The Nut of Music

The Nut of Music is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originating in The Inefficient Evils. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. The music is played on a ebospzuzul and a xus. The music is melody and rhythm without harmony. The entire performance should feel mysterious. The melody has phrases of varied length throughout the form. Never more than an interval sounds at once. It is performed in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to glide from note to note.

• The ebospzuzul always does the main melody.
• The Nut of Music has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a passage, a bridge-passage and a finale.
• The simple passage is voiced by the melody of the ebospzuzul. The passage gradually slows as it comes to an end, and it is to be moderately soft. The ebospzuzul stays in the raspy high register. The passage is performed using the barulo scale.
• The bridge-passage is voiced by the melody of the ebospzuzul and the rhythm of the xus. The passage is consistently slowing, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. The ebospzuzul covers its entire range from the heavy low register to the raspy high register. The passage is performed using the gaxog scale.
• The finale is voiced by the melody of the ebospzuzul and the rhythm of the xus. The passage is fast, and it is to be moderately soft. The ebospzuzul stays in the heavy low register. The passage is performed using the sangob scale.
• Scales are constructed from twelve notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance. After a scale is constructed, notes are named according to degree. The names are obungasnu (spoken ob), strob (stro), kestraruga (ke), dot (do), obst (obst), omuslone (om) and gul (gu).
• The barulo heptatonic scale is thought of as joined chords spanning a perfect fifth and a perfect fourth. These chords are named ragu and assna.
• The ragu pentachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, the 5th and the 8th degrees of the semitone octave scale.
• The assna tetrachord is the 8th, the 9th, the 11th and the 13th (completing the octave) degrees of the semitone octave scale.
• The gaxog heptatonic scale is thought of as joined chords spanning a perfect fifth and a perfect fourth. These chords are named ozzok and xuzestra.
• The ozzok pentachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 4th, the 6th and the 8th degrees of the semitone octave scale.
• The xuzestra tetrachord is the 8th, the 10th, the 11th and the 13th (completing the octave) degrees of the semitone octave scale.
• The sangob heptatonic scale is thought of as joined chords spanning a perfect fifth and a perfect fourth. These chords are named nadu and roxstat.
• The nadu pentachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, the 4th and the 8th degrees of the semitone octave scale.
• The roxstat tetrachord is the 8th, the 10th, the 12th and the 13th (completing the octave) degrees of the semitone octave scale.

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