The Peduncular Sand-Pears
The Peduncular Sand-pears is a form of music used for entertainment originally devised by the half-human Gani Washroomsawmill. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a ithut and a ozinat. The musical voices are purely rhythmic. The entire performance should be melancholic. It is performed without preference for a scale and in the udal rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to syncopate, alternate tension and repose and play legato.
- The ithut always provides the rhythm.
- The ozinat always provides the rhythm.
- The Peduncular Sand-pears has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy theme, a lengthy exposition of the theme, a bridge-passage and a brief recapitulation of the theme.
- The theme slows and broadens, and it is to be soft. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
- The exposition slows and broadens, and it is to become softer and softer. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.
- The bridge-passage is extremely fast, and it is to be loud. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
- The recapitulation is at a free tempo, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
- The udal rhythm is a single line with thirty-two beats divided into eight bars in a 4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4 pattern. The beats are named xur (spoken xu), ibbekur (ib), ocgothrom (oc) and ingdaspod (ing). The beat is stressed as follows:
- | - x - - | x - - x | x - - - | - - x - | - - x - | x - - - | x X x x | - - x - |
- where X marks an accented beat, x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
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