Translating the Lampung Oral Literature into Music for Educational Purpose: A Case Study of Pisaan on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra

Table 6

Musical parameters of Pisaan.

Musical parameters	Prescription	Description
Tonality	A = 440 Hz	Frequencies on musical instruments used to discern melodic lines and scales (tempered scale)
Scales	Pentatonic–Phrygian	Scales use five notes per octave (ionian modes); 1–2–3–4–5–6–7–1; W W H W W W H; Combined by Phrygian modes; Phrygian mode; 3–4–5–6–7–1–2–3; H W W W H W W; Pentatonic; information: W: Whole: 1; H: Half: ½
Interval (pentatonic)	½–1–2– ½