User:Inthar/Bjeheondian music

This page is part of a worldbuilding project. It describes musical tuning concepts from a fictional alternate world, rather than the real world. It may contain references to people, cultures, or places that do not actually exist, or events that did not actually happen. This does not mean that it can’t be used to make real music—it still could be; it just means this article shouldn’t be used as a factual source about real history or traditions, or as a source of terminology and principle compatible with real established common practices and conventions.

TODO: Replace Netagin terms with Anbirese/Dårle ones

Bjeheondian music, called the ngorla (Anbirese [ˈŋuːɭä]; from Dårle ngorla 'place') tradition, is a monophonic tradition of the conworld Angai. The premise of the tradition is "What if Arabic maqam was pentatonic and neutralized 2L3s (the Western pentatonic scale), instead of being heptatonic and neutralizing 5L2s (the diatonic scale)?"

Bjeheondians use 72edo as their theoretical gamut; however, most popular Bjeheondian music limits itself to 24edo.

Byres

The byre (Anbirese [pyːre̞], from Dårle for 'sprint') is roughly equivalent to the jins in Arabic music. However, they usually span a fifth instead of a fourth.

Tetrachords

• 0 200 400 700 = "Antikurd"
• 0 200 500 700 = "Antinahawand"
• 0 300 500 700 = "Antiajam"
• 0 200 450 700 = "Rast"
• 0 250 500 700 = "Bayati"
• 0 250 450 = "Sikah"
• 0 300 400 700 = "Antihijaz"
• 0 250 500 600 = "Saba"
• 0 100 500 600 = Locrian
• 0 350 500 700
• 0 150 300 700
• 0 150 500 700
• 0 400 600 700
• 0 233 467 700
• 0 267 500 700 (ascending), 700 433 200 0 (descending)

Ngartömpas

The ngartömpa (Anbirese [ˈŋähʈø̞mpʰä], from Dårle ngarte 'between, interval' + ympa 'five') is the closest equivalent of the Western scale, named because they consist of roughly five notes per octave.