The Foxtail-Millet-Grain of Sand-Pears

The Foxtail-millet-grain of Sand-pears is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Fiend of Evoking. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A chanter recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on a smozustux. The musical voices bring melody and counterpoint. The counterpoint melody has short phrases throughout the form. Chords, seldom-used, are sparse -- intervals and single pitches are favored. It is performed using the uturo scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to modulate frequently and play legato.

• The chanter always does the main melody and should be vigorous.
• The smozustux always should sparkle.
• The Foxtail-millet-grain of Sand-pears has the following structure: an introduction and three unrelated passages.
• The introduction is voiced by the melody of the chanter reciting any composition of The Indivisible Fatality and the counterpoint of the smozustux. The passage is very fast, and it is to be in whispered undertones. The chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage has long phrases in the melody.
• Each of the simple passages is voiced by the melody of the chanter reciting any composition of The Hatchling of Cheeping and the melody of the smozustux. Each passage is fast, and it is to fade into silence. The chanter's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register. Each passage has phrases of varied length in the melody.
• Scales are constructed from twenty notes dividing the octave. In quartertones, their spacing is roughly 1x-xx-xx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxO, 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. Every note is named. The names are axslor (spoken ax), bagurod (ba), sastospu (sa), assna (as), xuzestra (xu), roxstat (ro), tekug (te), odo (od), obungasnu (ob), strob (stro), kestraruga (ke), dot (do), obst (obst), omuslone (om), gul (gu), xedludutoka (xe), luz (lu), orustrur (or), snas (sna) and ulong (ul).
• The uturo hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 4th, the 7th, the 10th, the 12th and the 16th.

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