so i like music. thats it thats the motivation for making this post
but nah im just curious on how people think music would sound from flight to flight
edit: this was pretty fun to read what people thought (especially lightning k-pop lmao) thought i'd edit in my own takes
theres no doubt wind has a lot of music, from bamboo flutes to lyres! also love the sea shanty idea proposed here
i feel like earth would have pretty little when it comes to music, but that it'd use a lot of drums or even straight up rocks to perform, lyrics mainly focus on histories of the clans the song originates and the past ages
lightning has elevator music
light has a more classical style, usually don't have lyrics and the ones that do whisper of knowledge and secrets long gone
shadow has evil carnival music, lots of magic tricks and dancing and such
prepare your ears if you ever go to a fire band
but nah im just curious on how people think music would sound from flight to flight
edit: this was pretty fun to read what people thought (especially lightning k-pop lmao) thought i'd edit in my own takes
theres no doubt wind has a lot of music, from bamboo flutes to lyres! also love the sea shanty idea proposed here
i feel like earth would have pretty little when it comes to music, but that it'd use a lot of drums or even straight up rocks to perform, lyrics mainly focus on histories of the clans the song originates and the past ages
lightning has elevator music
light has a more classical style, usually don't have lyrics and the ones that do whisper of knowledge and secrets long gone
shadow has evil carnival music, lots of magic tricks and dancing and such
prepare your ears if you ever go to a fire band
Wind is the most musically-oriented flight, but specifically I could see them making enormous woodwind-style instruments (out of bamboo, maybe?) that they play by using magic to direct wind through them. Like a church organ made out of flutes.
Fire is a flight full of miners and metallurgists, so I imagine they're fond of drums/percussion that mimic the sound of stomping and singing during work. They could shape brass instruments too, so you might find the occasional Fire flight performer, but probably not in a group.
Shadow plays violins, but only at the screechy horror sting range. That, and/or I could see them enjoying piano. And music boxes, maybe?
Tundras would probably like soft music and lullabies. There isn't much to make instruments out of in the Southern Icefield, but they're getting the metal to make chains from somewhere, so they must also be able to make metal instruments. Gaolers probably wouldn't spend the time on music, but I could see them learning call-and-response songs to keep track of each other when patrolling or hunting down abominations, especially during blizzards when visibility is low.
Shell flutes, maybe? Not a lot of instruments... work underwater. Abovewater, Flotsam Town probably has a hodgepodge of makeshift instruments.
It's tempting to say they make wood instruments, but cutting down and shaping wood like that might also be seen negatively, depending on the clan. Maybe they, like Wind, use magic to shape wood into living instruments, like drums or woodwinds.
Huge choral/orchestral performances. Light performers have a lot of sheet music. Also enormous bells that ring out over the whole region.
Synth-like music conjured from pure magic, or other very experimental weird instruments. Arcane music is probably a very culturally specific thing, and other flights who didn't grow up with it find it kind of weird and not very "musical"-sounding.
Big drums again, and slow, mournful ballads. When an Earth flight group puts on a performance, you feel it.
There's not a lot of time in the Wasteland for proper music, but I could see someone putting together some kind of plucky strings out of leather or sinew. Singing would be discouraged in most cases (can't let your prey know you're coming!) but when it's late and you're not hunting, I could see haunting songs about death coming up.
Lightning flight music is engineered to be catchy and increase motivation and productivity. ...Lightning k-pop.
