Klingon Music Theory is Weird
Levi McClain
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/LeviMcClain/ . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Corrections: 1. In the triangle diagram a 7/4 interval is shown but 15/8 is heard. 2. The base 3 counting is kinda wrong. It should go “0 1 2, 10 11 12”, not “1 2 3, 11 12 13”. The latter implies a base 4 counting system. I believe the source I used for this was under the assumption that 0 doesn’t exist in Klingon counting, which many argue that it doesn’t. If there is no zero in Klingon counting, it’s technically “correct” in context, but incorrect in presenting what base 3 actually is. 3. I misspelled solfège (curses dyslexia!) Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeviMcClain In today's episode we take a look at the strange world of star trek music theory. From the Lixian scale and Klingon Solfege, to the real world Klingon Opera, 'u' - to the pages of the Klingon dictionary where we explore a nonatonic, 9-EDO interpretation of Klingon music let us boldly go where no microtone has gone before! Connect with me here: Levi McClain's Music: https://linktr.ee/levimcclainmusic Levi McClain's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levimcclainmusic Levi McClain's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@levimcclainmusic Check out the LIXian scale in more detail here: https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/1859 #musictheory #musictheory101 #musictheorylessons #microtonesexplained #harmony #chords #levimcclainmusictheory #levimusictheory #microtonal #startrekmusic #klingon #klingonmusic #klingons #startrek #worf #tng #startrektng Timestamps: 00:00 - The Lixian Scale & a Duodecimal Musical System 05:07 - So much Klingon Opera 07:17 - Thank you Brilliant! 08:16 - 9-EDO, Nonatonic Scales & Klingon Microtonality 10:04 - Klingon Solfege 13:10 - 9-EDO: 3 Augmented Chords in Perfect Symmetry 16:32 - Klingon War Song 17:23 - Klingon Instruments & How to arrange like a warrior 19:49 - Boldly going where no microtone has gone before 20:36 - 'u' 21:25 - Esoteric Music Theory Paper in Just Intonation 22:08 - yav-raD-QIH 26:07 - The Klingon Chord, Polymicrotonality, & Klingon Philosophy This video was sponsored by Brilliant.
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