The Melodic Pitch

The Melodic Pitch is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originating in The Chronic Barbarity. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. The music is played on a numusm and one to four mongug. The music is melody and rhythm without harmony. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. It is performed using the gaxog scale. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to alternate tension and repose and play staccato.

• The numusm always provides the rhythm and should feel mournful.
• Each mongug always does the main melody and should perform with feeling.
• The Melodic Pitch has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy introduction, a theme, a brief exposition of the theme and a brief recapitulation of the theme.
• The introduction is fast, and it is to be very loud. Each of the mongug stays in the rippling low register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals. The passage is performed in free rhythm.
• The theme is slow, and it is to become louder and louder. Each of the mongug covers its entire range from the rippling low register to the pure high register. This passage typically has some sparse chords. The passage is performed in the xedludutoka rhythm. The passage should be composed and performed using fills.
• The exposition is consistently slowing, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. Each of the mongug stays in the brittle middle register. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage. The passage is performed in the kulu rhythm.
• The recapitulation is very slow, and it is to be loud. Each of the mongug covers its entire range from the rippling low register to the pure high register. This passage typically has some sparse chords. The passage is performed in the omuslone rhythm. The passage should be composed and performed using fills.
• Scales are constructed from fifteen notes dividing the octave. In quartertones, their spacing is roughly 1-xx-x-x-x-x-xxx-x-xx-xxO, where 1 is the tonic, O marks the octave and x marks other notes. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance. Every note is named. The names are nadu (spoken na), daxst (da), uturo (ut), masul (ma), axslor (ax), bagurod (ba), sastospu (sa), assna (as), xuzestra (xu), roxstat (ro), tekug (te), odo (od), obungasnu (ob), strob (stro) and kestraruga (ke).
• The gaxog pentatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 5th, the 8th, the 9th and the 13th.
• The xedludutoka rhythm is a single line with four beats. The beats are named dosno (spoken do), luz (lu), orustrur (or) and snas (sna). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - x x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The kulu rhythm is made from two patterns: the gul (considered the primary) and the xedludutoka.
• The gul rhythm is a single line with four beats divided into two bars in a 2-2 pattern. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - | - x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The omuslone rhythm is a single line with four beats. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - - - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.

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