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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'''. | ||
== Constructed languages == | |||
They have created three languages, all descended from the same proto-language. The languages, called Shasavic (Safcyk), Faentian (Fēntā), and Lisatopian (Lisatopa), are described in their YouTube video [https://youtu.be/8nxWoh4NBeE?feature=shared Ch.2 / Constructed Languages]. Most of their videos are narrated in Shasavic, with subtitles in English and Japanese. Lisatopian was created for language study using computers. | |||
== Shasavistic music theory == | == Shasavistic music theory == | ||
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. | ||
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: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ | |||
!Dimension | |||
!Prime number | |||
!Associated ratio | |||
!Interval | |||
|- | |||
|1D | |||
|2 | |||
|[[2/1]] | |||
|[[Octave]] | |||
|- | |||
|2D | |||
|3 | |||
|[[3/2]] | |||
|[[Just perfect fifth]] | |||
|- | |||
|3D | |||
|5 | |||
|[[5/4]] | |||
|[[Major third]] | |||
|- | |||
|4D | |||
|7 | |||
|[[7/4]] | |||
|Septimal minor seventh | |||
|- | |||
|5D | |||
|11 | |||
|[[11/4]] | |||
|Undecimal superfourth (plus one octave) | |||
|} | |||
(Note that 5D is typically voiced at the higher octave to avoid the clash between 11/8 and 3/2.) | |||
A ratio can be thought of as a location in infinite-dimensional space, where each dimension corresponds to a prime number (positive movement being multiplication, and negative movement being division). In this way it is similar to [[Monzo]] notation. | |||
=== Chordonyms === | |||
Chordonyms (Shasavic: ''Nafchaclap'') are a solmization system based on these ratios. | |||
== Original music == | == Original music == | ||