The Fortuitous Song
The Fortuitous Song is a form of music used for entertainment originally devised by the dwarf Morul Salvemartyred. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A singer recites nonsensical words and sounds. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to make trills, play rapid runs and play arpeggios.
- The singer always does the main melody and should feel agitated.
- The Fortuitous Song has the following structure: a brief introduction and three to five lengthy unrelated passages.
- The introduction is very fast, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. The singer's voice stays in the high register. The passage is performed using the tosid scale.
- Each of the simple passages is at a free tempo, and it is to be in whispered undertones. The singer's voice stays in the low register. Each passage is performed using the ontak scale.
- Scales are constructed from twenty-four notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student. After a scale is constructed, the root note of chords are named. The names are feb (spoken fe) and berim (be).
- The tosid pentatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords spanning two perfect fourths. These chords are named alak and zustash.
- The alak trichord is the 1st, the 7th and the 11th degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
- The zustash trichord is the 15th, the 23rd and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
- The ontak hexatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords spanning two perfect fourths. These chords are named bidok and sedil.
- The bidok trichord is the 1st, the 5th and the 11th degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
- The sedil tetrachord is the 15th, the 17th, the 19th and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
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