tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 18 15:01:54 1997
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Re: yu-bIm-'egh
- From: "Neal Schermerhorn" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: yu-bIm-'egh
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:04:21 -0400
ghItlh charghghghwI':
>My point is that the Klingon scale might not repeat at the
>octave, but instead at some other interval. In particular, they
>like threes so much, perhaps the scale runs from 440 to 1320,
>tripling the frequency instead of doubling it. Instead of
>giving them the "extra" note within an octave, it would spread
>the nine notes out far enough to have the spaciousness and
>consonance of a pentatonic scale, leaving out all those
>disonant tones a Kligon finds so objectionable in Bach and
>Mozart and all those other Human noisemakers!
This is possible, but listen to the excerpt from Aktuh and Melora in
Unification Pt. II. This 'aria' clearly starts with an octave. Also
consider how the Klingon Anthem Klingon Choir tenors start it on an F=174,
while the basses start on F=87. (I appx'ed the frequencies in my head - no
guarantees) - Both these pieces of canon, obviously representative of the
older musical style in question, clearly point to a recognition of the
harmonic octave. Not to suggest that the twelve-tone system is used either.
Why not a diminished scale or something similar?
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