tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 17 09:22:23 1997
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yu-bIm-'egh
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- Subject: yu-bIm-'egh
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 12:21:51 -0400 (EDT)
charghwI' just did a wonderful job of describing the differences between the
eight-note octave and what we know about the nine-note Klingon musical
notation.
'ach wa'meH cha' QoQ patlh buS tera'ngan (Western) QoQ 'e' qelchu'be'
charghwI'
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B ghaj
machu'DI' C Qav wIqeq 'ach C Qav ngaSbe' QoQ ghomHom teH
chaq mIwvam pab tlhIngan QoQ yu Qav
nIbchuq pongDaj patlh wa'DIch pong je
However, he failed entirely to indicate that the Western octave is actually
twelve notes!!!! The Western octave has C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B.
Although when playing octave practices on a scale we play C through C, the
final C is not one of those twelve notes. Perhaps Klingon's ninth note, yu,
works this way, too. After all, it has the same name as the first note, yu.
QoQ yu'eghmey tlhoj tlhIngan QoQ muchwI'pu' wej 'e' wISov
mu'vam boSovbe'chugh vaj jIQIj
tera'ngan (Western) QoQ wIqelDI' qaStaHvIS wa' lup (tera'ngan lup) 440logh
vang patlh A
Dung lurgh wIqImchugh vebbogh wa' QoQ ghomHom patlh A wIqelchugh qaStaHvIS
wa' lup 880logh vang 'oH
'ej bIng lurgh wIqImchugh vebbogh wa' QoQ ghomHom patlh A wIqelchugh
qaStaHvIS wa' lup 220logh vang 'oH
We do not know yet but would like to know if Klingon musicians realize the
harmonic values. For those not familiar with the term, in Western music
Middle A has a resononance of 440 vibrations per second. Going up exactly
one octave, A has a resonance of 880 vibrations per second. If we had gone
down exactly one octave, A has a resonance of 220 vibrations per second.
mayajchoHchu'meH maghojtaH Qapla' peHruS