The Offbeat Nuts Oat of Sweetcorn

The Offbeat Nuts-Oat of Sweetcorn is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the dwarf Uteshut Leashedenforced. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. A chanter recites the words of It Must Have Been Cacao-Trees. The entire performance should be broad. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed using the toker scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to alternate tension and repose.

• The chanter always does the main melody and plays rapid runs.
• The Offbeat Nuts-Oat of Sweetcorn has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy first theme, a lengthy exposition of the first theme, a second theme, a lengthy exposition of the second theme, a bridge-passage and a synthesis of previous passages.
• The first theme is very slow, and it is to be moderately loud. The chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register.
• The first exposition is at a walking pace, and it is to be moderately loud. The chanter's voice covers its entire range.
• The second theme is at a free tempo, and it is to be loud. The chanter's voice stays in the high register.
• The second exposition is at a free tempo, and it is to be very soft. The chanter's voice covers its entire range. The passage should be composed and performed using frequent modulation.
• The bridge-passage is at a walking pace, and it is to be very loud. The chanter's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register.
• The synthesis is moderately paced, and it is to be soft. The chanter's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register.
• Scales are conceived of as two chords built using a division of the perfect fourth interval into eight notes. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student.
• As always, the toker hexatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords drawn from the fundamental division of the perfect fourth. These chords are named kekorith and afonan.
• The kekorith tetrachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 5th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The afonan trichord is the 1st, the 5th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.

Events

• In late summer of 60, The Offbeat Nuts Oat of Sweetcorn was created by the dwarf Uteshut Leashedenforced in Matricidewhite-Mountain-Heather after a dream