The Flowery Core

The Flowery Core is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originating in The Coati of Shedding. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. A chanter recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on a ikeciseli. The music is melody and rhythm without harmony. The melody has mid-length phrases throughout the form. It is performed in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to modulate frequently and play staccato.

• The chanter always does the main melody and should perform sweetly.
• The ikeciseli always should be melancholic.
• The Flowery Core has the following structure: a verse and a chorus all repeated two times.
• The verse is voiced by the melody of the chanter reciting nonsensical words and sounds and the rhythm of the ikeciseli. The passage is moderately fast, and it is to become louder and louder. The chanter's voice covers its entire range and the ikeciseli ranges from the eerie low register to the watery middle register. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage. The passage is performed using the ebecari scale.
• The chorus is voiced by the melody of the chanter reciting any composition of The Concept of Investigating and the melody of the ikeciseli. The passage is moderately fast, and it is to be very loud. The chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register and the ikeciseli stays in the watery middle register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals. The passage is performed using the wonethu scale.
• Scales are constructed from twenty-four notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance.
• The ebecari heptatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords spanning two perfect fourths. These chords are named iwarivuli and emayethi.
• The iwarivuli tetrachord is the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 11th degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
• The emayethi tetrachord is the 15th, the 19th, the 21st and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
• The wonethu hexatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords spanning two perfect fourths. These chords are named iwarivuli and izeli.
• The izeli trichord is the 15th, the 23rd and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.

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