Baphian music
Baphians have been producing music for as long as there has been a written record of Baphian civilization. The oldest written record of Baphians is about them making music with a small drum, likely a much earlier version of a modern day haban.
Traditional music
Traditional Baphian music is likely one of the oldest genres of music, and thus has gone through the most changes in composition, instrumentation, and style. Earliest records of what would nowadays be called traditional Baphian music goes to about 1000 CE, with low tempos, about 60-80 BPM, usually a quartet of 4 different instruments. Usually there is no lyrics unless it was written for an opera or is more contemporary and experimental with the genre.
Composition and style
Instrumentation
Contemporary traditional music
Revivalist traditional music, or revivalist music can be split into two subgenres, experimental and true traditional.
Experimental revivalist music expands on what traditional music can sound like by adding new instruments and synthesizers into what the quartet or even sometimes just synthesizers can play. Usually, they stick with a quartet of instruments, but there is experimental revivalist music that adds or takes away instruments. Experimental revivalist music can further be subdivided into more genres depending on several factors including how much they respect traditional Baphian music style. One notable experimental revivalist is Izengzu (Baphian: /i´.zɛ̝ŋ.zu/ <>), known across the globe for her avant-garde takes on traditional Baphian music.
True traditional revivalist music is much more like earlier records of traditional Baphian music with most factors being respected such as the quartet and tempo, but specifically tempo is more experimented with in true traditional revivalist pieces. There are some pieces that go as high as 200 BPM and low as a single beat per minute. One notable true traditional revivalist is Zugugu Ezepa (Baphian: /zu.gu´.gu ɛ̝´.zɛ̝.pä´/ <PLACEHOLDER>), known for his conservative takes on traditional Baphian music.
Modern Baphian music
Modern Baphian music is much more diverse then how traditional Baphian music is, spanning several genres including entirely Baphian made subgenres such as etherial rock and computer music.
Genres
One incredibly notable thing about Baphian music is how diverse its genres and subgenres are.