The Cymose Bananas

The Cymose Bananas is a devotional form of music directed toward the worship of Omsmuzado the Euphonious originating in The Infamy of Whiplashes. 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 one to five losmo and a dobo. The musical voices bring melody, counterpoint and rhythm. The entire performance is to become softer and softer. The melody has mid-length phrases, while the counterpoint has long phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to add fills.

• The chanter always does the main melody and should be bright. The voice ranges from the low register to the middle register.
• Each losmo always does the counterpoint melody and should perform expressively.
• The dobo always provides the rhythm and should be melancholic.
• The Cymose Bananas has a simple structure: a passage.
• The simple passage is extremely fast.

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