The Silken Lace
The Silken Lace is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the human Tegism Tickedorgans. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. One to three singers recite the words of We See Stigmata. The melody has short 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 make trills and play legato.
- Each singer always does the main melody, should be delicate and is to be loud.
- The Silken Lace has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a theme and one to two series of variations on the theme, a brief bridge-passage, a lengthy finale and a lengthy coda.
- The theme gradually slows as it comes to an end. Each of the singers' voices covers its entire range.
- Each of the series of variations is at a hurried pace. Each of the singers' voices stays in the high register.
- The bridge-passage is very fast. Each of the singers' voices stays in the middle register. The passage should be composed and performed using grace notes.
- The finale is slow. Each of the singers' voices covers its entire range.
- The coda is at a hurried pace. Each of the singers' voices ranges from the low register to the middle register.
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