tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 20 09:33:19 1998

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Re: music



In one episode of DS-9, Worf was listening to a Klingon Opra, has anyone
gotten the words from it?
They played several minutes of the music.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: music


>ja' "Damon C Bradshaw" <[email protected]>:
>>I'm interested in writing some music in tlhingan-hol.
>>If anyone knows of any conventions or precedents that have been set, let =
>>me know.
>
>There are a few precedents.  The Imperial Anthem by our own Captain Krankor
>and the Warrior's Anthem by Marc Okrand share a couple of details:  both
>are in a minor key, and both begin with a slow, plodding rhythm and build
>to a near frenzy having many notes per beat.  Nearly all of the musical
>compositions in tlhIngan Hol to date use a rhyming scheme similar to modern
>music and poetry in English, and I can't think of any right now that are in
>a major key.
>
>-- ghunchu'wI'
>
>



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