreans, were a group of cultists from America and England who believed that the decimal sequences of irrational numbers held the key to greater understanding of the universe, because of 'music of the spheres' and whatnot. The first New Pythagorean composer was William Shanks who was in love with the sequence 4592307816, as it is the first pandigital sequence in pi, and used it as a tone row in his magnum opus, Symphony in Pi. To this day this sequence of intervals is known as the Shanks row or the Shanks motif.

Then, Arnold Schoenberg (who is American) took up Shanks' idea and, unlike Shanks, used other tone-rows. His students, Scott Mount and Anthony Weaver were also New Pythagorean composers.

Since some composers weren't happy with neopentatonicism, they decided to make their own style informed by Mozart, which was based on the Durmoll scale (what we call Kleeth), and a dicot-based harmonic system. Many neo-Baroque chorales and chorale collections were written using this system.

William Shanks viewed nationalism as a catalyst for war, hence he decided to turn to the universal and mathematical world, hence New Pythagoreanism being almost anti-Romanticist. As a result, France and the greater Slavic world decided to adopt New Pythagoreanism, with Les Six and the Five (or the Mighty Handful) becoming major international proponents.

This attracted many Christian musicians and composers (Scott Mount was one of them). Mount wrote a Mass in 10edo, which was half-dicot-based and half-neopentatonicist, with a few small sections in the New Pythagorean style.

Hence, works commonly performed by symphony orchestras are from the Romantic onwards, with Classical-period works sparingly performed. Folk music, especially European, American, and African, is also commonly performed, with symphonic versions of these works composed.

===Jazz music===

Many African traditions (not sure which ones) developed equipentatonic systems. We take the fact that the French liked 10edo (what they call ‘metric tuning’) so much so that they even promoted it inside their colonies. This initially had more success than expected, due to a common arrangement by some Temitope Ayokunle who proposed the idea of two parallel balafons covering the entire 10edo gamut. This somehow eventually spread to America during the African slave trade and developed a new type of music (still called jazz), but Earth#10 jazz is more adventurous in the fact that they would regard each note of 10edo as equally important and thus they would regard the chromatic gamut as the scale itself. Equally interesting was the use of the [0 3 6 8] chord in 10edo as the main ‘primary’ chord in Earth#10 jazz music.

Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra.

===Mathematics===

Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals.

== Non-musical worldbuilding ==

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 {{worldbuilding}}
-==History of Earth#10 music==
-===Classical music===
-During the French Revolution, the music of earlier French composers was abandoned in favour of a purer, "more French", decimal music. The French decimal time caught on and was successful in this timeline and they also decimalized music. The Institution for the Decimal Music in France then "decimalized" several Bach works, as well as Mozart and Haydn sonatas and symphonies though these never caught on.
-The 10-note "French" system spread throughout the entirety of continental Europe within thirty years, with younger composers picking it up and older composers who were accustomed to the older 12edo-adjacent systems vehemently despising it.
-The equivalent of the Second Viennese School in this universe, the New Pythagoreans, were a group of cultists from America and England who believed that the decimal sequences of irrational numbers held the key to greater understanding of the universe, because of 'music of the spheres' and whatnot. The first New Pythagorean composer was William Shanks who was in love with the sequence 4592307816, as it is the first pandigital sequence in pi, and used it as a tone row in his magnum opus, Symphony in Pi. To this day this sequence of intervals is known as the Shanks row or the Shanks motif.
-Then, Arnold Schoenberg (who is American) took up Shanks' idea and, unlike Shanks, used other tone-rows. His students, Scott Mount and Anthony Weaver were also New Pythagorean composers.
-Since some composers weren't happy with neopentatonicism, they decided to make their own style informed by Mozart, which was based on the Durmoll scale (what we call Kleeth), and a dicot-based harmonic system. Many neo-Baroque chorales and chorale collections were written using this system.
-William Shanks viewed nationalism as a catalyst for war, hence he decided to turn to the universal and mathematical world, hence New Pythagoreanism being almost anti-Romanticist. As a result, France and the greater Slavic world decided to adopt New Pythagoreanism, with Les Six and the Five (or the Mighty Handful) becoming major international proponents.
-This attracted many Christian musicians and composers (Scott Mount was one of them). Mount wrote a Mass in 10edo, which was half-dicot-based and half-neopentatonicist, with a few small sections in the New Pythagorean style.
-Hence, works commonly performed by symphony orchestras are from the Romantic onwards, with Classical-period works sparingly performed. Folk music, especially European, American, and African, is also commonly performed, with symphonic versions of these works composed.
-===Jazz music===
-Many African traditions (not sure which ones) developed equipentatonic systems. We take the fact that the French liked 10edo (what they call ‘metric tuning’) so much so that they even promoted it inside their colonies. This initially had more success than expected, due to a common arrangement by some Temitope Ayokunle who proposed the idea of two parallel balafons covering the entire 10edo gamut. This somehow eventually spread to America during the African slave trade and developed a new type of music (still called jazz), but Earth#10 jazz is more adventurous in the fact that they would regard each note of 10edo as equally important and thus they would regard the chromatic gamut as the scale itself. Equally interesting was the use of the [0 3 6 8] chord in 10edo as the main ‘primary’ chord in Earth#10 jazz music.
-Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra.
-===Mathematics===
-Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals.
 ==Music theory==
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 [[Media:Introduction and Waltz.mp3|Introduction and Waltz]], a short piece by Thomas Cunning, in the neopentatonicist style (dated to about 1820)
+==History of Earth#10 music==
+===Classical music===
+During the French Revolution, the music of earlier French composers was abandoned in favour of a purer, "more French", decimal music. The French decimal time caught on and was successful in this timeline and they also decimalized music. The Institution for the Decimal Music in France then "decimalized" several Bach works, as well as Mozart and Haydn sonatas and symphonies though these never caught on.
+The 10-note "French" system spread throughout the entirety of continental Europe within thirty years, with younger composers picking it up and older composers who were accustomed to the older 12edo-adjacent systems vehemently despising it.
+The equivalent of the Second Viennese School in this universe, the New Pythagoreans, were a group of cultists from America and England who believed that the decimal sequences of irrational numbers held the key to greater understanding of the universe, because of 'music of the spheres' and whatnot. The first New Pythagorean composer was William Shanks who was in love with the sequence 4592307816, as it is the first pandigital sequence in pi, and used it as a tone row in his magnum opus, Symphony in Pi. To this day this sequence of intervals is known as the Shanks row or the Shanks motif.
+Then, Arnold Schoenberg (who is American) took up Shanks' idea and, unlike Shanks, used other tone-rows. His students, Scott Mount and Anthony Weaver were also New Pythagorean composers.
+Since some composers weren't happy with neopentatonicism, they decided to make their own style informed by Mozart, which was based on the Durmoll scale (what we call Kleeth), and a dicot-based harmonic system. Many neo-Baroque chorales and chorale collections were written using this system.
+William Shanks viewed nationalism as a catalyst for war, hence he decided to turn to the universal and mathematical world, hence New Pythagoreanism being almost anti-Romanticist. As a result, France and the greater Slavic world decided to adopt New Pythagoreanism, with Les Six and the Five (or the Mighty Handful) becoming major international proponents.
+This attracted many Christian musicians and composers (Scott Mount was one of them). Mount wrote a Mass in 10edo, which was half-dicot-based and half-neopentatonicist, with a few small sections in the New Pythagorean style.
+Hence, works commonly performed by symphony orchestras are from the Romantic onwards, with Classical-period works sparingly performed. Folk music, especially European, American, and African, is also commonly performed, with symphonic versions of these works composed.
+===Jazz music===
+Many African traditions (not sure which ones) developed equipentatonic systems. We take the fact that the French liked 10edo (what they call ‘metric tuning’) so much so that they even promoted it inside their colonies. This initially had more success than expected, due to a common arrangement by some Temitope Ayokunle who proposed the idea of two parallel balafons covering the entire 10edo gamut. This somehow eventually spread to America during the African slave trade and developed a new type of music (still called jazz), but Earth#10 jazz is more adventurous in the fact that they would regard each note of 10edo as equally important and thus they would regard the chromatic gamut as the scale itself. Equally interesting was the use of the [0 3 6 8] chord in 10edo as the main ‘primary’ chord in Earth#10 jazz music.
+Earth#10 jazz music has more African influence in its instrumentation as well, with modern balafons and electric (and acoustic) koras and kamele ngoni being extremely common in jazz and other popular musical styles. As such, European instruments are sparingly used in jazz, and hence the saxophone is more commonly used in the orchestra.
+===Mathematics===
+Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia. Nystromal is also used and accepted in most dual-mode calculators and is even used and accepted in many large research journals.
 == Non-musical worldbuilding ==