Music of Alduria

The music of Alduria is wide-ranging and reflects its multiethnic diversity through many kinds of music styles and instruments. Aldurian music is heavily influenced by Caputian, Alexandrian, Euran, Wechu, and Natopian cultures, among many others. Influences of all these cultures and musical traditions can be heard throughout all Aldurian music, weaving the identity of the country into its music. For example, Wechua influences can perhaps be best heard in wind instruments and the shape of many of the melodies. Alexandrian influences can be heard in the rhythm and percussion instruments, and Caputian influences can be heard in the harmonies and stringed instruments. Each subsequent wave of immigrants to Alduria has contributed greatly to the musical melting pot.

Much of modern popular music can trace its roots to the emergence over 80 years ago of Afro-Alexandrian blues and the growth of gospel music in the old Church of Hamland. Hammish, Israati, and Haifan musicians honed in their crafts and created different indigenous genres that further developed the musical heritage of then-Hamland based on these roots. The basis for popular music used elements derived from Alexandrian, Martino, and indigenous music.

The origins of Aldurian music arose mainly from the historical conditions and hardships of statelessness that Alexandrians and Caputians experienced after the collapse of those countries. Following the founding of Alduria in the continent of Eura, many immigrants and refugees quickly found employment as musicians playing music in military bands and local entertainment establishments. As more people found employment in the nascent hydrocarbon industry, known for its extremely long hours, songs were spontaneously created and performed in a repetitive, improvised style. The most common song structures are the call-and-response and repetitive choruses. The call-and-response is prominently used by oil and gas workers in an effort to stay alert and keep those around them alert and engaged. The call-and-response is an alternating exchange between the soloist and the other singers. The soloist usually improvises a line to which the other singers respond, repeating the same phrase. Singing is also accompanied by hand clapping and foot-stomping.

The cities of Punta Santiago, Susa, Alkhiva, Fontainebleau, and Corrada del Rio are among some of the Aldurian cities and towns that contain vibrant music scenes that have propelled many artists to great national success. Each vibrant music scene often supports a number of regional musical styles.

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