The Fruitless Guavas
The Fruitless Guavas is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Infamy of Weaklings. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a erxusp. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm.
- The erxusp always provides the rhythm.
- The Fruitless Guavas has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy theme, an exposition of the theme and a lengthy recapitulation of the theme.
- The theme is very slow, and it is to be moderately soft. The passage should be performed using syncopation.
- The exposition is very fast, and it is to become louder and louder.
- The recapitulation is slow, and it is to be moderately loud.
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