The Passion-Fruit of Coffee-Beans

The Passion-fruit of Coffee-beans is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Worth Jobsheet. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. A chanter recites any composition of The Descriptive Cashew-Apple. The entire performance is very fast, and it is to be loud. The melody has mid-length phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to play staccato.

• The chanter always does the main melody and should feel playful.
• The Passion-fruit of Coffee-beans has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy chorus and a verse all repeated one to two times, a lengthy bridge-passage, a verse and a chorus and a coda.
• In the first chorus, the chanter's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register. The passage is performed using the anon scale.
• In the first verse, the chanter's voice covers its entire range. The passage is performed using the ong scale.
• In the bridge-passage, the chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage is performed using the un scale.
• In the second verse, the chanter's voice stays in the low register. The passage is performed using the vallal scale.
• In the second chorus, the chanter's voice covers its entire range. The passage is performed using the kam scale.
• In the coda, the chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage is performed without preference for a scale. The passage should be composed and performed using frequent modulation.
• Scales are constructed from fifteen notes dividing the octave. In quartertones, their spacing is roughly 1-x-xx-x-x-x-xxx-xx-x-xxO, where 1 is the tonic, O marks the octave and x marks other notes. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student.
• The anon hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 3rd, the 6th, the 7th, the 9th and the 11th.
• The ong heptatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 3rd, the 4th, the 6th, the 10th, the 11th and the 13th.
• The un heptatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 2nd, the 5th, the 6th, the 7th, the 11th and the 13th.
• The vallal heptatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 4th, the 5th, the 6th, the 9th, the 11th and the 14th.
• The kam hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 3rd, the 4th, the 7th, the 8th and the 11th.

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