The Penguin of Meteors

The Penguin of Meteors is a devotional form of music directed toward the worship of Azweni the High Grimeling originating in The Race of Speech. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a edra and a sere. The musical voices bring melody, counterpoint and rhythm. The entire performance should feel mysterious and is at a hurried pace. The melody has phrases of varied length, while the counterpoint has long phrases throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to use grace notes and play staccato.

• The edra always does the main melody.
• The Penguin of Meteors has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy theme, a lengthy exposition of the theme, a bridge-passage, a recapitulation of the theme and a finale.
• The theme is voiced by the melody of the edra and the melody of the sere. The passage is to be very loud. The edra covers its entire range and the sere covers its entire range from the wavering low register to the dark high register. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
• The exposition is voiced by the melody of the edra and the counterpoint of the sere. The passage is to be very soft. The edra covers its entire range and the sere covers its entire range from the wavering low register to the dark high register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.
• The bridge-passage is voiced by the melody of the edra and the rhythm of the sere. The passage is to be very soft. The edra covers its entire range and the sere stays in the wavering low register. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
• The recapitulation is voiced by the melody of the edra and the counterpoint of the sere. The passage is to be moderately loud. The edra stays in the heavy high register and the sere stays in the wavering low register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.
• The finale is voiced by the melody of the edra. The passage is to be in whispered undertones. The edra covers its entire range. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.

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