The Melody of Tulips

The Melody of Tulips is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originating in The Longing Country. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A singer recites any composition of The Hemp Ilmenite. The melody has mid-length 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 ohural scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to play rapid runs, modulate frequently and spread syllables over many notes.

• The singer always does the main melody and should perform with feeling.
• The Melody of Tulips has the following structure: an introduction and three unrelated passages.
• The introduction is at a hurried pace, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. The singer's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register.
• Each of the simple passages slows and broadens, and it is to be moderately loud. The singer's voice covers its entire range.
• Scales are constructed from nineteen notes dividing the octave. In quartertones, their spacing is roughly 1-xx-xxxxxxx-xxx-xxx-xxxO, 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. Preferred notes in the fundamental scale are named. The names are oxuskor (spoken ox, 2nd), ohug (oh, 7th) and equanamsespe (eq, 14th).
• The ohural hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 5th, the 6th, the 10th, the 12th and the 17th.

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