The Import of Amber

The Import of Amber is a devotional form of music directed toward the worship of Bestzagsor originating in The Fusible Sabres. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. Two singers recite nonsensical words and sounds. The melody has long phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. The music repeats for as long as necessary. It is performed using the madensham scale. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to alternate tension and repose.

• Each singer always does the main melody and should be delicate.
• The Import of Amber has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy introduction and a lengthy verse and a chorus all repeated one to two times.
• The introduction is at a free tempo, and it is to become softer and softer. Each of the singers' voices ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage is performed in the ekik rhythm.
• The verse is slow, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. Each of the singers' voices ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage is performed in the senobir rhythm.
• The chorus slows and broadens, and it is to be loud. Each of the singers' voices ranges from the middle register to the high register. The passage is performed in the inelaz rhythm.
• Scales are conceived of as two chords built using a division of the perfect fourth interval into eleven notes. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student. Every note is named. The names are tamosh (spoken ta), muzlom (mu), ozol (oz), mer (me), zulal (zu), kistek (ki), lesul (le), sak (sa), odulimozsen (od), nebulursed (ne) and rokul (ro).
• As always, the madensham hexatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords drawn from the fundamental division of the perfect fourth. These chords are named kekorith and tinos.
• The kekorith tetrachord is the 1st, the 6th, the 8th and the 11th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The tinos trichord is the 1st, the 5th and the 11th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The ekik rhythm is made from two patterns: the egek and the zolibosh. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
• The egek rhythm is a single line with nine beats divided into three bars in a 3-3-3 pattern. The beats are named goruk (spoken go), adokegudim (ad) and aros (ar). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x x - | - x - | - x - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The zolibosh rhythm is a single line with thirty-two beats divided into four bars in a 8-8-8-8 pattern. The beats are named ngogdok (spoken ngo), agosh (ag), bash (ba), ngleth (ngle), fekut (fe), naz (na), onguden (ong) and vatatudok (va). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | - - - X - x - x | x x X x - x x x | ! x - x x - x - | X x - x x x x - |
• where ! marks the primary accent, X marks an accented beat, x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The senobir rhythm is made from two patterns: the tethan and the rilgush. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
• The tethan rhythm is a single line with five beats. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x x x X x |
• where X marks an accented beat, x is a beat and | indicates a bar.
• The rilgush rhythm is a single line with thirty-two beats divided into eight bars in a 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 pattern. The beats are named afiddun (spoken af), orramoth (orr), segultumagul (se) and sushet (su). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x x X x | x x - - | x - x - | x - x - | - - x x | - - x - | - X x x | x x x X |
• where X marks an accented beat, x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The inelaz rhythm is made from two patterns: the ster and the elomamar. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
• The ster rhythm is a single line with three beats. The beats are named ozlomig (spoken oz), comthad (co) and tigir (ti). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | - x x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The elomamar rhythm is a single line with two beats. The beats are named sek (spoken se) and ibmas (ib). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | - x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.

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